Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 2 performing the first ever mid flight, unmanned helicopter external cargo hook ups, or “hot Hook Ups”, with landing support team Marines from Combat Logistics Battalion 5. Continue reading
Category Archives: Military UAS
BCB/AAI SQ-4 RECON Nano UAS
BCB/AAI SQ-4 RECON Nano UAS Unmanned Aircraft for “Over the Hill” Observation and Reconnaissance was on display at the Textron/AAI stand at NDIA Special Operations Forces Industry Conference 2012 at Tampa Florida recently. Continue reading
MDA to Train British Army in Use of UAS information
MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. announced that it has signed a contract to provide training support to the British Army. Continue reading
Aeronautics Get $50m Orbiter Contract from Russia
Russia could be buying more unmanned aircraft from Israel as part of a new $50 million package negotiated with Israel’s third UAS manufacturer Aeronautics Ltd. Continue reading
AeroVironment Gets $15.8 Million Initial Order from US Army for RQ-11B Raven
AeroVironment, Inc. announced it received a $15,813,406 firm fixed-price authorization to perform on May 22, 2012 from the United States Army as the initial portion of a contract action with a total projected value of $65,889,191. Continue reading
New French Defence Minister Wants Fresh Look at UAS Plans
France’s new defence minister said he’ll “go back to square one” on plans to build unmanned military aircraft. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman and L-3 MAS Announce Polar Hawk
Northrop Grumman Corporation and L-3 MAS announced plans to join forces on a variant of the Northrop Grumman-produced Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for Canada to maintain continuous surveillance of its Arctic territories. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Gets $33M Navy BAMS Contract Extension
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Aerospace Systems is being awarded a $32,774,936 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-08-C-0023) in support of the broad area maritime surveillance unmanned aircraft system system development and demonstration. Continue reading