General Atomics MQ-1C

By Tony Osborne
The UK is investigating the possibility of operating its new fleet of General Atomics Protector UAS from the country’s two aircraft carriers.
Farnborough Airshow

By Brian Everstine
The U.S. Army is hunting for a new large, long-endurance uncrewed aircraft system.
Defense

By Brian Everstine
The Mojave started with the U.S. Marine Corps as a short-takeoff-and-landing (STOL) UAS.
Army Aviation Association of America

By Brian Everstine, Steve Trimble
Failing again to field the OH-58 Kiowa’s replacement, the U.S. Army will rely on uncrewed aircraft and space-based assets for the armed reconnaissance mission.
Budget, Policy & Operations

By Brian Everstine
Lockheed Martin’s two electronic warfare pod programs progress toward flight testing and airworthiness certification.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Steve Trimble
The Nov. 15 test served two purposes—as a carrier-proving flight for the Mojave and as a demonstration of the largest crewless aircraft on a Royal Navy ship.
Multi-Mission Aircraft

By Steve Trimble
An MQ-20 Avenger uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) has taken a small step on a flight test path to an inflight recovery of another small UAS.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Steve Trimble
The fly-off will gather data for the U.S. Army to select a new radar to replace the Lynx synthetic aperture radar payload for the “M25” version of the MQ-1C.
Sensors & Electronic Warfare

By Tony Osborne
General Atomics has secured a $1.9 million contract from the UK defense ministry for Project Mojave that could lead to the UAS taking off from a UK carrier.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Graham Warwick
The biggest change is in procurement of the Sikorsky UH-60M Black Hawk, which is reduced as planned to 36 aircraft from 74 in 2020.
Defense