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U.S. Navy expands surveillance mission for Northrop Grumman’s maritime unmanned aircraft
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DoD/Forest Service firefighting aircraft see record year
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: MAFFS C-130 The historic wildfire season that has scoured land throughout the west this spring and summer has also produced an historic response from the joint Defense Department/Forest Service air tankers fighting them. The Defense Department Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System (MAFFS)-equipped…
Police chiefs adopt privacy guidelines for unmanned aircraft systems
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders Image Caption: Unmanned aerial vehicle One of the largest associations of police executives has voted to adopt guidelines on the use of the unmanned aerial vehicles, but privacy groups continue to be wary of the technology’s operation by law enforcement. Homepage position: 10 read…
DHS awards $100 million contract for ultralight aircraft detection system
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Ultralight aircraft Facing increasing pressure from drug dealers using ultralight, hard-to-spot aircraft to smuggle drug loads across the border undetected, the Department of Homeland Security awarded a New York company with a $99.9 million contract for detection technology that can find them….
Malware Did Not Affect U.S. Air Force Remotely Piloted Aircraft Operations
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. – To correct recent reporting, the malware detected on stand-alone systems on Creech Air Force Base, Nev., in September, has not affected Remotely Piloted Aircraft operations. On 15 September, 24th AF first detected and subsequently notified Creech AFB regarding the malware on their portable hard…
Anonymous hits military drone aircraft maker Vanguard Defense
The politically oriented hacking group, Anonymous, has released 1GB of what is says are private emails and documents from an executive of a US defence company that sells unmanned aerial vehicles to the police and military. The documents were publicised in a post on Pastebin, with links leading to the…