The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $114 million advance procurement contract in preparation to build three more high-flying RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and associated sensors. Continue reading
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Prioria Robotics Gets $4.5 M Maveric Contract From US Army Rapid Equipping Force
Prioria Robotics, Inc., developers of tactical Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS), announced that it has been awarded several contracts totalling $4.5 million by the U.S. Army Rapid Equipping Force. Continue reading
MTSI Expands UAS Services into the Commercial UAS Marketplace
Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI), a systems engineering provider in the Government Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) domain, has announced the expansion of its UAS services into the Commercial UAS marketplace. Continue reading
US Venture Capitalists Invested $40M in UAS Start-Ups in 9 Months
Venture capitalists like Tim Draper are placing their bets on the commercial applications of UAS. Draper, an early investor in Hotmail, Skype and Baidu, is now backing DroneDeploy, a start-up that is building software to direct unmanned aircraft on land mapping and the surveillance of agricultural fields.
“UAS hold the promise of companies anticipating our every need and delivering without human involvement,” Draper, 55, wrote in an e-mail. “Everything from pizza delivery to personal shopping can be handled by UAS.” Continue reading
Brican Flight Systems Partners with National Research Council of Canada on Civilian UAS Programme
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) announced that it will partner with Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) maker, Brican Flight Systems. Continue reading
China Establishes UAS Industrial Base
China will establish a special industrial base for the development and production of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in Beijing’s southern Daxing District, Chinese-language media reports. Continue reading
CybAero Supplies Additional Subsystems for Cassidian’s Tanan 300 VTOL UAS
CybAero has received an order from EADS subsidiary, Cassidian, to supply subsystems for use on the Tanan 300 VTOL UAS. The order is in addition to an initial order for subsystems placed in May 2013. Continue reading
French Start-Up Delair-Tech Raises $4M of Private Investment for Civil UAS Development
French start-up, Delair-Tech has raised 4 million dollars of private investment from the Andromede holding company and also the Parrot technology company, accelerating its growth in the ever expanding professional civil UAS market. Continue reading