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Several types of Unmanned Aircraft Systems were on public display at Airshow China 2012 last week with some foreign sales being reported. Continue reading →

Battlespace Flight Services LLC, Arlington, Va., is being awarded a $950 million indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for organizational level maintenance support of remotely piloted aircraft. Continue reading →

A Northrop Grumman Vice President and a representative of the US Navy signed the fuselage of a new aircraft on Tuesday to kick off production at Northrop’s Unmanned Systems plant. Continue reading →

After a two-year delay, the US Navy expects to issue a Request For Proposals in 2013 for its Unmanned Carrier-Launched Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS). The goal is to have the aircraft in the fleet by 2020, said Patrick Buckley at a Nov. 9 conference on unmanned aircraft systems in Springfield, Va. Continue reading →

Lockheed Martin announced the acquisition of Chandler/May, Inc., a company that specializes in the design, development, integration, manufacturing, and support of fully integrated mission critical systems for  unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (C4ISR) missions. Continue reading →

Russian aircraft maker Sukhoi is to focus on creating reconnaissance and strike unmanned aircraft in the near future, United Aircraft Corporation President Mikhail Pogosyan said at the Zhuhai Airshow China exhibition on Tuesday. Continue reading →