The U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded a contract to 3D Robotics of Berkley, California for up to 40 small, unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). The award follows a lengthy process to develop performance requirements and select the most useful type of aircraft. Continue reading
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Northrop Grumman to Modernize RQ-4 Ground Segment
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center to modernize the ground segment for the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk autonomous unmanned aircraft system. Continue reading
General Atomics Gets $9.6M Precision Tracking Award
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) of San Diego, California, is being awarded a $9,609,911, competitive, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. Under this new contract, the contractor will design, build, and test in the laboratory key laser subsystems required to demonstrate precision tracking. Continue reading
UK Orders Third Zephyr
The UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) has announced it has ordered a third, record-breaking, Zephyr-S Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), as part of a £13-million contract with Airbus Defence and Space (ADS).
General Atomics Gets $371M USAF Reaper Contract
General Atomics – Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $370,932,862 firm fixed-price, incentive firm contract for fiscal 2015 MQ-9 Reaper production.
Intel, AeroVironment and Esri – New Platinum Sponsors of Drone World Expo
Drone World Expo has announced that Intel Corporation, AeroVironment and Esri have all signed up as platinum sponsors of this defining event for the commercial applications of UAS technology which takes place at the San Jose Convention Center, Tuesday, November 15 – Wednesday, November 16, 2016. Continue reading
Total Safety Partners with Era for UAS Inspections
Total Safety U.S. Inc., a provider of industrial inspection and integrated safety solutions, has announced the further expansion of its commercial unmanned aerial systems (UAS) solutions and an exclusive alliance and collaboration agreement with Era Group Inc., a helicopter transport operator. Continue reading
Sharper Shape Partners for Utility Monitoring in India
Palo Alto-based Sharper Shape, a provider of automated drone-based asset inspections, and Sterlite Power, India’s leading power transmission company, announced a strategic partnership to provide drone inspection services for utility assets in India. Continue reading