The Korean Government may abandon a plan to buy Global Hawks because their price is way higher than the budget. Continue reading
Boeing QF-16 Aerial Target Programme Demonstrates Software for US Air Force
The Boeing QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target programme in August became the first target programme to conduct software tests in a systems integration lab (SIL) environment. Continue reading
AAI Gets $119M Shadow Upgrade and Maintenance Contract from US Army
AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, Md., was awarded a $118,792,331 firm-fixed-price contract. Continue reading
Boeing Phantom Eye Ready for Hydrogen Flights
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Boeing is looking to fly its company-funded Phantom Eye hydrogen-fuelled, long-endurance unmanned aircraft in late October or early November at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Continue reading
Phantom Ray Mothballed
According to Daryl Davis, chief of Boeing’s Phantom Works division, Boeing’s Phantom Ray is being put into storage, now that it’s successfully completed its test flights. Continue reading
AeroVironment Gets $6.9 Million Raven Order from United States Air Force
AeroVironment, Inc. announced yesterday that it received a $6,874,175 firm-fixed-price order from the US Air Force under an existing contract with the US Army. Continue reading
Another American UAS Down in Somalia
An American surveillance UAS apparently has crashed in the Somali port town of Kismayo, about 500 kilometers south of Mogadishu,which is controlled by the militant group al-Shabab. Continue reading
Block 10 Global Hawks Transfer from US Air Force to Other Government Agencies
A US Air Force Block 10 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft, built by Northrop Grumman, completed its last mission in late May. Continue reading