Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, is awarded a $22,320,161 modification (P00006) to previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract N00019-20-C-0025. Continue reading
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SpearUAV Demos Ninox 40 Hand-Held to US Agencies
SpearUAV, Tel-Aviv-based developers and suppliers of unique UAS solutions for defense and HLS applications, successfully demonstrated its leading encapsulated drone system, the Ninox 40 Hand-Held, to the Department of Defense (DOD), in the presence of representatives from the U.S. Army (Army), U.S. Navy (USN), U.S. Marines (USMC), and the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM); the Department of Homeland Security (DHS); and the Department of Justice (DOJ). Continue reading
USAF Global Hawks Get New Sensors
Global Hawk takes off equipped with a MS-177 multi-spectral camera system
Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered a pair of sensors to enhance the capability of its Global Hawk high-altitude long-endurance autonomous aircraft system. Enhancements include the deployment of the MS-177 multi-spectral camera system to provide additional high resolution imaging capability for operational users. Continue reading
1,000+ Drones on Display at the 2020 Drone World Congress in Shenzhen
Around 400 companies from more than 30 countries and regions around the world presented over 1,000 drones at the fourth Drone World Congress in Shenzhen City, south China’s Guangdong Province, on Sunday. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Gets Triton Net Enabled Weapons Support Award from US Navy
MQ-4C Tritons at a Northrop Grumman test facility in Palmdale, California
The US Department of the Navy plans to award Northrop Grumman’s aerospace systems business a delivery order to provide analysis support for demonstration activities involving the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial system. Continue reading
EASA Publishes Proposed Standards for Certification of Light Drones
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has published a proposal of airworthiness standards for the certification of the vast majority of light unmanned aircraft. These standards will greatly contribute to the safe operation of drones for a wide variety of services, such as parcel delivery in urban environments, railways and power lines inspection or delivery of essential supplies into crisis zones. Continue reading
Parrot and Hoverseen Offer Drone-in-a-Box Solutions
Parrot announced that it is partnering with Hoverseen, a French automatic drone solution provider. Through this partnership, enterprises can now use Parrot ANAFI drones as an automated, drone-in-a-box surveillance solution capable of dispatching and charging itself from a lightweight docking and recharging station. Continue reading
Skynav Gov: a Government-Ready Scalable Controller
Auterion Government Solutions has announced Skynav Gov. A scalable handheld ground controller, Skynav Gov is powered by Auterion Mission Control and controls all UAS’ running Auterion Enterprise PX4 or communicate over MAVLink. Continue reading