Kazakhstan is expected to shortly sign an agreement with Israel’s Elbit Systems to undertake assembly of Skylark and Hermes unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the Central Asian country. Continue reading
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Korean Air Develops Unmanned Helicopter with Boeing
South Korea’s largest full-service carrier Korean Air Lines Co. and the world’s leading aircraft manufacturer Boeing Co. have teamed up to develop unmanned combat helicopters. Continue reading
MQ-8C Fire Scout Sales Take Off – Prices Fall
Three years ago, the U.S. Navy began testing Northrop Grumman’s newest version of the Fire Scout, a helicopter drone derived from the Bell 407 utility helicopter, for use in active naval operations. Now it’s time for Northrop Grumman to start cashing in. Continue reading
Del-Air Tech Acquires Software Co Eukrea
The Eukréa Electromatique company, whose headquarters are in Bordeaux, is a world renowned specialist in the engineering of on-board systems. Since 2004, the company has been developing optimised electronic and software solutions for embedded Linux applications. During its twelve years of existence, several technology companies have drawn on its know-how and skills. Continue reading
Insitu Gets $21M RQ-21A Blackjack Contract
Insitu Inc. is being awarded $21,563,518 for modification P00001 to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-16-C-0054) to exercise an option to procure two low-rate initial production Lot V RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft systems for the Navy (1) and the government of Canada (1).
Insitu Gets $10M US Navy Service Contract
Insitu Inc. is being awarded a $9,896,412 modification (0007) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-14-C-0070) to procure intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance services using its unmanned aircraft system in support of the Navy. Continue reading
US Navy’s Autonomous Tactical Airborne Drone Project
There is little detail in the $1 million contract award posted on September 1st. The award, from the Army, but through the Pentagon’s brand-new tech-focused “Defense Innovation Unit Experimental” DIUx, is for a nine-month “prototype project in the area of Autonomous Tactical Airborne Drones.” Continue reading
$150M Unmanned Helicopter Project in Changzhou
Jiangsu Tianyu Aviation Technology Co., Ltd. and the 60th Research Institute of the General Staff Department of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (60th Research Institute) held a signing ceremony for cooperation on an unmanned helicopter project recently.