The UK’s BAE Systems Taranis unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator will carry out a third phase of flight tests towards the end of the year, the Ministry of Defence has revealed.
Category Archives: Military UAS
TALONS System Mimics a Mast as Tall as a Skyscraper
DARPA’s Towed Airborne Lift of Naval Systems (TALONS) research effort recently demonstrated a prototype of a low-cost, fully automated parafoil system designed to extend maritime vessels’ long-distance communications and improve their domain awareness. Continue reading
State Dept Clears Spain’s $243M Reaper Purchase
The US State Department has approved Spain’s request to purchase four General Atomics-built Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles and associated equipment from the U.S. under a $243 million foreign military sale.
Second Hammerhead Customer by Farnborough
Piaggio Aerospace is committed to securing a second European customer for its P.1HH HammerHead unmanned air vehicle by July’s Farnborough air show, following launch customer Italy’s commitment earlier this year to purchase six aircraft and three ground stations, for delivery in 2016. Continue reading
UK ‘Protector’ UAV Fleet to Replace RAF Reapers
The UK is to receive 20 new ‘Protector’ unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as part of a wider ramp-up of unmanned, surveillance, and special forces capabilities to combat militant Islam in the Middle East, Prime Minister David Cameron announced on 3 October.
Northrop Grumman Wins DARPA TERN Contract
DARPA hasn’t yet given official confirmation of “who won” the TERN contract. But this month, one of the two contestants told us who lost. Specifically, on September 22, AeroVironment announced that it “was not selected to receive a phase III contract for DARPA’s Tern program.” Given that the only other company competing for TERN was Northrop Grumman, that leaves Northrop as the Phase III TERN contract winner, by default. Continue reading
Insitu Gets $9M US Navy Blackjack Contract
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded $8,702,731 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0001 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-15-G-0014) for the procurement of spare and sustainment parts required to maintain the RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aerial system in support of Marine expeditionary unit work-ups, deployments, and squadron readiness training.
Northrop Grumman Gets $3,200M US Air Force Global Hawk Contract
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, has been awarded a $3,200,000,000 indefinite-delivery/