Kansas State University at Salina had just acquired two Penguin B unmanned aircraft, which are made by UAV Factory of Latvia, according to Josh Brungardt, Director of KSU-Salina’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems programme.
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D-Star Engineering Gets $5M IARPA Contract to Develop Silent VTOL UAS
Ducted-fan VTOL unmanned aircraft have a lot to offer – the ability to take off, land and fly in confined urban spaces being one. But quiet they are not, at least those that are big enough to carry a useful payload for a useful time. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Gets $120M MQ-9 Reaper Spares and Ground Support Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) of San Diego, California is being awarded a $120,551,310 firm fixed price contract to provide MQ-9 Reaper spares and ground support equipment. Continue reading
Rheinmetall Gets €75M Two-Year German Contract Extension for Heron Services in Afghanistan
Rheinmetall Airborne Systems GmbH, a joint venture by Cassidian and Rheinmetall, will continue to support the German Armed Forces in Afghanistan by providing unmanned airborne reconnaissance services.
AAI Gets $84M US Army Shadow Services Contract
AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, Md., was awarded an $84,199,781 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for services in support of the Shadow 200 unmanned aircraft system. Continue reading
SELEX Galileo Gets $140M Contract for Italian Part of NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Programme
SELEX Galileo has been awarded a contract worth €140 million by prime contractor Northrop Grumman Corporation as part of NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) programme. Continue reading
3-D Printing Manufacturing Process is Here
About 20 miles east of Pittsburgh, the former heart of the nation’s steel industry, a small company called ExOne is churning out a new generation of stainless steel boat propellers, oil pump parts and door knobs. Continue reading
General Atomics Expects First Sales of Predator XP “within months”
General Atomics expects the first sales of an unarmed export version of its Predator within months, seeing the Middle East and Latin America as particularly fertile markets.