The United States government has awarded ITT Corporation a contract to provide software and hardware solutions tied to the collection, processing and dissemination of full motion video (FMV) and wide area airborne surveillance (WAAS) from unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
Raytheon Speed-of-Light Protection System Can Shield Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Raytheon Company‘s Common Infrared Counter Measures solution for US Army helicopters is also ideal for protecting unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
Battlespace Flight Services Gets $104M MQ-1 Predator Maintenance Contract
Battlespace Flight Services, LLC of Arlington, Va., is being awarded a $104,179,468 firm fixed price/cost plus award fee contract modification to fund extension of contract for organizational maintenance support for the predator MQ-1 aircraft and related systems at Creech Air Force base, Nev., Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., and deployed sites worldwide. Continue reading
MQ-9 Reaper Crashed on Landing at Holloman Air Force Base
Officials with the 49th Wing announced a remotely piloted MQ-9 Reaper crashed on final approach at Holloman Air Force Base at approximately 6:45 p.m. October 7th. Continue reading
Russia to Buy More Israeli UAS
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Russia now plans to buy and assemble Israeli-made UAS and use them as a “gap filler” until they are capable of developing their own.
Quadrocopter Finds Ancient Royal Burial Sites In Russia
Microdrone md4-200 – Photo: Marijn Hendrickx
A miniature unmanned aircraft has helped archaeologists capture images for creating a 3-D model of an ancient burial mound in Russia.
IAI Elta Launches New Lightweight SAR for Small UAS
IAI Elta is introducing a new version of their lightweight Synthetic Aperture radar (SAR) Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) sensor designated EL/M-2054. Continue reading
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Gets $9M Reset Contract for Sky Warrior and Gray Eagle
Sky Warrior A - Photo: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, California, was awarded an $8,795,979 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.