Australia’s Defense Department removed three major projects, including the Joint 129 Phase 2 project for tactical unmanned aircraft, from its official list of contracts falling behind schedule or having cost overruns. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: December 2011
US Army Issues RFI for Smart Aerostat to support Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance in Afghanistan
The Rapid Equipping Force (REF) has a requirement to purchase Unmanned Aircraft System to support Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Shortfalls in the environmentally inhospitable operating environment of Afghanistan. Continue reading
Sale of Four Global Hawks to South Korea on Hold
Global Hawk Block 30
The sale of as many as four Northrop Grumman Global Hawks to help improve South Korea’s reconnaissance capability may have stalled. Continue reading
AAI Logistics Gets Sweden’s Training Provider Certification
AAI Logistics & Technical Services, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced that it has earned the highly selective Sweden Armed Forces Technical School maintenance training provider certification. Continue reading
K-MAX Makes First Flights In Afghanistan
Photo: Lockheed Martin
The US Marine Corps flew two unmanned K-MAX helicopter test flights out to one of the forward operating bases in Afghanistan without a load on December 15 and 16. Continue reading
Experts Sceptical About Iran’s GPS Hack Claim on RQ-170
Take everything that Iran says about its captured US drone with a grain of salt. But its new claim that it spoofed the drone’s navigational controls isn’t implausible. Continue reading
USAF ISR Review Highlights Need for ‘Survivable’ UAS and Improved Data Processing
An internal review of the US Air Force’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities indicates the need for unmanned aircraft systems that can survive in contested airspace, as well as improved data processing and greater capacity for movement and dissemination of that data, according to a senior service official. Continue reading
CybAero Successful Helicopter Test Flights in Gale Force Winds Over Arctic Ocean
Sweden’s CybAero AB, in collaboration with the Norwegian Coast Guard and Coastal Agency, has conducted a series of flights with its unmanned helicopter, the APID 60, in winds up to gale force. Continue reading