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January 11, 2008 Sgts. Jeremy R. Squires, Ronald F. Williams and Anh M. Huynh, of the 173rd Airborne Combat Team, attend to a Shadow Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Oct. 18 at Forward Operating Base Fenty on Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan.


January 11, 2008 Spc. Mark Parrish (left) and Staff Sgt. Terry Rust, both with the 4th Infantry Division's UAS Platoon, Task Force 12, prepare an RQ7B Shadow 200 to be launched at at Camp Taji, Iraq, Jan. 6. Aviation commanders say UAVs are providing improved intelligence capabilities in theater.



January 10, 2008 Army Spc. David Leiba, an unmanned aerial systems technician with the 4th Infantry Division's UAS Platoon, Company A, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, attached to Company G, Task Force 12, adjusts the front end of an RQ7B Shadow 200 to correctly mount it on the launcher before sending it into the sky at the launch and recovery site at Camp Taji, Iraq, Jan. 6, 2008.

[chris]

now that is bad ass, I want to fly one of those =)

[RW1]

That's the ultimate R/C plane.

A couple of years ago I went to a R/C plane air show.
There was a huge aircraft carrier there that a team
of like 6 people built - it was in the middle of a lake.
As someone was controlling this carrier, these 2 guys
took-off from the carrier w/ R/C jets - flew around the
lake and then landed on an airstrip!



Check out these photos of a jet Airbus A380. (It's HUGE)

[leangreenfightingmachine]

sweet

[Hunted]

interesting UAV (helicopter) from this weeks news

MAYPORT, Fla. (Dec. 10, 2008) The guided-missile frigate USS McInerney (FFG 8) prepares to embark an MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned air vehicle. This is the first time a Fire Scout has deployed with the U.S. Navy ship. Fire Scout will assist McInerney during its next counter illicit trafficking deployment to Latin America. (U.S. Navy photos by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Holly Boynton/Released)

[Baldy]

Originally Posted by mainetc ↗

interesting UAV (helicopter) from this weeks news

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The difference between the man and the boy...
... Is the price of the toy.

i would like to have the helicopter

[Hunted]

About time for a UAV update

RQ-4 Global Hawk maintenance Airmen with the 380th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Hawk aircraft maintenance unit go through pre-flight servicing while preparing a Global Hawk for a combat mission Feb. 12, 2010, in Southwest Asia. The RQ-4s, assigned to the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing and deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif., achieved 1,500 combat sorties and 30,000 combat flying hours on Feb. 10 and 11 respectively.

The Army's newest and most advanced Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), the Extended Range/Multi-Purpose (ER/MP) UAS, has successfully completed a series of tests with the HELLFIRE® II UAS --- a missile specially engineered to fire from a UAV with a 360-degree targeting ability, service officials said. The tests, involving nine perfect or near-perfect missile firings, took place at the Naval Air Weapons Station, China Lake, Calif., and demonstrated the missile's ability to engage a wider target envelope than a typical Hellfire missile, said Tim Owings, Deputy Project Manager, Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems. "The significance to this is this is the first missile designed specifically for a UAV. The HELLFIRE UAS missile can take advantage of a 360 look around angle. The ball on the UAV can swivel 360 degrees -- and with this missile you can engage targets that are below you, behind you and well off-axis from what a typical HELLFIRE can do," said Owings. "There were nine successful shots. The big point is the laser designation system, the weapons system and the UAV all performed as designed and as expected. It was a really clean test."

Don't think I want to be on the receiving end of this.

[Dz]

say what you will about the US military but we have the coolest toys.

[Pink.]

those all are so cool.....and I like the automated guidance!!!


Imagine all the sensors and interfaces that would go into having a remotely operated system like those....


just gets me all wet



SWEET!!!!

[Hunted]

Something new to see......

FORT MONROE, Va. (July 20, 2011) A common unmanned surface vehicle patrols for intruders during Trident Warrior 2011. The experimental boat can operate autonomously or by remote. The Trident Warrior experiment, directed by U.S. Fleet Forces Command, temporarily deploys advanced capabilities on ships to collect real-world data and feedback during an underway experimentation period.