Azerbaijan Defence Industry Minister, Yavar Jamalov, announced at IDEF-2011 in Istanbul that the Defence Industry Ministry of Azerbaijan plans to produce 60 unmanned aircraft by the end of the year.
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Dynamics Research Corporation $25M Support Contract for Predator/Reaper Programme
Dynamics Research Corporation announced that it has been awarded two delivery orders with a combined value of $24.5 million for a base year with an additional option year period of performance.
IDEF Opens in Istanbul
President Abdullah Gül and the TAI Anka
President Abdullah Gül officially opened the 10th International Defence Industry Fair (IDEF’11) at İstanbul’s Tüyap Convention Center in Büyükçekmece on Tuesday.
Quadrotor Formation Flying at Penn University GRASP Lab
The University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Lab, has been working on getting groups of the robots to fly together in formation. Just like with a formation of fighter jets, there’s a leader robot in each squad along with several follower robots. The followers have just two jobs: follow the leader, and preserve the shape of the formation.
Alenia Aeronautica Seeks Partner for NextGen MALE UAS
(c) Alenia Aeronautica
Alenia Aeronautica is looking for a partner to develop a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system to rival the Franco-British venture announced earlier this year by BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation.
Aeroseeker Launches NextGen QuadRotor at Singapore Show
AeroSeeker launched its highly portable, four-rotor, unmanned aircraft with high quality video surveillance and aerial video streaming capabilities at the International Defence Fair in Singapore.
US Air Force $200M Jammer Pod Programme for Reaper
Four contractors will compete for a $200 million US Air Force programme to develop and produce an electronic attack (EA) pod that will be installed on unmanned aircraft systems and manned aircraft.
China Test Flies Mid-Sized Unmanned Helicopter
The V750, China’s largest unmanned helicopter, had its first successful flight on May, 7, marking China’s first entry into the field of mid-sized unmanned helicopters.