Two-Week Demonstration Program Recently Conlcuded In Utah
By March 2014, the MQ-1C Gray Eagle, an Army unmanned aerial system, or UAS, will be able to train in the same airspace as the Boeing 747, with the help of the Army-developed Ground Based Sense and Avoid system, also known as GBSAA. The Army recently concluded a two-week demonstration of the GBSAA system at Dugway Proving Ground, UT.
Airship Provides Visual And Audio Battlefield Surveillance
The Persistent Threat Detection System entered its next chapter, May 29, as Lt. Col. Michael Parodi, product manager Meteorological and Target Identification, was on hand at the Lockheed Martin facility in Dayton, Ohio; to accept the delivery of the last PTDS ordered. Since its original introduction as a quick reaction capability the Army has procured 66 systems that have been used in both Iraq and Afghanistan.
Air Force, Navy To Participate In Project To Produce Drop-In Fuels On A Commercial Scale
The USAF has announced an advanced drop-in biofuels production project. The move coincides with an announcement by the U.S. departments of Agriculture and Energy along with the Navy have announced of an investment of up to $30 million in a public-private partnership to produce commercial-scale advanced drop-in biofuels as part of the administration's plan for enabling America's energy security.
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