Insitu Inc. is being awarded an $11,994,145 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-11-C-0061) to exercise an option for operational and maintenance services in support of the ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Continue reading
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Review of Some Non-American UAS by Wired
Heron TP
The US Military has gone from having just a few unmanned aircraft at the outset of the Iraq War to now over 7,000. Continue reading
Anglo-French Summit to Discuss Unmanned Aircraft Co-Operation
France and Britain hope to deepen defence co-operation, including in unmanned air surveillance, strengthen their influence inside NATO and avoid a confrontation over the future shape of Europe at a crucial Anglo-French summit this Friday. Continue reading
French Senate Finance Amendment Derails Heron TP Programme
The French Senate Foreign Affairs, Armed Forces and Defence Committee has decided to cancel a large part of the financial provision for the next MALE UAS programme and allocate the saving towards the development of the Franco-British joint venture MALE programme for 2020. Continue reading
BAE Systems Gets $132M Contract for C4ISR Support from US Navy
BAE Systems has received a $132 million US Navy task order to provide C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance) technical services for military operations around the world. Continue reading
Indian State of Orissa Considers UAS for Homeland Security
Government officials in the Indian State of Orissa are looking at high-tech radio monitoring devices like Unmanned Aircraft for catering to any short notice multi-linear operation in the fields of disaster management, heath services and homeland security. Continue reading
Another Domestic Iranian UAS
Shir Dal - Photo: ISNA/ Abdolvahed Mirzazade
The Managing Director of the company that built the aircraft, Ehsan Rahmanian, said: “The aircraft enjoys a high potentiality and can carry out various military and non-military missions including patrolling, reconnaissance and monitoring woods and pastures.” Continue reading
Civilian UAS Films Riots in Poland
The video above showing a civilian operated unmanned helicopter filming riots in Warsaw, Poland recently is a great example of the democratisation of what was until very recently, military-grade technology. Continue reading