Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the real-time distributed infrastructure software company, has released extensive support for the Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) Control Segment (UCS) vision. Continue reading
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BlueBird Gets SpyLite UAS Latin American Order
BlueBird has won a contract to supply its SpyLite mini unmanned aircraft system to a Latin American country, where the equipment will be used mainly for “civil surveillance” tasks. Continue reading
Aurora Flight Sciences Joins DARPA TERN Programme
A US military research programme that seeks to develop a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system that can launch and recover from relatively small ships for long-term maritime surveillance has grown to five separate contractors. Continue reading
Chile Navy Evaluates Hermes 900
The Chilean Navy is evaluating a possible procurement of Elbit Systems’ Hermes 900 tactical unmanned aircraft system for maritime patrol tasks. Continue reading
New UAS Tech Centre to be Built Near Barcelona
CATUAV has started this week the construction of a tech centre for UAS, robotics and remote sensing civil projects. The CATUAV Tech Center (CTC) will be open to any company, research center, university or individual interested on using its UAS airfield and facilities in order to develop, test and/or certify UAS technology. Continue reading
Rolls-Royce to Develop New Services Facility for Global Hawk Engines
Rolls-Royce will open a new engine depot services facility at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma to support the US Air Force Global Hawk fleet. The company has been awarded a $49 million contract to establish the new facility, which is expected to begin operations in 2015. Continue reading
Simlat to Deliver Advanced UAS & ISR Training and Simulation Classroom to Northland College
Simlat Ltd. was selected to provide an UAS & ISR Training & Simulation Center for the Northland Imagery Analysis college programme. Northland’s Imagery Analysis and Geospatial Intelligence programmes are the first of their kind in America. Continue reading
Silent Falcon Prepares to Make a Noise
Silent Falcon is a small company working to develop a solar-powered UAS with an advanced camera system and on Oct. 1, said company CEO John Brown, it launched its Silent Falcon Marketing to start selling the systems. Continue reading