The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) programme demonstrated an acute level of precision and repeatability during at-sea trials this spring/summer. On May 21 2013, the nose gear of the X-47B landed on the same relative spot on the deck of the USS George H.W. Bush seven times consecutively. Continue reading
U.S. Army Research Laboratory DEvelops ‘Long-Lived Power’
“Long-Lived Power” sounds like it could be an energy revolution, a revolutionary of sorts within the family of far-reaching energy solutions for the battlefield — because it uses radioisotopes. Continue reading
Insitu Gets $8.5M US Navy Contract for RQ-21A Upgrades
Insitu Inc. is being awarded an $8,528,000 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement to address hardware obsolescence issues and align two previously delivered early operational capability RQ-21A small tactical unmanned aircraft systems to the current system configuration. Continue reading
IAI Develops Heron TP In-flight Refuelling System
Israel Aerospace Industries is developing an aerial refuelling system for its Heron TP medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system, with the programme based on the use of an unmanned in-flight refuelling tanker. Continue reading
Poland to Contribute €40M to NATO UAS Programme
Poland will join NATO’s plan to buy UAS, a source in the organization’s headquarters told Polska The Times. The country has already paid some money into the programme, the source said. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Partnered with Wind River to Deliver the Software Platform for X-47B
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Northrop Grumman partnered with Wind River to deliver the software platform for the U.S. Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstration aircraft. Tighe Parmenter, manager of X-47B Navy UCAS business strategy and development, discusses how they relied on Wind River and the X-47B Joint Industry Team (JIT) to deliver this system. Continue reading
UAS Featured at Taipei Aerospace and Defense Technology Exhibition
The Taipei Aerospace and Defense Technology Exhibition will showcase innovative services and applications for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) among other military products. Continue reading
Low Cost RTK GPS Receiver Launched on Kickstarter
Swift Navigation, a Santa Cruz, CA based startup, is launching a new GPS receiver product via the crowdfunding website Kickstarter. Continue reading