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At the Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting in Washington on Monday, AeroVironment, Inc. introduced a series of enhancements to the battle-proven RQ-20A Puma AE small unmanned aircraft system that include new features and capabilities.
The Boeing Company was awarded a $24,726,375 modification for an existing contract for QF-16 Full-Scale Aerial Target low rate initial production. Continue reading
The Indian Army’s Northern Command has issued a global tender for procuring latest miniature unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for gathering intelligence and carry out reconnaissance of areas along Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan and Sino-India border.
Following a comprehensive review and demonstration in September of 2013, Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has received a Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) Special Airworthiness Certificate for its Nighthawk IV micro Unmanned Air System (UAS) operating at its Randolph, Vt. location for the purposes of research & development, customer demonstrations and crew training. Continue reading
Kiln, the international specialist insurance and reinsurance underwriting group which is part of Tokio Marine, has partnered with aviation training specialist Resource UAS to help mitigate the risks associated with using commercially flown Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) through training and insurance. Continue reading
US Air Force unmanned aircraft system (UAS) experts are looking for defence contractors able to design an airborne sense-and-avoid system that could be installed on a wide variety of UAS to enable unmanned aircraft to operate safely alongside commercial aircraft in civil airspace. Continue reading
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
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