The 174th Fighter Wing, which has been operating unmanned aircraft over Afghanistan for nearly two years is about to start flying them out of Fort Drum and over Northern New York. Continue reading
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Sinclair Community College Request FAA Approval for Training Flights
Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, has requested federal approval of a site at Springfield Air National Guard Base to do training flights of unmanned aircraft, in the latest effort by the region to develop itself as a center of education and expertise for UAS and the information-gathering sensor systems they carry. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Gets $85M Logistics Contract for Gray Eagle
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems was awarded an $84.8 million contract to provide logistics and hardware support for its MQ-1C Gray Eagle. Continue reading
IARPA Announces Phase 1 of Great Horned Owl Programme
Officials of the US Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) Smart Collection Office in Washington has issued a broad agency announcement for the initial phase of the Great Horned Owl (GHO) programme.
Skive Aviation Film of Flight Demonstrations at UAV-g 2011 Conference
SKIVE Aviation was on hand to film the flight demonstrations at the recent international UAV-g 2011 Conference organised by ETH Zurich at Birrfeld Airfield in Switzerland. Continue reading
AAI Gets $11M US Army Shadow Support Contract
AAI Corp. was awarded an $11,074,078 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the engineering services in support of the Shadow 200 unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
BlueBear Systems Launches iSTART
BlueBear Systems in the UK has launched the iSTART – a small, lightweight UAS that can be operated by a single user and is designed for use in military, law enforcement and civilian applications. Continue reading
US Marines Take K-MAX to Afghanistan
The US Marine Corps is taking the use of unmanned air systems to the next level, deploying pilotless cargo helicopters to Afghanistan to test their ability to supply troops in the field without trucks facing the risk of deadly IEDs. Continue reading