Rolls-Royce will open a new engine depot services facility at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma to support the US Air Force Global Hawk fleet. The company has been awarded a $49 million contract to establish the new facility, which is expected to begin operations in 2015. Continue reading
US to Station Global Hawks in Japan
The U.S. military will deploy long-range Global Hawks from Japan next year, U.S. and Japanese officials announced, marking the first time the Pentagon has been able to secure basing rights for the advanced unmanned aircraft in Northeast Asia. Continue reading
Simlat to Deliver Advanced UAS & ISR Training and Simulation Classroom to Northland College
Simlat Ltd. was selected to provide an UAS & ISR Training & Simulation Center for the Northland Imagery Analysis college programme. Northland’s Imagery Analysis and Geospatial Intelligence programmes are the first of their kind in America. Continue reading
Silent Falcon Prepares to Make a Noise
Silent Falcon is a small company working to develop a solar-powered UAS with an advanced camera system and on Oct. 1, said company CEO John Brown, it launched its Silent Falcon Marketing to start selling the systems. Continue reading
3D Robotics President John Cherbini on Fox Business News
Fox Business News interviews 3D Robotics President John Cherbini to discover how they intend to spend their recent investment of $30M. Continue reading
Spain Trials UAS for European Border Control
Almeria Airport was the scene last week of the first flight of a UAS in the ‘Perseus’ project. The system is aimed at controlling the external borders of the European Union incorporating the latest technological advances to interact and receive on a single screen the data provided by different monitoring systems. Continue reading
Pacific Islands of Palau Test UAS to Deter Illegal Fishing
A five-day test of unmanned aircraft systems to deter illegal fisherman from Palau‘s waters has come to an end. Continue reading
Ausley Gets $67M US Navy Unmanned Aircraft Systems Support Contract
Ausley Associates, Inc. has been awarded a contract to provide programme management support services for the Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems Program Office (PMA-266) and the Persistent Maritime Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Program Office (PMA-262) at Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Patuxent River. The $67-million contract began on September 30. Continue reading