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World Surveillance Group Inc. (formerly Sanswire) has announced that it was awarded a $200,000 contract from Space Florida to create a Performance Data Package in connection with the flight testing of the Argus One at the U.S. Army’s proving ground facility in Yuma, Arizona in May/June 2011.
Brazil’s first unmanned anti-drug surveillance aircraft has been grounded since it arrived from Israel more than a month ago because of a lack of fuel.
The Boeing Company and subsidiary Insitu Inc. yesterday named Steve Morrow Insitu President and CEO, effective immediately. Morrow succeeds CEO Steve Sliwa, who retired April 1.
Optics and sensors specialist Clear Align introduced its Featherlight line of lightweight lenses optimized for shortwave infrared (SWIR) applications for UAS and man-portable electro-optics applications at the SPIE Defence, Security, and Sensors conference and trade show in Orlando, Florida.
The Raytheon Company was awarded a $7 million contract to serve as a Mission Systems Integrator for Phase I of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Persistent Close Air Support project.
The most intense use of the US Federal Aviation Administration’s NextGen Integration and Evaluation Capability (NIEC) to date has been by the UAS community, both within the FAA and the broader government and industry community.
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a Certificate of Authorization (COA) to Mississippi State University for Stark Aerospace to fly the Heron UAS from Golden Triangle Regional Airport (GTRA) in Columbus, Mississippi .
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with RUAG Aerospace Services GmbH, an approved and certified MRO company, to offer the Predator B UAS to meet the surveillance needs of the Federal Republic of Germany.