Over the past year, Lockheed Martin acquired CDL Systems, Chandler/May and Procerus Technologies to enhance its unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) capability. Continue reading
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Simlat Provides UAS Training & Simulation Classroom for Flight School at Cochise College, Arizona
Simlat Ltd. was recently awarded a contract by Cochise College, Arizona, to provide a full UAS Training classroom Solution. Continue reading
Royal Canadian Mounted Police to Buy 3 Qube Systems from AeroVironment
The RCMP is planning to expand its fleet of remote-controlled “eyes in the sky,” by buying unmanned quadrotors from Southern California-based AeroVironment Inc. Continue reading
Navmar Production Expansion Brings $30M Boost to Local Economy
Navmar Applied Sciences Corp. is already expanding to step up production of its unmanned aircraft systems at a plant near John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport in Philadelphia. Continue reading
Elbit Systems Gets $35M Hermes 900 Support Contract from Israel Ministry of Defence
Elbit Systems Ltd. has announced that it has received an approximately $35 million contract from the Israel Ministry of Defence (“IMOD”) for the development of advanced features for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (“UAS”) to be supplied within three years. Continue reading
Elbit Systems to Present Maritime Hermes 900 at Aero India 2013
Elbit Systems has announced that it will introduce the Hermes 900 Unmanned Aircraft System in a new configuration adapted to maritime missions at Aero India 2013. Continue reading
AeroVironment Gets $12M US Navy Contract for Wasp
AeroVironment has been awarded a $12 million contract from NAVAIR’s Program Office for Navy & Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (PMA-263), working collaboratively with the Army’s Counter-IED Program Office, for AeroVironment Wasp AE small unmanned aircraft systems, initial spares packages, training services, and one year of contractor logistics support. Continue reading
US Army Issues RFI on Electronic Warfare Capabilities for UAS
The U.S. Army Communications-Electronic Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC), Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) and Program Manager Electronic Warfare (PM EW) are conducting this RFI to determine what systems, capabilities and techniques currently exist, or could be modified, to provide UAS-based EW capabilities to include potential surgical/targeted EW techniques (with emphasis on successful completion of an Airborne Electronic Attack mission). Continue reading