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Ice Build-up at a North Dakota Bridge
U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Air and Marine has played a crucial role in responding to the severe flooding of the Red River in the upper Midwest.
An aerial remote sensing system studied by Oregon State University may provide a new way for the state’s nurseries to check inventories. OSU Willamette Valley trials are underway in conjunction with University of Florida and University of Arkansas researchers at three Oregon nurseries.
Northrop Grumman’s Fire Scout achieved a single-day endurance flight record of 18 hours in U.S. Navy anti-piracy operations.
Horus 200 Watchdog
Flight Technologies was amongst the local companies on hand at the Latin America Aero & Defence 2011 Exhibition in Rio to display their domestic-built UAS.
At the Navy League’s annual Sea Air Space convention outside Washington, Northrop and the Navy unveiled new details about the X-47B and their schedule to get it flying off a carrier. Rule number one: it’s not “remotely piloted.”
Brazil’s military has outlined requirements, valued at up to $11 billion, to establish two vast new surveillance networks with coverage ranging from the remote and lawless north-west border to the oil fields discovered hundreds of kilometres off the country’s eastern coastline.
Vuzix Corporation announced that it has been awarded a $1 million research contract under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) Programme. The funding will go towards research and development of a next generation holographic optical display system for use by Joint Terminal Attack Controllers (JTAC).