Aurora Flight Sciences has won a $13.7 million US Navy contract to complete development of a prototype system that allows an untrained operator to land an unmanned helicopter using a software application on an Apple iPad mini.
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Saudi Arabia Buys China’s Pterodactyl UAS
Saudi Arabia has signed an agreement to purchase China’s Wing Loong medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle, otherwise known as the Pterodactyl I, reports Huanqiu, the website of China’s nationalistic tabloid Global Times. Continue reading
L-3 Unmanned Systems Introduces New Unmanned Aircraft System
L-3 Unmanned Systems will introduce its Airborne Pursuit and Exploitation (APEX) Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s (AUVSI) Unmanned Systems 2014 conference.
Raytheon Gets $16M Fire Scout Linux Upgrade Contract
Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) control experts at the Raytheon Co. Technical Services segment in Dulles, Va., will switch a major unmanned helicopter control system from Solaris to Linux software, and upgrade the system with universal UAV control qualities under terms of a $15.8 million contract.
Europe and Asia to Overtake America in UAS R&D
By 2022, the United States is projected to spend less than half the worldwide total on UAS research and development, as other countries — principally in Asia — step up production of own unmanned aircraft, according to a report by national security consulting firm Forecast International.
Infotron Sold for $10M
Groupe Gorgé, via its subsidiary ECA S.A., has acquired French UA helicopter provider Infotron for €2.5 million and 375,000 shares of ECA – a combined value of around $10 million. The acquisition supplements ECA’s line of unmanned underwater and aerial devices and systems with a proven line of mini helicopter-type vertical takeoff UAS.
Datron Gets Mystery Military Order
Datron World Communications, Inc. has announced today the receipt of a purchase order from a U.S. military customer for small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS).
Aero Surveillance Partners with Aero Composites
Aero Surveillance has announced a new partnership with Aero Composites Innovations (ACInnov) to focus on advanced Small and Medium Tactical fixed wing surveillance solutions. Continue reading