The US federal government has no way of knowing which countries have purchased U.S. unmanned aircraft because of inadequate databases and weak communication between licensing departments and intelligence agencies, government auditors found. Continue reading
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France and Germany Sign MALE UAS Agreement
On the day after the merger talks between EADS and BAE Systems became public this week, the French and German governments signed a cooperation agreement on future medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) UAS. Continue reading
BAE and EADS £30BN Merger Creates World’s Largest Defence, Security and Aerospace Group
BAE Systems, Britain’s largest manufacturing employer, and EADS, the owner of Airbus, have announced plans for a $48bn (£29.8bn) merger. The deal creates the world’s largest defence, security and aerospace group, while giving France and Germany an interest in the UK’s main defence contractor. Continue reading
GA-ASI and TESAT Partner To Develop RPA-To-Spacecraft Lasercom Link
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. and Tesat-Spacecom announced that they have signed a teaming agreement to combine their expertise in the field of RPA laser communication (lasercom) to demonstrate a high-rate RPA-to-spacecraft lasercom link. Continue reading
GA-ASI Gets $297M US Air Force Support Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., is being awarded a $296,956,705 cost plus fixed price, firm fixed price and time and materials contract for contractor logistics support which includes programme management, urgent repairs and services, configuration management, technical manual and software maintenance. Continue reading
Belarus Bypasses EU Sanctions to Buy German Engines for UAS
German company 3W Modellmotoren, which produces the motors for small airplanes, stated that dealers resold some of its technologies to Belarus for the use in unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
MotionDSP Gets $3M US Air Force Contract for GPU Technology
U.S. Air Force researchers are looking to image-processing expert MotionDSP Inc. in Burlingame, California, to use graphics processing unit (GPU) technology to enhance persistent-surveillance imagery gathered from sensors aboard unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
Swiss UAV Delivers VTOL Systems to 3 German Customers
Swiss UAV announced that it has delivered three new VTOL UA systems based on the all new „Mjolnir“ to end customers in Germany – DLR (ARTIS), ESG (UMAT) and the German ‚Bundeswehr’ (MUSECO). Continue reading