The Top 20 UAS Manufacturers

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Unmanned aerial systems are increasingly important to warfare world-wide and even terrorist groups are able to obtain and deploy them, reports C4ISR & Networks. Market research company, ASDReports, has compiled a photostory of the 20 UAS manufacturers it considers as having the greatest potential impact in coming years.

Army Major Kyle Petroskey didn’t graduate from the US Naval Test Pilot School with his classmates, according to NAVAIR News. Unfortunately, after completing the engineering test pilot course and just before the graduation ceremony in June 2012, he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. Two years later during a break from treatment, friends, family and his entire class assembled at NAS Pax River to attend Major Petroskey’s special, belated graduation ceremony.

A commentary on the need for the US to prepare for “cyberwar” is presented by Real Clear Defense. There is a growing fear that a cyber event could escalate into outright war with world-wide consequences. The analyst reviews recent cyber skirmishing, what these incidents mean, how they might escalate, and how private-sector, not-for-profit, and government organizations can prepare for this possibility.

VP Joe Biden announced new high-tech job training efforts being launched by the White House this week will include veteran-specific programs and placement efforts, reports the Military Times. Mr. Biden said that communities with high veteran unemployment rates will be targeted with efforts to retrain vets in high-demand programming languages and technology trades.

The Russian Navy has deployed “a fully-fledged analog of the American P-8 Poseidon” in the form of the modernized Ilyushin Il-38 aircraft, designed to hunt down and destroy enemy submarines, according to Russia and India Report.

The USS Constellation will be scrapped in Texas following a historic tow from its resting place in the Pacific Northwest, reports U-T San Diego. The Navy said Monday that the decommissioned flattop will be towed almost 17,000 miles including around the tip of South America because it is too big to pass through the Panama Canal.

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved funding for two Lockheed Martin helicopter programs including $348 million for the Presidential Helicopter program and $100 million for the Combat Rescue Helicopter program, reports Business Journal News Network. The full US Senate will now consider the defense-spending measure.