Selex ES has announced that it will supply its Falco UAS to an unnamed country in the Middle East. The €40 million contract also includes operational and maintenance support to the customer over a 12 month period. Continue reading
World’s First Civilian Centre for Operating Unmanned Aircraft Systems
The world’s first private facility for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) that will enable operations in civilian airspace from the National Aeronautical Centre (NAC), has been created through a partnership between West Wales Airport and Newquay Cornwall Airport, which is also home of the Aerohub Enterprise Zone. Continue reading
Blue Bear and General Dynamics Team to Market Penguin B-based Redkite UAS
Blue Bear and General Dynamics UK have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to mutually support each other in the promotion of their respective capabilities and products and will exhibit the Redkite UAS on the General Dynamics UK stand at DSEi this week. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Unmanned Portfolio Achieves 100,000 Flight Hours Over Last 15 Years
Northrop Grumman Corporation‘s portfolio of high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have achieved 100,000 flight hours – more than 88 percent of which were logged by the U.S. Air Force Global Hawk. The remaining hours were flown by the NASA Global Hawks, the German EURO HAWK, and the U.S. Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Demonstrator and, more recently, Triton UAS. Continue reading
Watchkeeper Spend Hits $1.3 Billion
The UK Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology Philip Dunne on 5 September revealed that the Ministry of Defence had spent £831 million ($1.3 billion) on the Watchkeeper programme by the end of the 2012-2013 financial year. Continue reading
ING Robotic Aviation Picks Simlat Training Systems for Canada College Programme
Simlat UAS & ISR Training & Simulation systems will be part of the first UAS operator’s training programme in Ontario, Canada, conducted by Canadore College. Curriculum design and training system recommendations were provided by ING Robotic Aviation. ING Robotic Aviation will also be providing instructors for the course. Continue reading
Japan Scrambles Jet Fighters to Intercept Unidentified UAS
Japan scrambled fighter jets on Monday after an unidentified UAS flew near Tokyo-controlled islands at the centre of a bitter dispute with China, a defence ministry spokesman said.It was the first reported incident of its kind. Continue reading
Nigerian Air Force Tests Domestic-Built UAS
Two indigenously developed unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) made their maiden flight at the Nigerian Air Force Base in Kaduna last month. The UAS are designed to enhance aerial surveillance capabilities of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF), but serial production of the system still seems far away. Continue reading