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Orbiter
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems announced yesterday that it has delivered an Aerosonde Mark 4.7 Small Unmanned Aircraft System and an Orbiter Miniature Unmanned Aircraft System to the US Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC).
Orbiter
The two Israeli companies still contesting the Finnish armed forces’ competition to select an unmanned aircraft system face two more rounds of evaluation.
Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully demonstrated advanced sensor and network technologies for the protection of fixed locations, adapting the STARLite Small Tactical Radar developed for UAS. Continue reading
Insitu Pacific is currently undertaking a marketing offensive to develop use of the ScanEagle for commercial purpose in the Asia Pacific region. Continue reading
Lynx Block 30 and Lynx Block 20 - Photo: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. announced that its Lynx Block 20 Multi-mode Radar will soon be deployed on three Sky Warrior Alpha UAS operating in Afghanistan following the award of $5.8 million contract on September 28. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman believes that the contract award for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system is now on track to be completed in early November. Continue reading
MX-10 Sensor Turret on Viking 400 Photo: L-3 Unmanned Systems
L-3 Unmanned Systems of Dallas has completed a series of capability enhancements to its Viking 400 unmanned aircraft system supplied to the US Special Operations Command under a 2009 contract.
Circino Flight Systems submitted a 3-year old video of its ‘Sentry’ Olecopter which tries to satisfy a number of problems with UAV’s – combine VTOL performance with high speed in forward flight. Continue reading