Iran’s Revolutionary Guard denied on Friday that it shot down an unmanned American aircraft over a uranium enrichment site, saying that its air defences had only hit a test target.
Euro Hawk Lands in Europe
Those who have been following the saga will all be relieved to know that the Northrop Grumman-Cassidian Euro Hawk finally landed in Germany on 21 July.
Fire Scout Performs Well After 1,000 Flight Hours – U.S. Navy
More than a thousand hours of flight time carried out this year by deployed Fire Scout unmanned helicopters is evidence that the system is working through its developmental problems and showing itself able to deliver a reliable reconnaissance and surveillance capability, the programme’s U.S. Navy managers said.
Boeing Acquires SMSi to Support C4ISR and Cyber-Security Growth
Boeing announced an agreement to acquire Solutions Made Simple Inc. (SMSi), an information services provider for the U.S. government and the Intelligence Community.
Tactical NAV Smartphone App Directs UAV – Defeats Taliban Attack
With the number of private military contractors exceeding the number of troops on the ground in both Iraq and Afghanistan, a growing concern for keeping contractors safe is more pressing than ever.
Model-based Design Using COTS Tools for UAS Development
Unmanned aircraft systems are becoming more and more complex in order to fulfill a number of potentially conflicting performance and robustness requirements. However, the use traditional development methods that continue to rely on legacy designs and domain specific tools that perform subsystem-level optimization make it difficult, if not impossible to perform system-level design optimization of these complex systems.
Harris Small Secure Data Link Receives National Security Agency Certification
A small, lightweight, embeddable radio developed by Harris Corporation has received Type 1 certification from the National Security Agency, paving the way for its use in high-security, space-constrained communications applications such as unmanned aircraft systems, vehicles and shelters.
French Ministry of Defence Picks Heron TP via Dassault
The French Ministry of Defence said that it was in talks with Dassault Aviation on an order for a new unmanned aircraft system (a variant of the IAI Heron TP ) that would enter into service in 2014.