General Atomics’ Rough Field-Capable Mojave Drone Breaks Cover
The new Mojave drone is like an intriguing mix of OV-10 Bronco and MQ-9 Reaper.
The new Mojave drone is like an intriguing mix of OV-10 Bronco and MQ-9 Reaper.
General Atomics drones are gaining the ability to launch unmanned aircraft in mid-air, new self-defense options, and other advanced capabilities.
“Nobody should’ve lived through this,” said one survivor as new insights into U.S. intelligence prior to the strikes come to light.
This low-cost unmanned demonstrator could give larger drones, such as the MQ-9 Reaper, game-changing new capabilities.
Hidden away in the desolate mountains of the Mojave desert, NASA has been operating an expansive space communications and research complex since almost the very beginning of the Cold War-era Space Race. The historic and isolated locale is also home to an unassuming airstrip that runs alongside a dry lakebed. It has long caught the eye of The War Zone as a particularly ideal location for a drone base, and, as it turns out, this once austere runway has been quietly transformed into exactly that.
Members of the U.S. Army’s elite 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment recently took part in a test at the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake. This single experiment offered a window into U.S. military advances in manned-unmanned teaming, networked munitions, and artificial intelligence.
Better known for its helicopters, the Army’s top special operations aviation unit’s unmanned aircraft are also in high demand.
Similar dispensers could allow an individual aircraft to carry hundreds and maybe even thousands of the weapons at once.
Artillery soldiers reportedly used short-range practice rockets when even standard types wouldn’t have had the range to reach the target area.
RIMPAC executes its first land-based anti-ship missile barrage in a big way.