Germany will decide next year which unmanned aircraft to purchase for its Bundeswehr military forces, a senior defence source told Reuters. Continue reading
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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
Global Hawk Korean Deals Signed
As anticipated, Northrop Grumman has signed MoUs with four South Korean companies to participate in the RQ-4 Global Hawk programme during the Seoul Air Show in South Korea.
Sense-and-Avoid Tech Firms Move to University of Dayton
The University of Dayton has announced that locally-based companies Optonicus and Defense Engineering Corp., as well as California-based UtopiaCompression, have signed deals to relocate to UD’s Ladar and Optical Communications Institute. Continue reading