Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates announced at a Pentagon news conference yesterday that the US would deploy armed Predator UAS to attack Libya government forces .
Category Archives: Military UAS
AeroVironment Gets $11.5 Million Order for More Puma Systems and Training Services
AeroVironment has announced that it received a firm-fixed-price contract delivery order valued at $11,500,000 for new digital Puma All Environment (AE) unmanned aircraft systems , initial spares packages and training services on April 11, 2011.
STUAS Integrator Completes First Operational Assessment
Insitu Inc. announced that the Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) Integrator completed its first Operational Assessment (OA-1), a critical milestone in the STUAS program execution.
US Army Gearing Up for Gray Eagle
Officials at U.S. Army Special Operations Command are developing tactics and plans for operating two companies worth of Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft, planned to come online beginning in 2013.
AAI Shadow – After 600,000 Flight Hours More Improvements Under Way
Shadow200 Photo: AAI
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems just announced that its Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS) have achieved in excess of 600,000 total flight hours.
ADA Technologies Gets $750K to Develop Lithium-ion Batteries for Military UAS
ADA Technologies, Inc. has received a $750,000 contract from the U.S. Air Force for research on an innovative nano-material-enabled power system for use in small to micro Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
US Naval Special Warfare Group 10 Coordinates All Unmanned Systems
Insitu Integrator - STUAS
US Naval Special Warfare Command this month will commission a new active-duty group that will concentrate the component’s UAS, underwater systems and robotic programmes and personnel under a single entity.
IAI Offers Heron and Searcher UAS to Azerbaijan
Israel Aerospace Industries has offered to sell Azerbaijan its Heron 1 and Searcher 2 unmanned aircraft systems as part of “comprehensive solutions” to answer the nation’s defence needs.