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.
Pakistan Navy Gets First Unmanned Aircraft Squadron
The Pakistan Navy has inducted the first squadron of unmanned aircraft systems into its fleet. Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Noman Bashir was the chief guest in the induction ceremony for the new UQAB-11 squadron.
‘Transformer’ UAS Propulsion System Tested in Wind Tunnel
The propulsion system for an unmanned aircraft that takes off vertically like a Transformer Robot then shifts to horizontal flight mid-air were tested yesterday at the University of Maryland’s Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel.