Weekly Alert -- May 15, 2012
The week's news includes updates on Gray Eagle, HTV-2, Fire Scout and more. Read the Alert
Air Force Could Pair High-Power Microwave Weapons With UAVs
The House Armed Services Committee is asking the Air Force to initiate a program of record to field a high-power microwave weapon on either an unmanned aerial vehicle or a cruise missile.
Schwartz: U-2 Spy Plane And Global Hawk Essential To Air-Sea Battle
Remotely pilot aircraft will play an integral role in Air-Sea Battle even though the Air Force admits its state-of-the-art intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft cannot survive in contested airspace, according to the service's senior official.
House Appropriators Want Report On Global Hawk Block 30 Impact
As NATO prepares to sign a purchase agreement with the Defense Department for five Global Hawk unmanned aircraft, House lawmakers are asking the Air Force to provide a report that shows how the service's decision to cancel the Block 30 variant of the Global Hawk will impact the international organization.
- Pentagon To Refine UAS Information-Exchange Methods In Second Test
- House Panel Seeks ISR Strategic Portfolio Review, Briefing On Task Force Role
- Key Changes Urged In Amphibious Ops To Counter Precision Weapons
- Congressional Source: Pentagon Considering Third HTV-2 Test Flight
- House Armed Services Committee Votes To Continue C-27 Procurement, Ops
- Airpower Expert: Cost Analysis Of Global Hawk Block 30 'Questionable'
- Multimillion-Dollar ISR Shortfall Deemed DOD's Sole FY-13 Unfunded Need
- Schwartz Calls For More Flexibility To Export Unarmed ISR Platforms
- Knifefish To Provide Buried Mine Detection, Classification Capability
- No A160 Cargo UAS Deployment, But Boeing Expects Navy Opportunities
- Shadow Engine Failures Prompt Army's Look To Replace With New Design
- Lawmakers Want MQ-18 Funds To Be Held Until Army Shows It Has Need
- Congress Requires Air Force To Continue Funding Global Hawk Block 30
- Rozelsky: New ADM Will Direct Future Of Global Hawk Block 30 Aircraft
General Atomics Gets $142 Million Army Contract For Gray Eagle Services
The Army awarded a contract worth nearly $142 million to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems for services in support of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aerial system, according to a May 10 Defense Department announcement.
- Updated Air Force General Flight Rules Instruction Memo
- Army Corps Of Engineers Fact Sheet On The BuckEye Program
- Army Memo On Supplemental Policy for UAS Ops In The National Airspace System
- SOCOM's FY-13 Unfunded Requirements Letter To Congress
- DOD's 'Annual Aviation Inventory And Funding Plan' Report To Congress
- Army's Armed Aerial Scout Analysis Of Alternatives Summary
- Senate 3/20/2012 Hearing On The Air Force's FY-13 Budget Request
- Army Solicitation For Nano Unmanned Aerial Systems
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