Aurora Flight Sciences is close to securing up to three customers in Europe, plus one in the U.S., for its Centaur optionally piloted aircraft (OPA), which is based on the Diamond DA42 twin-engine tourer, the company told AIN. The American company has been marketing the Centaur in the U.S. as a versatile, low-cost airborne sensing platform for two years but only recently expanded the effort to Europe.
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Northrop Grumman Gets $240M Sensor Upgrade Contract
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, has been awarded a $240,653,315 primarily firm-fixed-price modification (PZ0001) for FA8620-13-C-3018 for three Block 30M RQ-4B Global Hawk air vehicles, each containing an Enhanced Integrated Sensor Suite and an Airborne Signals Intelligence Payload (ASIP), plus two additional ASIP sensors as retrofit kits.
Rwandan Develops Photography UAS
A team of young Rwandans have developed a UAS which they say can be used for different purposes and applications including; agriculture, energy, mining and media sectors.
Olaeris North Carolina Hub in Doubt
North Carolina, and specifically Winston-Salem’s Smith Reynolds Airport, has just the right altitude, terrain and other characteristics to become the research and development hub for UAS manufacturer Olaeris. That could translate into along with hundreds – and maybe thousands over time – of high-paying jobs. But company officials say that opportunity will be lost in the next few weeks if state officials don’t act. Continue reading
Commercial UAS Market to Take off in China
Commercial use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is an emerging line of business in China, is set to be worth billions of yuan within a few years as more companies show interest in entering the market, with a Shenzhen-based UAV company having posted explosive growth since its establishment in 2006, Guangzhou’s 21st Century Business Review reports.
Drones and Smartphones
Unmanned Aerial Systems, Incorporated has announced a new project to develop a software application that will downlink drone imagery to a customer’s laptop or smartphone. The developer has launched an Indiegogo campaign to provide funding for the writing and testing of the software, as well as making hardware adjustments on the latest commercial drone aircraft. Continue reading
Israel Blocks Further UAS Sales to Russia
Israel’s defence ministry has ordered all Israeli companies that manufacture unmanned air systems not to begin or continue negotiations for new contracts in Russia. Israeli sources on 4 August said the decision is a result of Russian intervention in Ukraine, and that Washington had played a major role in the ruling. Continue reading
Detroit Aircraft Corp Reborn
There was once a time when Detroit was the center of not only the automotive world, but the aviation world, too. Back in the early 20th century, the Detroit Aircraft Corp produced more aircraft than any other company and owned a number of subsidiaries, including the company that is now Lockheed Martin. The Detroit Aircraft Corp didn’t survive the Great Depression.