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Russian Helicopters has received 5 billion rubles ($160 m) from the Russian Federal Budget for the development of three types of unmanned aircraft systems. After charging that smaller domestic developers wasted public funds - and pointedly purchasing Israeli drones for military trials - the Defense Ministry has switched to a big holding
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a $30,342,272 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract in support of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system quick reaction capability. Work will be performed in Poway, Calif.
Events
Defence, security and industry leaders from the US and Australia will discuss the latest developments and future visions for Unmanned Aircraft Systems in a free public forum at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, on Tuesday, 24 January. Key speakers include Major General Michael C Kostelnik, Assistant Commissioner at US Customs
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US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) issued contract N00019-11-C-0061 to Insitu Inc., Bingen, WA as a FFP effort to procure UAS ISR services. The period of performance of the mentioned effort will be an estimated 12 month period for 24/7 service capable of providing Electro Optical
Testing
The DARPA uavforge competition is approaching the deadline for Milestone 2, with voting for the 'Proof of Flight' videos due to end on January 22 nd. Of the six videos posted so far, the video above of Q-4 range of Nano UAS, developed jointly between Middlesex University
Electronic Sub-Systems
The Mercury Federal Systems subsidiary of Mercury Computer Systems Inc., provided its onboard real-time image processing and storage subsystems to the Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) for the U.S. Air Force’s Gorgon Stare (GS) persistent surveillance system, currently deployed in Operation Enduring Freedom. The Air Force’s Gorgon
Control Stations
UAV Factory has announced its second generation of portable ground control station for unmanned aircraft. UAV Factory's off-the-shelf portable Ground Control Station (GCS) is a flexible and universal solution for controlling unmanned vehicles and payloads. By using a unique, modular electronics compartment (MEC) which is reconfigurable
Military
AeroVironment just released this video of the Wasp Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) - a small, portable, reliable, and rugged unmanned aerial platform designed for front-line day/night reconnaissance and surveillance. Wasp is the result of a multi-year joint development effort between AV and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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Lockheed Martin announced the acquisition of Procerus Technologies, a company specialising in autopilot and other avionics for micro unmanned aerial systems. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but are not material to Lockheed Martin's results. "This acquisition is consistent with our focus on acquiring capabilities
According to Iranian state radio, a local firm, seeking to capitalize on the frenzy that followed the crash of the RQ-170 — is now producing miniaturized toy versions of the craft. Most of the toys, which come in several colours and are made of Iranian plastic, have already been snapped
Anti-submarine warfare (ASW) experts in the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Virginia, have awarded their third industry contract for a programme that seeks to develop technologies to help detect enemy submarines in shallow coastal waters and harbours without using traditional acoustic submarine-hunting technologies like
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Israel's defence ministry has blocked a contract to sell Aeronautics Defense Systems Dominator XP unmanned air systems to Abu Dhabi, after reviewing the contents of the deal. Aeronautics declined to comment on the ministry's decision, while the defence ministry said it would not comment on the