Navmar Applied Sciences is being awarded a $11,207,449 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price contract to exercise an option for the procurement of hardware in support of the persistent surveillance unmanned aircraft system (PSUAS) for the U.S. Army. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
X-47B Self-Aborted Planned Third Landing Due to Sub-System Anomaly
A malfunction during the Navy’s high-profile test flight of its X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System showed that the aircraft can operate in adverse conditions, service officials said. Continue reading
First Arrested Landing of a Tailless Unmanned Aircraft Aboard an Aircraft Carrier
Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy have completed the first arrested landing of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) carrier demonstration aircraft on the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77). Continue reading
URS Tech Services Gets $14M UAS Systems Operations Center Suppor Contract Extensiont
URS Technical Services Inc., Germantown, Maryland, has been awarded a $14,219,315 fixed-price-plus award fee contract modification (P00043) to contract (FA4890-10-C-0007) to continue to provide programme support for Air Combat Command’s Unmanned Aircraft System Operations Center support, currently, but not limited to the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper that provide warfighter long endurance, real-time reconnaissance and surveillance, and precision attack against fixed and time critical targets. Continue reading
X-47B UCAS – Aviation History Under Way
Northrop Grumman just released this dramatic promotion clip of the historic first catapult launch of a U.S. Navy unmanned aircraft system from a carrier, May 2013. Includes touch-and-go sequences. Continue reading
Israeli Air Force now Flying More Unmanned than Manned Sorties
The Israel Air Force, battling manpower shortages and budget restraints, has been building a fleet based on unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
India Seeking JVs for Domestic UAS Production for $2BN Market
The Indian market for UAS is estimated at $2 billion and the answer to the demand will be filled by local production. Continue reading
Georgian President says UAS Bought from Israel were Compromised
Georgian President Saakashvili said on July 5 that unmanned surveillance aircraft, which his government bought from Israel before the war with Russia, were compromised as sensitive data became available to “adversary”. Continue reading