Company veteran Michael Kurth will oversee Boeing’s unmanned airborne systems as of Jan. 1. Continue reading
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Battlespace Flight Services Gets $412M US Air Force MQ-1 Operation Contract
Battlespace Flight Services L.L.C., Arlington, Va., is being awarded a $412,084,746 contract modification to provide MQ-1 O-level operation and maintenance support services. Continue reading
Tata Acquires Indian UAS Manufacturer
Tata Sons subsidiary – Tata Advanced Systems Limited has acquired majority stake in Aurora Integrated Systems Limited. Continue reading
Advanced Unmanned Plans HALE Hi-Res Aerial Imagery Fleet
Aerial imagery company Advanced Unmanned contracted with Airboss Aviation Group to design its prototype UAS. Continue reading
Thales Picks Up UK ISTAR Tab While Waiting for Watchkeeper
Thales UK has been picking up the cost of providing the British Army with a key intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) capability in Afghanistan for more than a year, as a result of the late delivery of its Watchkeeper unmanned aircraft system (UAS). Continue reading
Access to Internationally Registered UAS/RPAS-related Patents – A New Service for the International RPAS Community
www.uas-patents.org is now online. The purpose of this web site, which has been developed by Blyenburgh & Co, France, is to supply information on patents concerning unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)/remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) that are registered with the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, and to make these patents and certain relevant search features, accessible to the global UAS/RPAS community, as well as to other possibly interested parties. Continue reading
FAA Grants Grand Forks County (North Dakota) Sheriff’s Department COA for Draganflyer
On November 27, 2012 the Federal Aviation Administration issued the Grand Forks County (North Dakota) Sheriff’s Department a Certificate of Authorization (COA) permitting the operation of a Draganflyer X6 small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) within the 16 counties located in northeastern North Dakota. Continue reading
BlueBird Sells SkyLite in Africa
BlueBird has won a contract to supply its products to an undisclosed African country. Continue reading