A pair of UAS are expected to take to the skies over the U.S. Arctic Ocean this summer, conducting work for the oil industry. Operating the remote controls will be private companies, including ConocoPhillips, Alaska’s largest oil producer and holder of oil leases in the remote Chukchi Sea off the state’s northwest coast.
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Keymerging Technologies selects ING Robotic Aviation’s Responder UAS for East Africa
Keymerging Technologies Ltd has purchased ING Robotic Aviation’s Responder rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicle systems for use in East Africa. The robotic aircraft will be used for aerial surveillance with both electro-optical and infrared cameras, in order to provide a wide range of imagery and monitoring support for their clients. Continue reading
Lehmann Aviation Extends Micro UAS Line with Two New Models
Last November Lehmann Aviation launched the LA100, a small and fully autonomous UAS designed to capture aerial images with a user-supplied GoPro camera. Now the French company is offering two new models that go farther and stay in the air longer.
CarteNav Selects Sentient Kestrel for Urgent Target Detection Requirements in Latin America
Sentient has announced that both Kestrel Land Moving Target Indicator (MTI) and Kestrel Maritime automated target detection capabilities have been selected by CarteNav Solutions Inc. to enhance its AIMS-HD moving map display (MMD) and sensor management system (SMS), addressing urgent operational requirements in Latin America. Continue reading
China Targets American and Israeli UAS
Despite all the publicity that American UAS receive, the major exporter of UAS has been Israel. Between 2002 and 2012, Israel exported $4.7 billion worth of UAS, approximately twice as much as the US. Continue reading
Spanish Air Force Negotiates Heron 1 Purchase
The Spanish Air Force is in initial negotiations with Israel Aerospace Industries about a possible purchase of Heron 1 unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
Insitu Gets $8.5M US Navy Contract for RQ-21A Upgrades
Insitu Inc. is being awarded an $8,528,000 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement to address hardware obsolescence issues and align two previously delivered early operational capability RQ-21A small tactical unmanned aircraft systems to the current system configuration. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Partnered with Wind River to Deliver the Software Platform for X-47B
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Northrop Grumman partnered with Wind River to deliver the software platform for the U.S. Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstration aircraft. Tighe Parmenter, manager of X-47B Navy UCAS business strategy and development, discusses how they relied on Wind River and the X-47B Joint Industry Team (JIT) to deliver this system. Continue reading