France’s new defence minister said he’ll “go back to square one” on plans to build unmanned military aircraft. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman and L-3 MAS Announce Polar Hawk
Northrop Grumman Corporation and L-3 MAS announced plans to join forces on a variant of the Northrop Grumman-produced Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for Canada to maintain continuous surveillance of its Arctic territories. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Gets $33M Navy BAMS Contract Extension
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Aerospace Systems is being awarded a $32,774,936 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-08-C-0023) in support of the broad area maritime surveillance unmanned aircraft system system development and demonstration. Continue reading
Australian Navy to Test Heavy-Fuel UAS on Warships
The Australian Navy will experiment with the operation of unmanned aircraft from warships with the objective of outlining requirements for a formal capability. Continue reading
RPAS 2012 – General Atomics Presents “Predator Aircraft Series Status Report: Military & Civilian Missions”
On the third day of UVS International’s RPAS 2012 Conference in Paris on June 5 – 7, Stephen May of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, USA will present his “Predator Aircraft Series Status Report: Military & Civilian Missions”. Continue reading
University Engineers Develop Cheap Onboard Tracking System for UAS
With Department of Defense funding, Ashraf Qadir and colleagues at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks have built their own image-processing machine, which is small and light enough to be carried by a small UAS. Continue reading
UAS Present Data Management Challenge
The world is developing an insatiable demand for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and keeping up with it will present both a fiscal and data management challenge. That is one of the observations made by military leaders recently at the sixth annual UAS Action Summit in Grand Forks. Continue reading
Chile Publishes Shortlist for $3M Mini UAS Deal
Chile’s defence ministry is set to select a mini unmanned air system for its armed forces, with the final contenders being the BlueBird Spylite, Elbit Systems Skylark 1LE and the Mantis made by Indra of Spain. Continue reading