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
Category Archives: Military UAS
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/
Air National Guard wants to Fly MQ-9 Reaper from Syracuse’s Hancock Airport
The Air National Guard wants to fly remotely piloted aircrafts out of Hancock Field at the Syracuse International Airport. The change would save time and money, as the National Guard has to send its aircrafts to fly from Fort Drum because of airspace restrictions. Continue reading
General Atomics Gets $15M US Army Gray Eagle Logistics Contract
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. was awarded a $14,787,475 modification (P00112) to contract W58RGZ-12-C-0075 for the Gray Eagle performance-based logistics support for the Block 1 programme.
Insitu Gets $15M Scan Eagle Contract for Pakistan
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded $15,180,214 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0030 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-12-G-0008) for hardware and technical data for the Scan Eagle for the government of Pakistan under the Foreign Military Sales programme. Continue reading