by Alex Davies | Jul 30, 2014 | Monitor
Back in 2010, the Navy decided it could use a self-flying helicopter, to take over dangerous missions delivering cargo to Marine Corps stations in Afghanistan. The work is usually done by human-driven ground vehicles that are susceptible to improvised explosive...
by Robert Beckhusen | Aug 29, 2012 | Monitor
A U.S. Marine during a jungle patrol exercise in Guatemala on Sept. 12, 2010. While the Marines have helped train Guatemalan troops to hunt for drug traffickers in the past, the service is now expanding into chasing traffickers directly. Photo: USMC The war on drugs...
by Robert Beckhusen | Jul 9, 2012 | Monitor
Raytheon’s vision for the helicopter pilot of the future. Photo: Raytheon The Army has found a solution to fixing its aging helicopter fleet. It doesn’t even require upgrading the helicopters very much, or designing new and more modern ones. Indeed, the...
