Raytheon announced at the Farnborough Air Show that it has won a US Air Force contract to provide four radar pods equipped with ground moving target indication and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology for the MQ-9 Reaper Continue reading
3-D Printing Manufacturing Process is Here
About 20 miles east of Pittsburgh, the former heart of the nation’s steel industry, a small company called ExOne is churning out a new generation of stainless steel boat propellers, oil pump parts and door knobs. Continue reading
New Small Rugged Computer from Ecrin Systems
Ecrin Systems has released a new rugged computer specifically targeted to space-constrained environments such as UAS, ground vehicles and manned aircraft subject to extremes of temperature, shock and vibration. Continue reading
General Atomics Expects First Sales of Predator XP “within months”
General Atomics expects the first sales of an unarmed export version of its Predator within months, seeing the Middle East and Latin America as particularly fertile markets.
Insitu Pacific Announces ScanEagle Service Trials with Royal Australian Navy
Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., announced that it has extended and expanded its existing Australian Defence Force contract with the Australian Army to include the provision of ScanEagle UAS services for trials with the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Continue reading
EADS Innovation Works Presents 3D Printed UAS at Farnborough
At Farnborough Airshow, EADS Innovation Works is presenting the prototype of a portable UAS produced by Additive Layer Manufacturing (ALM) technology, also known as 3D-printing. Continue reading
French Decision has Disproportionate Influence on Future European UAS Programmes
France’s imminent decisions on UAS procurement will have a disproportionate influence on future European unmanned aircraft programmes, and will likely determine whether Europe can catch up with Israel and the United States, whose industries currently dominate the sector. Continue reading
Laser Powers Lockheed Martin’s Stalker UAS For 48 Hours
Lockheed Martin and LaserMotive, Inc., recently demonstrated the capabilities of an innovative laser power system to extend the Stalker UAS flight time to more than 48 hours, representing an improvement of 2,400 percent. Continue reading