Weekly Alert -- June 18, 2013
News on Global Hawk sensors, Reapers, K-MAX and much more. Read the Alert
Lawmakers Direct USAF To Put U-2 Sensors On Global Hawk Block 30
The Air Force this week is holding closed-door meetings with Northrop Grumman to discuss the fate of the Global Hawk Block 30 unmanned aircraft following a directive issued by a panel of powerful lawmakers that the service make a significant investment in upgrading the sensors on the planes.
Lawmakers Tell USAF To Grow MQ-9 Fleet, Fund Remote Split Operations
House authorizers and appropriators have told the Air Force to buy additional MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft in fiscal year 2014, at least six more than the 12-plane procurement plan the service originally proposed in its budget request.
Germans Foresee No 'Immediate' Impact Of Euro Hawk's End On NATO AGS
A German defense ministry report says the cancellation of the Euro Hawk spy drone program will have no "immediate" consequence for the planned NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance system, but experts believe an emerging European debate over the airworthiness certification of unmanned aircraft could prove Berlin wrong.
- Army Eyes Integration Testing Of Ground-Based, Sense-And-Avoid System
- RQ-21 Unit Cost Nearly Doubles From Low-Rate To Full-Rate Production
- Army Plans To Pursue Cargo UAS Demonstrations At NTC This Fall
- Air Force Moves Forward With 21-Aircraft Global Hawk Purchase Plan
- Panel Seeks Update On Joint Efforts To Integrate UAS Into U.S. Skies
- DOD Eyes UAS Ground Station Architecture Software Update, Migration
- House May Stop Navy From Conducting UCAS-D Refueling On Surrogate
- Navy Successful In Early Development Of Common UAV Control System
- Lockheed Martin Integrating Its Unmanned Vehicles, Controllers, Software
- Army Plans Shadow UAS Engine Competition For Production, Sustainment
- Congress Wants USAF To Keep Global Hawks, Upgrade Their Sensors
- German 'Euro Hawk' Decisions Could Set Tone For Continent's UAS Plans
- After First Flight, MQ-4C Triton Slated For First Deployment In 2016
- Official: Germany Seeking Insights On Navy's Triton UAS For Euro Hawk
- Lawmakers Ask Army To Assess Possible Cargo UAS Program
DOD, Industry Weigh-In During Privacy Policy Forum On UAS Integration
Defense Department employees, industry officials and average citizens aired their grievances with the Federal Aviation Administration during a privacy policy public engagement session last month on the agency's effort to establish six test-sites where unmanned aircraft will be integrated into the national airspace.
- Army Report To Congress On The Shadow UAS Alternative Engine
- DOD FY-13 MIP Reprogramming Request
- DOD's FY-14 OCO Spending Request
- Air Force Report To Congress On Global Hawk Block 30 Divestiture
- House Lawmakers' Letter To DOD On Global Hawk
- Senate Authorizers' Hearing On The Air Force's FY-14 Budget
- DOD's Draft FY-13 Reprogramming Request
- U.N. Report On Autonomous Weapons
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