General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a $192,660,310 modification (P00071) to contract W58RGZ-17-C-0018 for Gray Eagle performance-based logistics. Continue reading
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UMS SKELDAR Teams with Scanfil for Production
UMS SKELDAR has teamed up with international outsource manufacturing contractor Scanfil to ramp up its volume production capability. Continue reading
Turkey Orders 22 More Anka UAVs
Turkey’s military and security forces will receive 22 more Anka unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and special purpose tactical wheeled armoured vehicles (TTZAs), local media reported a few days after the meeting of the Defense Industry Executive Committee (SSIK) of the Turkish Defense Industries Directorate (SSB) on 10 October. Continue reading
Arturius and DTI sign MOA on Counter Threat COE in Thailand
UK security and defence company Arturius is set to build a Counter Threat Centre of Excellence (COE) in Thailand to analyse any threats that the country faces. The company has signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with Thai Government organisation Defence Technology Institute (DTI) and local representative GCS Group Corporation Company. Continue reading
Drone Aviation’s $1.7M US DoD Contract for WASP Tactical Aerostat
Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, has announced that it has delivered its multi-mission capable tactical Winch Aerostat Small Platform (“WASP”) to the Department of Defense (“DoD”) under a contract award valued in excess of $1.7 million. Continue reading
Orbital and Insitu Extend LTA by Five Years
Orbital Corporation Ltd has announced the expansion of its Long Term Agreement (‘LTA’, the ‘Agreement’) with Insitu Inc. (Insitu), a wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company. The Agreement builds on Orbital UAV’s existing partnership with Insitu and increases the scope, scale and term of work outlined in the original LTA, signed in December 2016. Continue reading
Spain Procures Aeronautics Orbiter
The Spanish Ministry of Defence has selected the Aeronautics Orbiter 3 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to help monitor its forces’ bases during overseas missions. Continue reading
General Atomics Gets $442M US Army Gray Eagle Contract
General Atomics, Poway, California, was awarded a $441,634,278 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for procurement of technical services for U.S. Army Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Continue reading