Registration is now open for the 7th Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Action Summit, scheduled for May 30-31 in Grand Forks, ND. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and OMX Partner to Identify Suppliers for Canada’s Justas Programme
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) and OMX announced that the companies have signed a two-year agreement to support GA-ASI’s Industrial Regional Benefit (IRB) efforts to identify and work with Canadian suppliers. Continue reading
Chinese Hackers Target UAS Manufacturers and Suppliers
A notorious cyber-espionage gang is being blamed for a set of recently discovered spear-phishing attacks that aim to steal information relating to unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
National Technical Systems Gets $1.6M UAS Atmospheric Monitoring Contract from Sandia National Laboratories
National Technical Systems, Inc. , a provider of testing and engineering services, announced that it has signed a $1.6 million contract with Sandia National Laboratories to continue the development of the Harvester project, a programme authorized by the U.S. Department of Energy dedicated to monitoring nuclear emissions in the atmosphere through the use of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Continue reading
Last Rebuilt F-4 Leaves Davis-Monthan AFB for Target Conversion
The final F-4 regenerated from storage at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group performed its last flight over Tucson, Arizona, April 17, before heading to Mojave, California. Continue reading
DARPA Demonstrates Five-micron Pixel LWIR Camera
The military uses long-wave infrared (LWIR) cameras as thermal imagers to detect humans at night. These cameras are usually mounted on vehicles as they are too large to be carried by a single warfighter and are too expensive for individual deployment. However, DARPA researchers recently demonstrated a new five-micron pixel LWIR camera that could make this class of camera smaller and less expensive. Continue reading
US Air Force Awards Northrop Grumman $35M Global Hawk Engineering Contract
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Aerospace Systems Sector, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $35,696,841 contract modification (P00490) of F33657-01-C-4600 for Global Hawk engineering and manufacturing development. Continue reading
Long-Endurance UAS Still an Elusive Goal
Long-endurance flight has long been the holy grail of U.S. unmanned airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, but the quest so far has been worthy of a Monty Python film. Continue reading