Lockheed Martin has announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of CDL Systems Ltd., a software engineering firm that specializes in the development and licensing of vehicle control station software for unmanned systems. Continue reading
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Elbit Settles with Georgia for $35M
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that the Company and Georgia have signed settlement agreements for settling all claims and disputes. Continue reading
UAS Ineffective in Tracking Maoists in Chhattisgarh, India
In the second week of December, an unmanned aircraft flew over the Maoist-hit areas of Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh, picking up images of village dwellings and human movement. Continue reading
US Air Force Cadets Design Target Drone
Cadet 1st Class Justin Merrick from the Air Force Academy's Cadet Squadron 20 shows the drone developed in the Aerospace Lab
A small target drone designed by a group of Air Force Academy cadets could become the Air Force’s newest unmanned aircraft.
Embry-Riddle Considers Offering Masters In Unmanned Systems Engineering
Maj Mirmirani, Dean of Embry-Riddle’s College of Engineering, said that the College is “contemplating” adding a master’s degree in autonomous and unmanned systems engineering, which could start in 2013. Continue reading
Elbit Gets $50M Hermes 900 Contract
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was awarded a contract, valued at approximately $50 million, to supply Hermes 900 Unmanned Aircraft Systems to a governmental office of a country in the Americas. Continue reading
UAS for Catching Cattle Poachers
Georgia-based MarcusUAV is promoting its Zephyr system as the latest application for using an eye in the sky system for catching poachers.
Raytheon Gets $70M Predator Targeting System Contracts from US Air Force
The US Air Force has awarded two contracts totalling $70.5 million to defense contractor Raytheon Co. to support targeting systems used by missile-carrying Predator unmanned aircraft. Continue reading