Boeing and Siemens have announced a strategic alliance for the joint development and marketing of “smart grid” technologies to improve energy access and security for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), the largest energy consumer in the federal government.
Monthly Archives: August 2011
DARPA Mach 20 Hypersonic Falcon HTV-2 Second Flight Test Today
DARPA’s second flight test of the Falcon Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 is scheduled to launch today. The flight window is between 7:00am – 1:00 pm PDT from Vandenberg Air Forc Base, California, aboard an Air Force Minotaur IV rocket.
IAI Unveils Ghost – a New Mini VTOL UAS
IAI Malat is unveiling the Ghost, a new vertical take-off and landing miniature unmanned aircraft currently undergoing test flights, and which is expected to be ready for marketing soon.
New Zealand’s Home-Grown Unmanned Aircraft
AreoHawk is a miniature UAV optimised for acquiring data for processing in photogrammetry software and general purpose imaging.
Elbit and Elisra Introduce New All Digital Mobile Video Receiving System
The latest generation MRS-2000LTM is an all digital, ruggedized, transportable video receiving system for precise situational awareness picture build up of the battlefield, providing an “beyond-the next-hill” view of the enemy at standoff range, avoiding danger of exposure and revealing intentions.
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Gets $13M Contract for Gray Eagle Heavy Fuel Engine Upgrade Kit
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. was awarded a $13,473,894 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to supply an alternate heavy fuel engine kit upgrade for the Gray Eagle.
Boeing Completes Acquisition of Solutions Made Simple Inc.
Boeing announced that it has completed the acquisition of Solutions Made Simple Inc. (SMSi), an information services provider for the U.S. government and the Intelligence Community.
International Aerial Robotics Competition
This video describes the 6th Mission of the International Aerial Robotics Competition which began in 2010. The 6th Mission involves the use of micro air vehicles ( MAV ) to find and steal a zip drive containing sensitive information, and replace it with an identical drive before leaving the building undetected. All of this must be done fully autonomously. A $20,000 prize will be awarded during 2011 if any team can demonstrate this aerial robotic behaviour in under 10 minutes.