by Allen McDuffee | Dec 5, 2013 | Monitor
After more tests completed last month, the Navy and Marines decided that the RQ-21A Blackjack drone is worth the gamble. They’re putting money on the program that could provide them with a dedicated multi-intelligence drone in a matter of months.
by Allen McDuffee | Dec 4, 2013 | Monitor
The United Nations has turned to spy drones for the first time in its history in an effort to increase pressure in militias in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, marking both a major technological advancement in the organization’s peacekeeping …
by Allen McDuffee | Nov 27, 2013 | Monitor
The big problem with drones is they look like, well, drones. It makes them easy to spot, and easy to target. The Army has a solution to this problem: make them look like birds.
by Allen McDuffee | Nov 18, 2013 | Monitor
Small, tactical drones may have a new role in military strikes after Northrop Grumman’s catapult-launched Bat demonstrated an electronic attack capability for the first time in new tests.
by Allen McDuffee | Nov 11, 2013 | Monitor
The future of military drones isn’t surveillance and dropping bombs. It’s transformation: a single unmanned vehicle that can fly, swim, drive and even hop like a frog across a variety of terrains and obstacles.