The U.S. Navy has successfully completed the first arrested landing of an unmanned aircraft onboard the USS George H.W. Bush, as reported by the Navy: By Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Brandon Vinson, USS George H.W. Bush Public AffairsUSS GEORGE H....

NASA to Use Second Drone to Monitor HurricanesAgency says second Global Hawk will be able to acquire new data on large stormsBy Jason Koebler NASA is adding a second drone to monitor hurricanes in the Atlantic Ocean this summer in what...

By Heather Kelly, CNNFirst responders to Monday's massive tornado in Moore, Oklahoma, were greeted with a blighted expanse of destroyed homes, blocked roads, downed power lines and a limited window of time to unearth survivors before the sun set.Navigating the...

By W.J. Hennigan, Los Angeles TimesMay 24, 2013 Aerospace giant Northrop Grumman Corp., plagued by setbacks with its pricey high-flying spy drones, has come up with a new version for the Navy that could keep the company's unmanned aircraft assembly line...

AUVSI recently released The Economic Impact of Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the United States.  The report outlines the potential economic benefit of UAS integration.  The findings estimate the first three years post-integration will create more than 70,000 jobs within the United States and a total economic impact...

HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Alabama A&M University announced today it has reached a memorandum of understanding with the U.S. Army Project Office for Unmanned Aircraft Systems.The agreement will benefit both Alabama A&M and the Army, according to the school announcement."The Army...

The MITRE Corporation and the University of North Dakota (UND) developed automatic sense and avoid computer software algorithms that were uploaded onto a NASA Langley Research Center general aviation aircraft.GRAND FORKS, N.D., Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A joint team...

By Scott Dance, The Baltimore Sun11:42 a.m. EDT, October 1, 2012Description: NASA's Hurricane Severe Storm Sentinel Mission, also known as HS3, is exploring the massive tropical systems from high altitudes via two unmanned Global Hawk aircraft. Instruments on board the...

http://www.defpro.com/daily/details/1050/?SID=69c930021698e678182c49a9f8beecbdProjected UAS market value over next 10 years estimated at $70.9bn08:44 GMT, September 26, 2012 NEWTOWN, Conn. | According to Forecast International’s senior unmanned vehicles analyst, Larry Dickerson, the world’s appetite for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) appears insatiable. “Just when...

 http://www.aviationpros.com/press_release/10784361/auvsi-praises-state-based-effort-to-move-forward-unmanned-aircraft-technologyAerospace States Association Calls on FAA to Advance Test Site Program That Could Bring Jobs and Economic Investment to StatesSeptember 25, 2012, Arlington, Va. – Today, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) applauded the Aerospace States Association’s (ASA)...