US Customs and Border Protection received its ninth unmanned aircraft late December, the fourth at National Air Security Operations Center in Sierra Vista, Arizona. Continue reading
Police in Brazil Deploy Heron for Drug Trafficking Surveillance
The Federal Police in the Parana district in Brazil have recently begun to operate a Heron-1 supplied by Israel Aerospace Industries. Continue reading
Israeli Heron Spotted Over Military Headquarters in Southern Turkey
An Israeli unmanned aircraft flying over Turkey was nearly intercepted by Turkish aerial defense forces, an Istanbul-based media outlet reported on Tuesday. Continue reading
Aurora Delivers First Set of BAMS Composites to Northrop Grumman
Aurora Flight Sciences announced the delivery of the first complete ship set of composite aerospace structures to Northrop Grumman Corporation for the US Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) programme. Continue reading
AAI Gets $66M Contracts for Weapons and Laser Designators on Shadow
AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, Md., was awarded a $54,795,517 firm-fixed-price contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to procure laser designator retrofit kits for the Shadow unmanned aircraft system. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin Acquires Assets of CDL Systems Ltd
Lockheed Martin has announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of CDL Systems Ltd., a software engineering firm that specializes in the development and licensing of vehicle control station software for unmanned systems. Continue reading
Elbit Settles with Georgia for $35M
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that the Company and Georgia have signed settlement agreements for settling all claims and disputes. Continue reading
UAS Ineffective in Tracking Maoists in Chhattisgarh, India
In the second week of December, an unmanned aircraft flew over the Maoist-hit areas of Dantewada district in Chhattisgarh, picking up images of village dwellings and human movement. Continue reading