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
US Air Force Cadets Design Target Drone
Cadet 1st Class Justin Merrick from the Air Force Academy's Cadet Squadron 20 shows the drone developed in the Aerospace Lab
A small target drone designed by a group of Air Force Academy cadets could become the Air Force’s newest unmanned aircraft.
Embry-Riddle Considers Offering Masters In Unmanned Systems Engineering
Maj Mirmirani, Dean of Embry-Riddle’s College of Engineering, said that the College is “contemplating” adding a master’s degree in autonomous and unmanned systems engineering, which could start in 2013. Continue reading