CAE and Aeronautics announced that the two companies have signed a strategic teaming agreement making CAE the preferred simulation and mission training solution provider for Aeronautics unmanned aircraft systems. Continue reading
US Uses Northrop’s People Detector Radar on Mexican Border
The US government has confirmed that it is deploying a new Northrop Grumman radar on unmanned aircraft systems to detect illegal immigrants and drug smugglers on the southwest border.
Boeing Communications Relay Links Radios with Multiple Unmanned Platforms
Boeing announced it has successfully demonstrated the company’s newest narrowband communications relay aboard two unmanned aircraft — an Insitu ScanEagle and a portable AeroVironment Puma All Environment.
Sinclair College and Unmanned Applications Institute Team for New Classes
Sinclair College of Dayton, Ohio, and the Unmanned Applications Institute, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, have signed a teaming agreement for innovative training in the emerging industry of unmanned aircraft systems. These classes will serve as the foundation for an emerging UAS programme to be hosted by Sinclair College.
US Air Force Approves First RQ-4 Block 30 Operational Orbit
The US Air Force has accepted that four Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Block 30 unmanned aircraft are now ready to maintain one orbit of continuous surveillance over a 30-day period.
C-130 Cargo Plane Hits RQ-7 Shadow in Afghanistan
US Air Force Captain Justin Brockhoff, a spokesman for the military in Afghanistan, confirmed that a C-130 cargo plane was forced to make an emergency landing Monday at a forward operating base in eastern Afghanistan after colliding with an RQ-7 Shadow, an unmanned aircraft that is usually operated by the Army and the Marine Corps.
Lockheed Martin Gets $47 Million to Demonstrate K-Max
The U.S. Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $47 million contract to develop, demonstrate and deliver autonomous technologies for unmanned air systems in support of in-theater unmanned cargo resupply missions. Under the contract, Lockheed Martin and Kaman Aerospace will demonstrate intelligent autonomous technologies for unmanned aerial systems using the K-MAX helicopter platform. Continue reading
AeroVironment Gets $65 Million Order for Digital Puma
AeroVironment, Inc. announced that it has received a firm-fixed-price contract delivery order valued at $65,532,394 for new digital Puma All Environment (AE) unmanned aircraft systems and initial spares packages.