Training
Northland Community and Technical College was recently informed that it will be receiving a $4.7 million grant for targeted job training and workforce development. The grant will be used to support NCTC’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Maintenance Technician program. The grant is a part of the U.S. Department
Military
Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp., Atlanta, Ga., is being awarded a $25,135,974 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery, requirements contract for ground-based sensors for remotely controlled aircraft. ESG/PKS, Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., is the contracting activity (HC1047-05-D-4000 0201). Source: Laser Focus World
Commercial
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in partnership with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, has developed GALE, its own unmanned aircraft. Measuring 3 feet long and weighing 8 pounds, the $30,000 unmanned aircraft is made of hard composites and powered by an electronic motor. It cruises at about 55 mph
VTOL
Commencing in 2001 and completed in 2004, Mundus Group's designated division Air Drone is currently a continuation of the 1st UAV VTOL prototype that was co-developed with strategic partner Roadable Aircraft Inc. and the US Navy under a 3 year Co-operative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA)
Payloads
The US Army just handed out a half-dozen contracts to firms to find faces from above, track targets, and even spot “adversarial intent.” “If this works out, we’ll have the ability to track people persistently across wide areas,” says Tim Faltemier, the lead biometrics researcher at Progeny Systems
Electronic Sub-Systems
North Atlantic Industries has announced the availability of a rugged 12-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module. The H2 is an extremely low power, high performance Ethernet switch. It supports 16 KB jumbo frames, 802.1P QoS or DiffServ/ToS priority queues, 802.1Q VLAN, Port Aggregation, Spanning Tree, Rapid &
Military
Northrop Grumman Corp., Aerospace System, San Jose, California, is being awarded an estimated $54,227,582 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract modification. The award is to provide logistics support activities required to support the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle fielded systems and subsystems used in peacetime operations, which includes fielded
Events
Nick Miller, Thales Business Director for ISTAR and Unmanned Aircraft, presents the Watchkeeper's capabilities and production schedule. The interview was filmed recently at the DSEi 2011 in England Source: Flight Global
Commercial
Australia's V-TOL Aerospace (V-TOL), a relative new comer to the aviation industry, and the Royal Queensland Aero Club (RQAC), with roots stemming back to 1910, are developing and preparing to teach the first certified Australian unmanned aircraft (UA) training courses through their specialist training organisations. The
Testing
ARMS-TASS reports that the Dozor-100, developed by Kronshtadt Technologies, has performed a test flight with geo-physical equipment onboard. The flight was undertaken on September 21st. by the Dozor-100 with tail number 003. An algorithm of automatic takeoff and landing was practiced during the flight. All the
Events
With a new name and broader focus, the Dayton region's premiere aerospace technology conference and trade show is gearing up for its 2011 event at the Dayton Convention Center.TechNet-Aero is the new name for the annual conference produced by the Dayton-Wright Chapter of the Armed
Business
United Technologies (UTC) has agreed to buy Goodrich for $18.4 billion, subject to regulatory approvals. UTC expects the combined company to have worldwide sales of approximately $66 billion, based on its projected 2011 results. The purchase would result in increased scale, financial strength and complementary products, strengthening the company&