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Optics and sensors specialist Clear Align introduced its Featherlight line of lightweight lenses optimized for shortwave infrared (SWIR) applications for UAS and man-portable electro-optics applications at the SPIE Defence, Security, and Sensors conference and trade show in Orlando, Florida.
The Raytheon Company was awarded a $7 million contract to serve as a Mission Systems Integrator for Phase I of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Persistent Close Air Support project.
The most intense use of the US Federal Aviation Administration’s NextGen Integration and Evaluation Capability (NIEC) to date has been by the UAS community, both within the FAA and the broader government and industry community.
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a Certificate of Authorization (COA) to Mississippi State University for Stark Aerospace to fly the Heron UAS from Golden Triangle Regional Airport (GTRA) in Columbus, Mississippi .
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with RUAG Aerospace Services GmbH, an approved and certified MRO company, to offer the Predator B UAS to meet the surveillance needs of the Federal Republic of Germany.
LaserMotive will be showcasing examples of its wireless power system for unmanned aircraft, including models of electric helicopters and aircraft, at the SPIE Defense, Security and Sensing Exhibition April 26-29 in Orlando, Florida.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will use its two small unmanned Manta aircraft to sniff for black carbon, an agent formed through the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, biofuel, and biomass, in the Arctic.
Rockwell Collins’ Athena family of flight control and navigation systems exceeded 1 million flight hours on several UAS performing surveillance operations primarily in the Middle East. This fact emerged out of the company’s quarterly report, which also announced a sales increase of $81 million, or 7%, to $1.223 billion for its second quarter ended March 31, 2011 compared to sales of $1.142 billion for the same period a year ago.
Source: American Chronicle