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News - "Air Force Research Laboratory"
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Boeing Laser Systems Destroy Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Tests
18th November 2009
The Boeing Company in May demonstrated the ability of mobile laser weapon systems to perform a unique mission: track and destroy small unmanned aerial vehicles …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Camcopter S-100 to be use in US DoD Project
26th October 2009
In the fight against Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), Schiebel has been awarded a sub contract by the US technology company, CenTauri Solutions, to provide its …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
AUVSI: USAF and USN renew UCAS links for AAR trials
11th August 2009
In a sign of renewed cooperation between the US Air Force (USAF) and US Navy on future UAV development a number of air force personnel …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Airborne Innovations' RaptorEye II Ultra Compact Aerial Imaging Payload Enables Digital Imaging for Small UAVs
7th August 2009
Airborne Innovations LLC will introduce the RaptorEye II Ultra Compact Aerial Imaging Payload at the AUVSI 2009 show in Washington DC, August 10-13. The system …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
GA highlights UAS advanced cockpit applications for manned aircraft
27th July 2009
Characterized as “the premier U.S. Department of Defense live joint and coalition intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) interoperability demonstration,” the ongoing “Empire Challenge ‘09” (6-31 …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Air Force weapons program expands UAS lethality
9th June 2009
US Air Force representatives are currently reviewing industry white papers describing new weapon designs and technologies that could expand the lethal aspects of future UAS …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
Northrop Grumman to Provide Relative Navigation Software and Ethernet Access to Navigation System for Air Force Refueling Program
16th February 2009
Northrop Grumman Corporation's relative navigation solution has been selected by the U.S. Air Force for the Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) program follow-on contract. Relative navigation, …
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Uncrewed Vehicles
AFRL Picks Industry Team as Phase II Integrator for Automated Aerial Refueling
8th February 2009
The US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded an industry team led by Boeing a four-year contract worth $49 million to continue developing technology …
Programme Results - Defence Insight
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Military UAS - fixed-wing
Bandit (US)
Programme Background Goal As stated by Alyson Turri, the AFRL Bandit programme manager, the goal is to "develop an unmanned platform that looks like a fifth-generation ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Skyborg [USA]
Programme Background Programme Intention Skyborg is one of three USAF Vanguard programs outlined in the Air Force Science and Technology 2030 initiative. The program intends ...
Equipment Results - Defence Insight
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Subsystems: software
SWARM
CHI Systems worked with Lockheed Martin on a programme for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to build software models that imitate human behaviour, and ...
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Air: helicopter radar, Air: UAS radar
RAIDER
The Real-time Active Imaging in 3D at Extended Range (RAIDER) multi-sensor system is an extended-range version of the Polarimetric Imaging Laser Radar (PILAR). RAIDER includes ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - tactical
Havoc
Havoc is a MALE modular payload UAS designed for customers with varying missions and payload requirements. Features include tool-less assembly, rolling take-off and landing and ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
XQ-58 Valkyrie
The XQ-58 Valkyrie is a high-altitude, long-endurance, runway-independent, high-subsonic 'Loyal Wingman' UAS developed jointly by Kratos and the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to be used in ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Demogorgon
In late October 2021, the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded Kratos Unnamed Systems Division an initial $17.68 million 12-month cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop an Off-Board Sensing ...
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Military UAS - fixed-wing, Military UAS - MALE
Gambit (Series)
The Gambit Series are several UAV variants based around the Gambit Core, a common system containing the platform's hardware: landing gear, baseline avionics, chassis, and other essential functions. ...
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Air Force Test Center
The Air Force Test Center at Edwards AFB, California, is Air Force Materiel Command's centre of excellence for research, development, test and evaluation of aerospace ...