The maker of the Predator unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has unveiled a small drone that could play a role as an air-launched, attritable system. A picture released by General Atomics Aeronautical ...

General Atomics, the American drone manufacturing heavyweight, briefly showcased a new drone in their development pipeline via tweet. The small, compact drone, called the Sparrowhawk, has some pretty ...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems is developing a new attritable jet-powered unmanned air vehicle (UAV). Called SparrowHawk, it is intended to be air-launched from and air-recoverable by the US Air ...

Click to open image viewer. Operating from U.S. Navy airships during the early 1930s, diminutive Curtiss F9C-2 Sparrowhawks tested one of the more imaginative ideas in aviation history. Deployed with ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: The advantage of using small, cheap, and expendable combat drones is obvious—potential cost advantages are enormous, in terms of both maintenance, and the reduced ...