Insitu Inc. has announced a new alliance with Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems Investments Company (ADASI) that allows for support and sustainment of Insitu’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) products and services in the Middle East. Continue reading
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UK MoD Signs £20M Nano UAS Contract
Black Hornet - Photo: Prox Dynamics
Marlborough Communications Limited and sub-contractor Prox Dynamics have been awarded the contract to supply commercial off-the-shelf Nano-UAS systems and spares to the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence. Continue reading
No German Decision on Heron Replacement before 2012
Germany will decide next year which unmanned aircraft to purchase for its Bundeswehr military forces, a senior defence source told Reuters. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman to Recruit 150 Engineers in San Diego
The growing market for unmanned aircraft has created 150 job openings at Northrop Grumman’s San Diego area plants, where the company develops the Global Hawk, Fire Scout and the X-47B. Continue reading
Swedish Armed Forces Issues a Request for Proposal to Replace SkyLark
The Swedish Armed Forces is planning to acquire a new mini UAV system. The intention is to complement, and thereafter replace, the SkyLark system which has been operational in the Swedish Armed Forces since 2007. Continue reading
Aurora Flight Sciences Assigned Patent for UAS Retrieval System
Aurora Flight Sciences has been assigned a patent for a “system and method for the retrieval of a smaller unmanned aerial vehicle by a larger unmanned aerial vehicle.” Continue reading
Aerodyne Wins $105 Million Army Contract
Aerodyne, Inc., an aeronautical engineering and technical consulting company, has been awarded a contract potentially worth more than $105 million to provide technical and engineering support for the US Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office. Continue reading
TAI Gets Frost & Sullivan Award for ANKA
The 2011 Turkey Frost & Sullivan Product Leadership Award in Aerospace and Defence is presented to Turkish Aerospace Industries Inc. (TAI) for the ANKA. Continue reading