Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was awarded a contract, valued at approximately $50 million, to supply Hermes 900 Unmanned Aircraft Systems to a governmental office of a country in the Americas. Continue reading
UAS for Catching Cattle Poachers
Georgia-based MarcusUAV is promoting its Zephyr system as the latest application for using an eye in the sky system for catching poachers.
UVS International Announces its Annual Conference
UVS International’s annual conference & exhibition for the global unmanned aircraft systems community with take place in Paris, France on 5-7 June 2012. Continue reading
Raytheon Gets $70M Predator Targeting System Contracts from US Air Force
The US Air Force has awarded two contracts totalling $70.5 million to defense contractor Raytheon Co. to support targeting systems used by missile-carrying Predator unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
Sechan Gets $78M Contracts from US Navy
U.S. Navy leaders needed an electronics contract manufacturing specialist to build signal data processor-Sierra (SDP-S) systems for the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) programme, which blends radar information from several different Navy systems to create one common air defense tactical display, or “air picture,” which is based on all sensor data available. Continue reading
A160 Hummingbird Fitted with 1.8 Giga Pixel Camera
The A160 Hummingbird systems that are being deployed to Afghanistan in May 2012 will take advantage of the Autonomous Real-time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance-Imaging System. Continue reading
Dayton Firms Team to Develop UAS for Disaster Relief
UA Vision LLC, a manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles, is teaming with other companies in Dayton to showcase its UAS, equipped with cameras and radio-frequency identification tags, for potential government and commercial customers around the country. Continue reading
UAS Pilots May Fly 4 Aircraft At Once
New high-tech networking systems and ground stations in development would let a single pilot fly four aircraft, possibly even from different manufacturers, dramatically reducing the ground staff now needed for each plane. Continue reading