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Aurora Flight Sciences announced the delivery of the first complete ship set of composite aerospace structures to Northrop Grumman Corporation for the US Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) programme. Continue reading
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that the Company and Georgia have signed settlement agreements for settling all claims and disputes. Continue reading
In the second week of December, an unmanned aircraft flew over the Maoist-hit areas of Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh, picking up images of village dwellings and human movement. Continue reading
The US Air Force has awarded two contracts totalling $70.5 million to defense contractor Raytheon Co. to support targeting systems used by missile-carrying Predator unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
The A160 Hummingbird systems that are being deployed to Afghanistan in May 2012 will take advantage of the Autonomous Real-time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance-Imaging System. Continue reading
In the next decade, US defence spending on known medium- and large-size unmanned aircraft will be nearly $40 billion, increasing inventory by 35 percent. Continue reading
US Customs and Border Protection issued a draft RFP for the purpose of acquiring a Ku Band Beyond Line of Sight Digital Datalink (BLOSDD) System. Continue reading
Major Jeff Brown, a spokesman for the 174th Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard, said that in response to the new stress of around-the-clock Reaper missions, the unit has added a full-time chaplain and flight surgeon, as well as a civilian director of psychological health.