Payloads
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, along with Phoenix Global Support, has announced the introduction of new multi-mission payloads for its Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems. Designed to be housed in a modular pod and carried on the hard points on the Shadow aircraft's wings, multi-mission payloads are
Military
The United States government has awarded ITT Corporation a contract to provide software and hardware solutions tied to the collection, processing and dissemination of full motion video (FMV) and wide area airborne surveillance (WAAS) from unmanned aircraft. ITT will deliver its solutions, including the FELCO (Federated Embedded inteL-server for
Electronic Sub-Systems
Raytheon Company's Common Infrared Counter Measures solution for US Army helicopters is also ideal for protecting unmanned aircraft systems. At 15 pounds less than the Army's requirement, Raytheon's CIRCM system is lightweight enough for large UAS platforms. "These unmanned aircraft are widely deployed
Business
Battlespace Flight Services, LLC of Arlington, Va., is being awarded a $104,179,468 firm fixed price/cost plus award fee contract modification to fund extension of contract for organizational maintenance support for the predator MQ-1 aircraft and related systems at Creech Air Force base, Nev., Whiteman Air Force
Accidents
Officials with the 49th Wing announced a remotely piloted MQ-9 Reaper crashed on final approach at Holloman Air Force Base at approximately 6:45 p.m. October 7th.The aircraft is assigned to the 29th Attack Squadron, which is a remotely piloted aircraft flying training unit. The accident occurred
Military
Searcher Russia now plans to buy and assemble Israeli-made UAS and use them as a "gap filler" until they are capable of developing their own. Last year, Russia purchased a huge number of UAS systems made by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) - mainly Searcher II types. This was
Commercial
Microdrone md4-200 - Photo: Marijn Hendrickx A miniature unmanned aircraft has helped archaeologists capture images for creating a 3-D model of an ancient burial mound in Russia. Archaeological sites are often in remote and rugged areas. As such, it can be hard to reach and map them with the
Electronic Sub-Systems
IAI Elta is introducing a new version of their lightweight Synthetic Aperture radar (SAR) Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) sensor designated EL/M-2054. The new radar is based on another Elta SAR radar, the EL/M-2055DX modular SAR/GMTI radar, The new version is designed specifically for small
Business
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, California, was awarded an $8,795,979 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award comes under a CLS (Contractor Logistics Support) contract and will provide for the Reset efforts for the Warrior A (now known as the Sky Warrior Alpha) and the Warrior Block
Commander of Khatom ol-Anbia Air Defence Base Brigadier General Farzad Esmayeeli said now Iran can trace and shoot down small UAS over its airspace. The Brigadier also said that air defence units are closely monitoring overflights of foreign aircraft and are fully prepared to detect and shoot down unauthorized
Military
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems announced the introduction of the Shadow M2 Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS) at the Association of the US Army (AUSA) 2011 Annual Meeting & Exposition. On display in booth #1424, the Shadow M2 is the next generation of AAI UAS' renowned, battle-proven Shadow 200
Research
NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center recently awarded contracts to six research and development firms to assist the center in meeting the goals of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System, or UAS in the NAS, project. In addition, cooperative agreements were issued to four universities