The FAA awarded a $440 million extension through 2017 to Lockheed Martin for continued support of the National Airspace System (NAS) Integration Support Contract (NISC). Extending the NISC allows the FAA to have quick access to a team of high-level technical, engineering and information technology specialists where it needs to implement or integrate equipment and components related to the modernization of the U.S. air traffic management system, NextGen. Continue reading
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UAS to Help with Search & Rescue in Metro Vancouver
Local search and rescue teams and fire departments in Metro Vancouver are considering the use of unmanned aircraft systems to provide a cheaper — and infinitely safer — way of finding people in treacherous or difficult-to-access terrain. Continue reading
University of Louisiana-Monroe UAS Students Monitor Crops
Unmanned Aircraft Systems, or UAS, is now a concentration within the University of Louisiana-Monroe Aviation Department. Led by Dr. Paul Karlowitz, Associate Professor of Aviation. A group of seven students will become the first in the state to gain clearance by the Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, for the use of UAS for commercial use.
UK-France Military Declaration Reveals Development of Future Combat Air Systems
The final text of the Declaration on Security and Defence signed at the UK-France Summit in January has now been released and it reveals some details about future European UAS projects.
UAS Flies First Long-Duration Test Using Repurposed Satellite
Using a repurposed commercial satellite, US Air Force crews flew MQ-1 Predators and MQ-9 Reapers from Creech Air Force Base, Nev., during multiple missions in November and December.
Queensland Researchers Make Progress on Detect-and-Avoid
Queensland University of Technology Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) researchers have made what’s believed to be a world-first breakthrough for small Unmanned Aircraft (UA), developing an on board system that has enabled a UA to detect another aircraft using vision while in flight. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Corporation will Highlight Airborne Surveillance Capability at Singapore Air Show
Northrop Grumman Corporation will highlight its global security capabilities including airborne early warning and control systems, unmanned aircraft systems, fire control radars and infrared countermeasures at the Singapore Air Show.The air show is Asia’s largest aerospace and defence event and one of the world’s top three air shows and takes place from Feb. 11-16 at the Changi Exhibition Centre (CEC) located near Changi Airport. Continue reading
General Atomics Gets $117M US Air Force Contract for Extended Reapers
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., has been awarded a not-to-exceed $117,286,467 undefinitized contract action (0118) for an existing firm-fixed-price contract (FA8620-10-G-3038) for the MQ-9 Accelerated Extended Range effort which will field 38 MQ-9 Extended Range aircraft. Continue reading