Insitu Inc. has been awarded a $1,000,000 minimum – $190,000,000 maximum, twenty-five month, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) support to U.S. Special Operations Command. Continue reading
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Open Source Nano Quadcopter for $149 from Sweden
Marcus Eliasson, Arnaud Taffanel, and Tobias Antonsson are the engineers behind the Swedish startup Bitcraze now accepting pre-orders for a palm-sized quadcopter called the Crazyflie Nano. Continue reading
Brazil: Avibras + Embraer + Elbit = Harpia UAS
Embraer Defense and Security and its affiliate AEL Systems, Inc., a subsidiary of the Israeli company Elbit Systems Ltd., announce the entrance of Avibras Air and Naval Division, Inc., in the capital structure of Harpia Systems, so as to jointly develop the market for unmanned aircraft systems in Brazil. Continue reading
Northrop GrummanTriton Unmanned Aircraft System Wing Mating to Fuselage
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Northrop Grumman employees mate the fuselage with the wings of a Triton unmanned aircraft at the company’s production facility in Palmdale, California. Continue reading
Russian-assembled Searcher Test Flights
Russia’s Ural Works of Civil Aviation (UZGA) has performed the first flight of a locally-assembled Israel Aerospace Industries Searcher II unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
Elbit Systems and Windward Team to Introduce Advanced Maritime Surveillance Solution for India
Elbit Systems Ltd. has teamed with Windward Ltd. to offer integrated maritime solutions for the Indian authorities. The joint solution combines Windward’s innovative satellite-based maritime analytics system, MarInt, with Elbit Systems’ wide range of solutions for maritime domain awareness, including Hermes 900 maritime patrol unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Continue reading
Lockheed Martin has Big Plans for Small UAS
Over the past year, Lockheed Martin acquired CDL Systems, Chandler/May and Procerus Technologies to enhance its unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) capability. Continue reading
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