AeroVironment, Inc. has announced it received a new $11,095,872 cost-plus-fixed-fee sole source contract award on March 1, 2012 from the United States Army. Continue reading
US Shadow Platoon Clocks Up 5,000 Flight Hours in Afghanistan
Photo: US Army - Sgt. Melissa Stewart
Soldiers with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team (Task Force Spartan), 10th Mountain Division, have been taking the lead in operations, both on the ground and in the air, in southern Afghanistan for more than 11 months. Continue reading
New FAA Rules – “A Tsunami of Opportunity in the Commercial and Civil Sector”
Robert Fitzgerald, a 22-year Air Force veteran and president of BOSH Global Services is optimistic about the future. Continue reading
University of Alabama School of Engineering Launches Micro-Air Vehicle Programme
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Senior engineering students at the University of Alabama at Birmingham’sSchool of Engineering were challenged to build a MAV weighing less than 10 grams and powered by a four-volt battery. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman and Raytheon to Demonstrate MP-RTIP Radar System on Global Hawk Block 40
Military radar experts at the Northrop Grumman Corp. Aerospace Systems segment and partner Raytheon Co. Space and Airborne Systems segment, both in El Segundo, California, will develop and install an advanced air-to-air and air-to-ground radar system for the Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 40 high-endurance unmanned aircraft under terms of a $24.5 million contract announced last week. Continue reading
ICAO Adopts UAS-Related Amendments
On 7 March 2012, the Council of ICAO unanimously adopted amendments to Annexes 2 and 7 of the Chicago Convention, achieving a very important milestone for the insertion of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the total aviation system (i.e. not only the airspace, but the body of safety rules which apply to aviation to protect third parties on the ground and other airspace users). Continue reading
Iran to Build UAS In Venezuela
Tehran intends to build military unmanned aircraft in Washington’s backyard for the Venezuelan military led by Hugo Chavez, U.S. Southern Command chief General Douglas Fraser told reporters last week during a breakfast meeting in Washington. Continue reading
EADS Shifts UAS Focus from Talarion to Technology
EADS appears to be rethinking its push of the Talarion unmannned aircraft, after a prolonged period of unsuccessfully trying to get Germany and other European countries to back its development. Continue reading