General Atomics – Aeronautical Systems Inc. has been awarded a $12,844,738 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the MQ-9 stationary targeting improvements. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
Aeronautics Gets $20M Aerostar Contract for Unnamed Air Force
Aeronautics Defense Systems has won a contract for supplying the Aerostar Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to the air force of a southeastern country for more than $20 million. This is the first major deal led by the company’s new CEO, Amos Matan. Continue reading
General Atomics Gets $200M US Army Contract for Full Rate Production of MQ-1C Gray Eagle
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has been awarded a $199,746,895 firm-fixed-price, option-eligible, non-multi-year contract to provide MQ-1C Gray Eagle fiscal year 2013 full rate production and fiscal 2012 hardware backfill requirements applicable to the Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System. Continue reading
Dutch Ravens Unstable in Rain and Wind
Nine of the 75 Raven UAS that the Netherlands possesses have crashed since January, TV programme Pownews has discovered. Continue reading
New Middle East Contract for SELEX Falco
Selex ES has announced that it will supply its Falco UAS to an unnamed country in the Middle East. The €40 million contract also includes operational and maintenance support to the customer over a 12 month period. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Unmanned Portfolio Achieves 100,000 Flight Hours Over Last 15 Years
Northrop Grumman Corporation‘s portfolio of high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have achieved 100,000 flight hours – more than 88 percent of which were logged by the U.S. Air Force Global Hawk. The remaining hours were flown by the NASA Global Hawks, the German EURO HAWK, and the U.S. Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator and, more recently, Triton UAS. Continue reading
Watchkeeper Spend Hits $1.3 Billion
The UK Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology Philip Dunne on 5 September revealed that the Ministry of Defence had spent £831 million ($1.3 billion) on the Watchkeeper programme by the end of the 2012-2013 financial year. Continue reading
Nigerian Air Force Tests Domestic-Built UAS
Two indigenously developed unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) made their maiden flight at the Nigerian Air Force Base in Kaduna last month. The UAS are designed to enhance aerial surveillance capabilities of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), but serial production of the system still seems far away. Continue reading