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Australian Minister for Defence Stephen Smith and Minister for Defence Materiel Dr Mike Kelly announced last week that the Government would issue a Letter of Request (LOR) to the United States to gain access to detailed cost, capability and availability information on the United States Navy’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned Aircraft. Continue reading
European Aeronautic, Defence & Space Co. said that equipment developed for five Euro Hawks can find other uses after the German government said it would abort the 508 million-euro ($661 million) project. Continue reading
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) conducted its first ship-based unmanned aircraft system (UAS) mission with AeroVironment’s Puma UAS. Continue reading
Raytheon Company has delivered two electronic attack payloads in support of the U.S. Army’s Networked Electronic Warfare, Remotely Operated (NERO) system. The payloads were delivered as part of a contract awarded by the U.S. Navy NAVSEA-Crane in 2012. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman has just posted this 6-minute video of X-47B testing for suitability for use on aircraft carriers carried out recently. Continue reading
The U.S. Air Force awarded a $555.6 million contract to Northrop Grumman to modernize its fleet of Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Continue reading
The Northrop Grumman X-47B UCAS-D demonstrator should make the first catapult launch of an unmanned aircraft from an aircraft carrier – or, wait… a “modern” aircraft carrier. Continue reading
Saab has verified a number of key capabilities of its Skeldar V-200 vertical lift UAS through flight campaigns at different sites in US and Sweden demonstrating the system’s performance for both land and sea based operations. A number of successful customer demonstration flights have also been conducted. Continue reading