French Civil Aviation Authority, the DGAC, awarded Delair-Tech the first authorisation ever issued to a UAS company in France, for a civil UAS to fly over 100 km in French airspace. Continue reading
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Navmar Applied Sciences Gets $41M US Navy Tiger Shark Persistant Stare Contract
Navmar Applied Sciences is being awarded a $41,463,854 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price, cost reimbursable contract for a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Project under Topics N92-170 “Laser Detection and Ranging Identification Demonstration”, N94-178 “Air Deployable Expendable Multi-parameter Environmental Probe”, and AF083-006 “Low Cost Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)”. Continue reading
Sinclair Community College Gets New sUAS
Sinclair Community College has recently purchased “The Micro,” a small unmanned aircraft system (SUAS) from UTC Aerospace Systems. Continue reading
Aurora’s Skate Embeds With Massachusetts SWAT Team
Aurora Flight Sciences recently signed an agreement with the Boston area Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council (MetroLEC) to establish a programme to evaluate Aurora’s Skate Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) by their Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) operations. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Gets $20M US Air Force Beyond-Line-of-Sight Contract
The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $20 million contract to add beyond-line-of-sight command and control functions on one of its E-11A communications-relay aircraft, announced the company. Continue reading
UAS on Display at International Association of Police Chiefs Convention in San Diego
One of the many high-tech gadgets being marketed this week at the International Association of Police Chiefs Convention in San Diego are small unmanned aircraft, that can fit in a police cruiser’s trunk. Continue reading
FAA’s Willis Provides Quick Update on Selection of Six UAS Test Sites
At a presentation at the International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference in San Diego about law enforcement’s use of small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS), Randy Willis, the air traffic control specialist who is spearheading the FAA’s oversight of the expanded use of these aircraft, laid out an approximate timetable for the establishment of six sUAS test sites across the country. Continue reading
Insitu Gets $12M US Navy ScanEagle Modernisation Contract
Insitu, Inc., is being awarded a $12,430,363 delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-12-G-0008) for the hardware required to modernize the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems and the systems ancillary equipment. Continue reading