Aeronautics Defense Systems‘ Dominator XP unmanned air vehicle has completed a successful first series of flights in Mexico.
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Insitu Gets $15M Scan Eagle Contract for Pakistan
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded $15,180,214 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0030 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-12-G-0008) for hardware and technical data for the Scan Eagle for the government of Pakistan under the Foreign Military Sales programme. Continue reading
AeroVironment Out of DARPA TERN Phase 3
AeroVironment Inc., said the U.S. Department of Defenses’ Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has decided not to go forward with a Phase III contract with the company.
Sagem and AOI to Sell Patroller to Egypt
Sagem (Safran) and Egyptian manufacturer AOI-Aircraft Factory have signed an exclusive commercial and industrial collaboration agreement concerning the Patroller surveillance drone system, to address the requirements of the Egyptian Ministry of Defence.
Elbit Systems Gets $70M Contract for Intelligence Integrated Systems in Latin America
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was awarded a contract from a customer in the Latin American region, in an amount of approximately $70 million, for the supply of intelligence integrated systems, for homeland security applications.
General Atomics Gets $47M US Army Contract for Gray Eagle Improvements
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. was awarded a $47,499,986 modification to undefinitized contract W58RGZ-13-C-0109 for an improved Gray Eagle engineering change proposal applicable to 19 aircraft, four lots of ground support equipment, and one lot of unique initial spares.
Insitu in Middle East Talks
Institu currently has “between 12 and 15 active pursuits right now in the Middle East region,” Mark Russell, the company’s business development manager told reporters. Each potential sale consists of six Institu ScanEagle surveillance UAS and four Institu Interceptor UAS. Continue reading
UK Awards Lockheed Martin Desert Hawk 3 Contract
The U.K. Ministry of Defence has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract to support the Desert Hawk 3 programme and establish the small unmanned aerial system (UAS) as a Core Defence Capability. Continue reading