Raytheon Company has been awarded a one-year subcontract worth $24.7 million for support services of the ground station elements of the RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft system.
US Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout Crashes Over Libya
At 7:20 a.m. local time on June 21, a US Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout, which was flying over Libya’s central coast, lost contact with a command center and crashed, according to Navy and NATO officials.
DARPA Selects SRI International to Develop Visual Intelligence System for Mind’s Eye Programme
SRI International is leading a team to design a visual intelligence system, known as VIGIL (Visual Intelligence Grounded in Learning), to enable a new era in unmanned robotic surveillance.
The SRI team is being funded through the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA’s) Mind’s Eye programme.
German Companies Plan to Develop Solar Powered UAS
Elektra One
At the Intersolar Europe trade show, IABG – a European technology enterprise – and ACENTISS, the aircraft engineering company of the IABG group, have concluded an exclusive cooperation agreement with PC-Aero GmbH, the German electric aircraft developer and producer.
UK’s First Watchkeeper to Afghanistan in December
The British Army will be ready to start using its first Watchkeeper tactical unmanned aircraft in Afghanistan this December, following the completion of operational field trials that will commence in October.
Raytheon Begins Production of Airborne Hyperspectral Sensor for U.S. Air Force
Raytheon Company has received a contract from the U.S. Air Force to produce the first airborne tactical hyperspectral sensor system. The Airborne Cueing and Exploitation System Hyperspectral, also known as ACES HY, is an infrared sensor system developed to identify targets based on their spectral characteristics.
Northrop Grumman and SELEX Galileo Sign for MOU Directional Infrared Counter Measures
Northrop Grumman Corporation and SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica Company, have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at jointly pursuing the international directional infrared countermeasures (DIRCM) market.
AeroVironment, Inc. Announces Fiscal 2011 Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year End Results
AeroVironment, Inc. has reported financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ending April 30, 2011.