Russia and Israel are negotiating a joint project to build an unmanned aircraft, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday. Continue reading
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ImSAR Gets $24M Nano SAR Contract for UAS from US Army
The developer of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) that is orders of magnitude smaller than other radars was awarded a $24 million contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command in Natick, Mass., to build a “lightweight, ultra-wideband” SAR for unmanned aircraft systems for completion in 2017. Continue reading
AeroVironment Gets $9.6M Puma Order from Denmark
The Danish Acquisition and Logistics Organization today announced at Eurosatory it has awarded AeroVironment a firm fixed-price order of $9.6 million to supply the Danish Armed Forces with the company’s Puma AE small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Continue reading
Boeing Close to Final UCLASS Design
Boeing is getting “very close to having what we’d say is a very capable design” to pitch for the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier-launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) programme, according to Chris Chadwick, President of the company’s military aircraft division. Continue reading
France Orders Five More Sperwer from SAGEM
Sagem has received a follow-on order to supply the French army with five Sperwer Mk II tactical unmanned aircraft, with deliveries to conclude by mid-2013.
L-3 Communications Gets $14.5M US Navy Contract for UAS Landing Systems
L-3 Communications’ services unit will provide the US Navy with engineering support for military landing systems and combat unmanned aircraft system programmes, the Defense Department announced on Friday. Continue reading
Bluebird Gets $20M Investment from Indian Pharmaceutical Company
Indian giant Piramal Healthcare is to invest in Israeli unmanned air systems manufacturer BlueBird. Continue reading
Sweden Orders AeroVironment Puma AE and Wasp sUAS
AeroVironment has received a firm fixed-price order for 12 hybrid small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (Försvarets Materielverk) on behalf of the Swedish Army. Continue reading