Flight testing of the MQ-4C Triton with its main sensor, the Multi-Function Active Sensor (MFAS) AESA radar, has started on Apr. 18.
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Category: UAV
USMC wants sea-based UAVs
As the U.S. Marine Corps shifts away from operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and towards the Pacific, the service recognizes the need to have large unmanned aircraft capable of operating from ships.
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Watch U.S. Marines launch a Switchblade UAV from the ramp of a MV-22
By Cpl. Rodion Zabolotniy (https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1601355) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
X-47B made dry contact with tanker
X-47B, Salty Dog 2, successfully made dry contact with the drogue of an Omega K-707 aerial tanker on Apr. 15 above the skies of Chesapeake.
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ONR demonstrates low-cost swarming UAVs
The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has successfully demonstrated swarming unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as part of its Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology (LOCUST) program.