The UK Ministry of Defence’s requirement for an unmanned surveillance system, dubbed Scavenger, could result in the first aircraft to carry the “platform-agnostic integration system” sensor concept being developed by Selex Galileo for medium-altitude, long-endurance and larger air vehicles.
US Air Force Contracts Elbit & Lockheed Martin to Develop Renewable Energy for Small UAS
Systems designers at Elbit Systems of America LLC in Fort Worth, Texas, and at Lockheed Martin Corp. in Eagan, Minn., will develop a green hybrid propulsion system running on renewable energy for small UAS as part of initial phase of the U.S. Air Force Small Unmanned Renewable enerGy long Endurance Vehicle (SURGE-V) programme.
General Atomics & CAE Team to Offer Predator B to Canada
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. and CAE announced yesterday that the companies have signed an exclusive teaming agreement to offer the Predator B UAS to meet Canada’s Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) needs.
US Army $8.4 Million Order for Digital Raven Systems from AeroVironment
AeroVironment Inc. announced that it has received a firm-fixed-price contract order valued at $8,373,995 under a follow-on contract with the U.S. Army towards a total acquisition objective of 2,358 systems.
Russian Searcher – First Pictures
Deliveries have already started under a $400 million contract signed last year, but what is believed to be the first image of a Russian-liveried Searcher II has just appeared.
Maveric on Exhibition at SOFIC 2011
More about the Maveric , which was on display at the SOFIC 2011 (Special Operations Forces Industry Conference) in Tampa Florida last week, in this video which was posted on the Defense Review Channel on YouTube.
Aeronautics Defense Systems Unveils “Dominator 2”
Israel’s Aeronautics Defense Systems has announced that the “Dominator 2” in the XP version is ready to be marketed.
University of Colorado’s Hyperion Flies
This video is now available of the Hyperion, which was first presented at the University of Colorado Aerospace Engineering Design Symposium on April 15, which we wrote about earlier in March.