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DARPA’s CODE program seeks to help the U.S. military’s UASs conduct dynamic, long-distance engagements of highly mobile ground and maritime targets in denied or contested electromagnetic airspace, all while reducing required communication bandwidth and cognitive burden on human supervisors.
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The small craft sounded like a lawnmower and was hard to distinguish, from a distance, from a bird that just happened to be gliding by that day on the California coast.
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DARPA invites input on how to enable existing large aircraft to carry, launch and recover multiple unmanned air systems for a variety of missions.
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DARPA, Navy Develop Long TERN Solutions

DARPA and the Navy are exploring concepts for a long-endurance and long-range aircraft that would operate from a variety of Navy ships.
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The U.S. Navy is doing something incredible: they’ve found a way to autonomously fly – and land – a full-sized helicopter…using a smart tablet.
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Engineers and Marines at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., demonstrate the increased capability of small unmanned aerial vehicles!
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The holy grail of home entertainment systems always has been a master remote control for separate components of differing brands.  Well guess what?  The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has developed something similar for military ground, air and undersea unmanned systems that …
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Remote sensing technologies on airborne scientific missions have added new depth and dimension to scientific observation. Yet they come at a cost – literally. Flying data-gathering missions for scientists, land managers, and hazard-mitigation agencies can cost upward of $30,000 an …
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