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Textron Unmanned Systems is studying the feasibility of a vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) variant of its RQ-7 Shadow unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which it hopes could be an upgrade option for the Australian Army’s ageing fleet. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $23,969,228 delivery order (0026) to previously awarded contract FA8620-15-G-4040 for MQ-9 contractor logistics support services phase 1.
French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has selected Thales’s latest-generation Spy’Ranger mini surveillance and reconnaissance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to equip the French forces. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $56,656,833 undefinitized contract action order (0034) to an existing basic ordering agreement (FA8620-15-G-4040) for the Spain MQ-9 Exportable Block 5 Procurement program.
Belarus and China are busy setting up a joint venture to make unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), BelTA learned from First Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus Sergei Chizhik during the press conference held on 26 December to discuss the Year of Science in Belarus. Continue reading
The U.S. Air Force has awarded General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. a $349.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide support services for the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial systems.
Goleta Star LLC has announced that it has been awarded a DHS Silicon Valley Innovation Program contract worth $200,000. Goleta Star will demonstrate the unique capabilities of its VideoRadar product to track vehicles and people illegally crossing the US border for U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Delivery of 10 ground systems for the ANKA-S Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), currently being developed for the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), will begin next year and is planned to be completed by 2018 while the qualification process was in progress. Continue reading