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'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.
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.
Four American companies will demonstrate concepts for an unmanned carrier-launched airborne surveillance and strike (UCLASS) aircraft to the U.S. Navy.
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.
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 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.
The SEED is an autonomous, mobile camera balloon created to take photos and video of you while you’re on vacation. This design project was created by Moonhwan Lee, Nakamura Shohei & YoungWook Jung.
China may have used an unmanned aircraft called the Silver Eagle in a recent naval exercise over the South China Sea. According to a website sponsored by the People’s Liberation Army, tp.chinmil.com.cn, the twin-tailed design performed a simulated combat mission following its launch from the bed of a truck.