DynCorp International is being awarded a $92,866,122 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide organizational level maintenance and logistic support on all aircraft and support equipment for which the Naval Test Wing Atlantic has maintenance responsibility.
Centaur OPA Completes Fully Automatic Landings
Aurora Flight Sciences announced that its Centaur optionally-piloted aircraft has successfully completed its first fully automatic landings. The tests were conducted at Warrenton, Virginia.
Royal Australian Air Force Heron Contract Extended
'Bluey' the Heron - Credit: SGT W. Guthrie Copyright: Commonwealth of Australia
The Heron is set to continue service with the ADF in Afghanistan, after Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare announced a contract extension until the end of 2012.
NASA Awards Research Contract to Numerica for Next-Generation Collision Avoidance Technology
Numerica Corporation, a research and development company working in the area of information science, was awarded a two-year, $600,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to develop collision prediction capabilities for Unmanned Aircraft Systems operating in the National Airspace System.
US Navy Awards 4 Study Contracts For Unmanned Carrier-Borne Stealth UAS
Four American companies will demonstrate concepts for an unmanned carrier-launched airborne surveillance and strike (UCLASS) aircraft to the U.S. Navy.
AAR Gets $14M US Army Contract for Control Station Shelters
AAR Corp. a provider of aircraft parts and maintenance, announced that it has won a strategic five-year contract for providing lightweight, multi-purpose shelters (LMS). The value of the contract will be up to $14 million.
Pentagon Wants to Divert $920M to UAS & ISR Programmes
The Pentagon has asked the U.S. Congress for the OK to shift more than $920 million for numerous intelligence efforts, including many military UAS programmes, according to Defense Department budget documents.
World Surveillance Group Continues Argus One Tests
World Surveillance Group Inc. has announced that it has completed additional testing of its Argus One UAV in Easton, Maryland in preparation for the airship’s flight testing and demonstration at the U.S. Army’s proving ground facility in Yuma, Arizona.