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France’s new defence minister said he’ll “go back to square one” on plans to build unmanned military aircraft.“I want to start afresh,” Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in Paris at his first press conference since being sworn in May 17. “I want to move fast,
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Northrop Grumman Corporation and L-3 MAS announced plans to join forces on a variant of the Northrop Grumman-produced Global Hawk high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for Canada to maintain continuous surveillance of its Arctic territories. Dubbed "Polar Hawk," the system will be
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Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Aerospace Systems is being awarded a $32,774,936 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-08-C-0023) in support of the broad area maritime surveillance unmanned aircraft system system development and demonstration. This modification provides for a maintenance concept change
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The Australian Navy will experiment with the operation of unmanned aircraft from warships with the objective of outlining requirements for a formal capability. "[The] navy will be undertaking experimentation with maritime tactical unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) throughout 2012-2014 to become an informed user in preparation for a business
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On the third day of UVS International’s RPAS 2012 Conference in Paris on June 5 – 7, Stephen May of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, USA will present his "Predator Aircraft Series Status Report: Military & Civilian Missions". Steve May is currently Manager of International Strategic Development for General
With Department of Defense funding, Ashraf Qadir and colleagues at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks have built their own image-processing machine, which is small and light enough to be carried by a small UAS. They say their device is capable of tracking objects such as cars
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The world is developing an insatiable demand for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and keeping up with it will present both a fiscal and data management challenge. That is one of the observations made by military leaders recently at the sixth annual UAS Action Summit in Grand Forks. The U.S.
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Chile's defence ministry is set to select a mini unmanned air system for its armed forces, with the final contenders being the BlueBird Spylite, Elbit Systems Skylark 1LE and the Mantis made by Indra of Spain. The initial contract is expected to value around $3 million, but industry
Joseph Moster, a Masters Student at NC State University working towards a degree in aerospace engineerin loves working with electronics and programming in his limited free time. On his blog, he just posted this article on how to achieve 3D Laser cutting with a 2D system. A typical laser cutter
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On the second day of UVS International’s RPAS 2012 Conference in Paris on June 5 – 7, Claude Mas, of the Direction Générale de l’aviation civile (DGAC) (National Aviation Authority), France, will present a paper on the new "French Regulatory Situation for Civil RPAS". Claude Mas graduated
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Denmark has issued a tender for the selection of a mini unmanned air system, with the nation's defence ministry seeking responses only from bidders with systems in operational service. The tender has been issued to US manufacturer AeroVironment and Israel's Elbit Systems, sources have revealed. Candidate
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The Obama administration plans to arm Italy's fleet of Reaper unmanned aircraft, a move that could open the door for sales of advanced hunter-killer UAS technology to other allies, according to lawmakers and others familiar with the matter. The sale would make Italy the first foreign country