Cloud Cap Technology has announced that its Piccolo SL autopilot will be updated with some new components in the next few months. Continue reading
Insitu Delivers Integrator to US Marine Corps
Insitu Inc. has announced that it has delivered and flown one of two Integrator Unmanned Aircraft Systems that will provide the U.S. Marine Corps an early operational capability for the Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) programme. Continue reading
President Obama Signs FAA Reform Act into Law
President Obama has signed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Modernization and Reform Act 2012—with funding and provisions for granting military, commercial, and privately-owned unmanned aircraft greater access to US airspace and air traffic management systems modernisation—into law. Continue reading
US Navy Cancels Medium-Range Maritime UAS Programme
Bell/Northrop Grumman MQ-8C ‘Fire X’
The US Navy has cancelled its medium-range maritime unmanned air system (MRMUAS) programme, which was to produce a vertical-lift UAS to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services for up to 8 hours. Continue reading
AeroVironment Gets $4.2M Switchblade Contract from US Air Force
AeroVironment, Inc. announced yesterday that it recently received an order from the United States Air Force for Switchblade loitering munition systems and services.
US Department of Defense to Spend $5.78 billion on Unmanned Vehicles in 2013
Officials of the US Department of Defense (DoD) plan to spend at least $5.78 billion to buy and develop unmanned vehicles and unmanned vehicle payloads next year, according to data in the Pentagon’s budget documents released this week. Continue reading
5th Joint Workshop on R&D on UAS in Brussels
The European Defence Agency and the European Commission co-organised a workshop on Research and Development on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, on Friday 9 February, in the Royal Military Academy (Brussels). Continue reading
DARPA To Develop Mobile Hotspots via UAS
DARPA is looking to develop an advanced communications backbone to support dismounted warfighters in austere locations. Continue reading