General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has been awarded a $199,746,895 firm-fixed-price, option-eligible, non-multi-year contract to provide MQ-1C Gray Eagle fiscal year 2013 full rate production and fiscal 2012 hardware backfill requirements applicable to the Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System. Continue reading
Dutch Ravens Unstable in Rain and Wind
Nine of the 75 Raven UAS that the Netherlands possesses have crashed since January, TV programme Pownews has discovered. Continue reading
Mosaic Mill Launches EnsoMOSAIC UAV Mini for Multirotors
MosaicMill has introduced a new software license of its EnsoMOSAIC software series for UAS image processing. EnsoMOSAIC UAV Mini is an economical option for aerial triangulation and orthomosaicking of flights up to 50 frames within 5 km2. Continue reading
MIT Develops UAs Campus Guide for Freshers
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Navigating a new campus is all part of the nostalgic movie montage that is freshman year of college. The changing leaves! The quaint Gothic architecture! The… UAS tour guide? Continue reading
Canadian Police Deploy UAS to Solve 2 Year Old Murder Mystery
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Hobbema is hoping that a unique piece of technology will help solve a two-year-old murder case. Continue reading
Selex Gets UN Congo Peacekeeping Mission Contract for Falco
Selex ES was awarded, on 31 July, a service agreement by the United Nations for the provision of Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) for 3 years with 2 optional years, in support of the UN peacekeeping mission (MONUSCO) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through the use of UAS, consisting of unmanned aircraft and associated enablers for information gathering/surveillance operations. Continue reading
NAVAIR Flight Tests Autonomous Aerial Refuelling
The US Navy is continuing the development of its Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) programme, recently completing another phase of its Autonomous Aerial Refuelling (AAR) tests with an optionally piloted Learjet. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman and Carter Aviation Get $9M TERN Project Award
Northrop Grumman and Carter Aviation Technologies have been hired for a $9 million effort to conceptualize an armed UAS that will launch from a small ship to strike as far as 900 nautical miles away, according to the Pentagon. A test launch is slated for 2017. Continue reading