Category Archives: Business News

Northrop Grumman Wins DARPA TERN Contract

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DARPA hasn’t yet given official confirmation of “who won” the TERN contract. But this month, one of the two contestants told us who lost. Specifically, on September 22, AeroVironment announced that it “was not selected to receive a phase III contract for DARPA’s Tern program.” Given that the only other company competing for TERN was Northrop Grumman, that leaves Northrop as the Phase III TERN contract winner, by default. Continue reading

General Atomics Gets $9M US Army Gray Eagle Control Station Contract

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a $9,250,320 modification (P00035) to contract W58RGZ-13-C-0109 to procure universal spares for mobile ground control stations, universal ground control stations, and universal satellite communications ground data terminals for the Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system.  Continue reading

Insitu Gets $9M US Navy Blackjack Contract

RQ-21A_Blackjack_Maritime_0505Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded $8,702,731 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0001 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-15-G-0014) for the procurement of spare and sustainment parts required to maintain the RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aerial system in support of Marine expeditionary unit work-ups, deployments, and squadron readiness training.

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Strat Aero Acquires Geocurve

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Strat Aero PLC  an international aerospace company focused on the rapidly emerging Unmanned Aerial Vehicle sector, announced that it has entered into a Share Purchase Agreement for the acquisition of Geocurve Holdings Limited, a privately owned company, which specialises in the provision of UAV operated topographical surveys and inspection services to a blue chip customer base, including the UK’s Environment Agency, EDF Energy, Carillion, and the RSPB.  Continue reading