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MQ-9-Reaper
The U.S. Air Force is planning to move much of its UAS force from Iraq and Afghanistan to East Asia over the next four years. Currently, the Air Force has 53 MQ-1As Predator and MQ-9 Reaper UAVs operating in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The US Navy awarded two fixed-price contracts to Boeing/Frontier Systems and Lockheed Martin for their unmanned A160T Hummingbird ($29.9 million) and KMAX ($45.8 million), for Cargo Unmanned Aircraft System services in December last year. A decision is now expected some time this summer on which system to send to theatre, with an initial 6-month deployment scheduled for autumn 2011.
Aero-Instruments, a manufacturer of Air Data Sensors, has announced the acquisition of SpaceAge Control’s air data product line.
Boeing has announced that the Phantom Ray successfully completed its first flight on April 27 at NASA’s Dryden Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
First Place : Georgia Institute of Technology Team ThereWillBeBuzz
The DBF (Design/Build/Fly) Competition is an annual, international competition sponsored by Cessna Aircraft Co/Raytheon Missile Systems and the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. The Fly-off for the 15th Competition was held at TIMPA Field in Tucson, AZ on the weekend of April 15-17, 2011.
AAI Test & Training has been awarded $9.7 million to deliver an electronic warfare (EW) radio frequency (RF) simulator for the U.S. Air Force’s EW Avionics Integration Support Facility (EWAISF).
The FAA has issued a notice to advise the public of a meeting of RTCA Special Committee 203: Unmanned Aircraft Systems to be held at the RTCA Conference Rooms, in Washington on May 17-19, 2011. Here is the AGENDA:
'Bluey' the Heron - Credit: SGT W. Guthrie Copyright: Commonwealth of Australia
The fourth rotation (ROT 4) of Australia’s Heron* Detachment in Kandahar, Afghanistan, has set a unit record for monthly flying hours of 475 hours during April.