by Carl Borsani | Sep 7, 2016 | Industry News
PENTAGON: The 2016 edition of Black Dart, the Defense Department’s formerly classified counter-drone exercise, expands to Eglin Air Force Base this year, in search of more space and more capabilities, including ships. “Eglin will allow us to deliver added uncertainty...
by Carl Borsani | Sep 2, 2016 | Industry News
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Enlisted airmen from all career fields may now apply to fly the RQ-4 Global Hawk, the Air Force said Monday in a move that potentially opens the opportunity to pilot the unarmed intelligence-gathering drone to tens of thousands of more...
by Carl Borsani | Sep 2, 2016 | Industry News
The F-35 program completed 25 weapons tests in a month, a marked surge from the previous high of three in November 2014. The weapons tests used the aircraft’s latest software, the 3F version. During the tests, some 30 weapons were dropped or fired, including the Joint...
by Carl Borsani | Sep 2, 2016 | Industry News
WASHINGTON: The Air Force doesn’t know enough about the missions that A-10 pilots fly or how it would replace the aircraft after retirement, a congressional watchdog says, putting yet another nail into the service’s attempts to save money and retire the much-loved...
by Carl Borsani | Aug 18, 2016 | Industry News
Sinclair Community College has rolled out a $300,000 mobile ground control station that pairs live drones flying in the air with virtual simulations making training less risky and costly, officials say. The one-time ambulance turned control station on wheels was...
by Carl Borsani | Aug 18, 2016 | Industry News
Frank Beafore, right, executive director of SelectTech GeoSpatial Advanced Manufacturing Facility in Springfield, shows one of the company’s vertical takeoff and landing sensor platforms, an unmanned aircraft system, to Tim Johnson, an engineer at the Air Force...