Insitu, Inc. is being awarded a $41,090,719 ceiling priced modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-11-C-0061) to exercise an option for operational and maintenance services in support of the ScanEagle unmanned aerial systems. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: February 2012
K-Max Operations in Afghanistan – Video
Lockheed Martin just posted this new video about the K-Max deployment to Afghanistan. Within 75 days of being shipped out it was undertaking its first resupply mission. Continue reading
UNOSAT Gets Microdrones Quadrocopter
UNOSAT took delivery today of its second UAS in a little over one month, this time a so-called quadrocopter. Continue reading
Elbit’s Hermes 900 Makes First Appearance at Singapore 2012 Air Show
Elbit Systems‘ Hermes 900 multi-mission UAS will make its first real-size appearance at the upcoming Singapore Air Show, which takes place from February 14 to 19, 2012. Continue reading
Advanced Defense Technologies Enters UAS Market
Advanced Defense Technologies, Inc. announced that the Company is designing the sensors, signals intelligence (SIGINT), detection, and communication systems for unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
Northwest to Manufacture UAVForge Winner
Northwest UAV Propulsion Systems announced that it has been awarded a contract under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) UAVForge programme to manufacture 15 units of the winning design. Continue reading
6th Red River Valley Research Corridor Unmanned Aviation Systems Action Summit
The Red River Valley Research Corridor: Unmanned Aviation Systems Action Summit 2012 will be held on May 22-23, 2012 at the Alerus Center, Grand Forks, North Dakota. Continue reading
US Develops Floating UAS Base for Rapid Strikes
The new US defense-budget plan includes funding for an a floating unmanned aircraft base that also could be used as a launching pad for commandos. Continue reading