General Atomics – Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has been awarded a $39,455,726 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the MQ-9 Technology Insertion Technical Solution. This contract action will modify MQ-9 Block 5, Ground Control Station (GCS) Block 30 and GCS Block 50 as required to enable integration and testing of the Tech Insertion capability. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
New, Improved Gray Eagle – First Pictures
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. just released the first pictures of the new, Improved Gray Eagle. Continue reading
US Military Black Dart Exercise Test UAS Countermeasures
The US military’s premier joint exercise to test countermeasures to protect against enemy unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) began on 29 July and run until 11 August at Naval Air Station Point Mugu in California. Continue reading
Vietnam Evaluates Heron UAS for Maritime Surveillance
Vietnam is evaluating the purchase of Israeli-developed equipment, including advanced unmanned aircraft systems, with the maritime surveillance version of Israel Aerospace Industries’ Heron 1 being one candidate. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Calls on German Government to Salvage EuroHawk
US aerospace group Northrop Grumman called on Monday for Berlin to join the company in working to salvage the failed multimillion-euro euro project that has threatened the political life of the country‘s Defence Minister. Continue reading
DARPA Wants Unmanned Submersible Mothership to Deploy UAS and UUVs
Unmanned vehicles designers at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., will brief industry next month on a project to develop an unmanned submersible designed to transport and deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) stealthily close to enemy operations. Continue reading
US Coast Guard Cutter Deploys ScanEagle and Captures Smugglers
The US Coast Guard has completed the second of three planned shipboard demonstrations of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) capabilities aboard Coast Guard Cutter ‘Bertholf’ .
Japan Considers UAS to Boost Surveillance in East Asia
The Japanese government will consider purchasing unmanned surveillance aircraft, similar to the U.S. military’s Global Hawk, to enhance its high-altitude surveillance capabilities and better respond to the changing security environment in East Asia, according to a draft outline of the Defence Ministry’s interim report. Continue reading