AeroVironment, Inc. has announced that it has received a $13,487,240 order from the United States Army. The order – the final portion of a contract valued at $59.6 million – includes RQ-11B Raven unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), miniature gimballed payloads and initial spares packages, and is funded from the Army’s fiscal 2012 procurement budget.
Yearly Archives: 2013
Miramar Air Show Flying Displays
This video of highlights from the Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show 2012 was just posted as a teaser for the next edition this coming October. Continue reading
Sensor Company Adapts Military Products to Civilian Usage
Headwall Photonics in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, specializes in spectral imaging. The sensors it makes can detect — very sharply and from great distance — light wavelength patterns that are imperceptible to the human eye.
Shadow is US Military’s Favourite Unmanned Asset in Afghanistan
Geography rules in eastern Afghanistan. Rugged mountains and rocky plains make it a difficult trek for people, but well-suited for donkeys and UAS. And these days the region has its share of both. Continue reading
MQ-8B Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Passes 5,000 Flight Hours in Afghanistan
Since deploying to Afghanistan in 2011, the MQ-8 Fire Scout system has provided real-time airborne surveillance and targeting supporting counter improvised explosive devices (IEDs), provided targeting support and delivered real-time video to military forces on the ground.
Sikorsky Unveils MATRIX Technology to Advance VTOL Autonomy to Higher Levels of Capability and Safety
Sikorsky Aircraft, a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp., has unveiled a major research program — designated MATRIX Technology — to develop, test and field systems and software that will improve significantly the capability, reliability and safety of flight for autonomous, optionally piloted, and piloted vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. Continue reading
Unmanned Power by Northrop Grumman – Video
First Civil UAS Flights will be Over Arctic Waters
A pair of UAS are expected to take to the skies over the U.S. Arctic Ocean this summer, conducting work for the oil industry. Operating the remote controls will be private companies, including ConocoPhillips, Alaska’s largest oil producer and holder of oil leases in the remote Chukchi Sea off the state’s northwest coast.