Electronic Sub-Systems
Cloud Cap Technology has announced that its Piccolo SL autopilot will be updated with some new components in the next few months. After 5 years of deliveries, several of the key components in the Piccolo have gone end of life and a refresh was in order. The new Piccolo SL+
Military
Insitu Inc. has announced that it has delivered and flown one of two Integrator Unmanned Aircraft Systems that will provide the U.S. Marine Corps an early operational capability for the Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) programme. "The Integrator system delivery at Twentynine Palms, just less than a
President Obama has signed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Modernization and Reform Act 2012—with funding and provisions for granting military, commercial, and privately-owned unmanned aircraft greater access to US airspace and air traffic management systems modernisation—into law. The bill includes important provisions on the integration of unmanned
Military
Bell/Northrop Grumman MQ-8C 'Fire X'The US Navy has cancelled its medium-range maritime unmanned air system (MRMUAS) programme, which was to produce a vertical-lift UAS to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services for up to 8 hours. The contest was hotly anticipated by established
AeroVironment, Inc. announced yesterday that it recently received an order from the United States Air Force for Switchblade loitering munition systems and services. The $4,167,777 extension to an existing contract includes engineering services, operational Switchblade systems and operator training. AeroVironment will work with ATK its munition subcontractor, to
Military
Officials of the US Department of Defense (DoD) plan to spend at least $5.78 billion to buy and develop unmanned vehicles and unmanned vehicle payloads next year, according to data in the Pentagon's budget documents released this week. This figure is down 13.14 percent from the
The European Defence Agency and the European Commission co-organised a workshop on Research and Development on Unmanned Aircraft Systems, on Friday 9 February, in the Royal Military Academy (Brussels). The workshop was the fifth and latest in a series of five workshops run by the European Commission (DG Enterprise
Military
DARPA is looking to develop an advanced communications backbone to support dismounted warfighters in austere locations. Providing high-bandwidth communications for troops in remote forward operating locations is not only critical but also challenging because a reliable infrastructure optimized for remote geographic areas does not exist. When you introduce additional
Business
A member of the famous McDonnell aerospace family is suing Boeing, the company that acquired McDonnell Douglas in 1997, alleging that the aircraft maker infringed on his patents related to an unmanned aircraft landing system. William "Randy" McDonnell is seeking $160 million in damages from Boeing Co. and
The ESA and the EDA have given notice of a tender for the demonstration of the use of satellites complementing UAS integrated in non-segregated airspace. The demonstration project is part of the IAP programme (ARTES element 20) dedicated to the development and promotion of applications and services that use
Training
Israel Aerospace Industries announced that it has established the IAI UAS Academy - a unique solution for training and certification of UAS operators and technicians - at the IAI facilities near Ben Gurion Airport, Israel.The UAS Academy is based on IAI's vast knowledge and experience of four decades in
Business
AeroVironment, Inc. and Australia-based Sentient have announced the signing of an exclusive global license agreement that allows AeroVironment to distribute Sentient’s automatic target detection software for full motion video for use with small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Sentient’s Kestrel Land MTI Tier I is specifically designed to