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.
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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.
Insitu Pacific Announces ScanEagle Service Trials with Royal Australian Navy
Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., announced that it has extended and expanded its existing Australian Defence Force contract with the Australian Army to include the provision of ScanEagle UAS services for trials with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Continue reading
French Decision has Disproportionate Influence on Future European UAS Programmes
France’s imminent decisions on UAS procurement will have a disproportionate influence on future European unmanned aircraft programmes, and will likely determine whether Europe can catch up with Israel and the United States, whose industries currently dominate the sector. Continue reading
Insitu Pacific Announces Contract for ScanEagle in Japan
Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., announced that it has signed a contract to deliver ScanEagle UAS to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) for comprehensive operational evaluation by the Japanese Ground Self-Defense Force (JGSDF). Continue reading