Control Stations
TechNewsDaily was recently invited to take a rare behind-the-scenes tour of a UAS ground control station in Italy that is jointly shared by the Italian and U.S. air forces to demystify some of the operations of these robot warrior aircraft. UAS are able to silently fly for
Testing
Northrop Grumman and Cassidian have announced that the first EURO HAWK will land in Germany on July 19, 2011. The aircraft, which will take off from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., is expected to touch down at the Manching Air Base at approximately 10:00 Central European Summer Time. Senior
Commercial
A second unmanned aircraft will soon be based in Texas in an effort to help secure the U.S.-Mexico border. The Predator will be equipped with an electro-optical/infrared sensor system that vastly improves the operational effectiveness in CBP missions and is fitted with synthetic aperture radar suitable
Control Stations
AME Unmanned Air Systems announced the receipt of a follow-on contract for the Joint Interoperable Target Control System (JITCS). This contract enables the continued development of standard Target Control System interfaces for the Common Interface Target Control System (CITCS). The contract was received on June 20, 2011, and has
Military
The US Army desires to obtain information on an affordable Counter Unmanned Aerial System (CUAS) Interceptor that provides protection against a primary threat set of tactical UAS, a secondary threat set of Cruise Missiles (CMs) and/or Rockets, Artillery, Mortars (RAM). The Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), Aviation
Military
The US Army has issued an amendment to its RFI on MRMP VTOL UAS originally posted on June 27th responding to questions for clarification and extending the deadline to August 10, 2011. Department of the Army - Amendment to Request for Information - Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Project Office (PO) Medium Range
Testing
Using real-time video imagery distributed from Northrop Grumman Corporation's on-demand intelligence system, Marines successfully completed live-fire targeting exercises on the Marine Corps' extensive ranges Twentynine Palms, California. For the first time, warfighters used the Heterogeneous Airborne Reconnaissance Team (HART) system to simultaneously and autonomously
Military
DynCorp International is being awarded a $92,866,122 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide organizational level maintenance and logistic support on all aircraft and support equipment for which the Naval Test Wing Atlantic has maintenance responsibility. This maintenance responsibility includes all rotary, fixed, lighter-than-air, and unmanned
Testing
Aurora Flight Sciences announced that its Centaur optionally-piloted aircraft has successfully completed its first fully automatic landings. The tests were conducted at Warrenton, Virginia. Aurora designed Centaur to fly as a normal manned aircraft, as an unmanned aircraft or in a “hybrid manned/unmanned” mode in which control may
Military
The Heron is set to continue service with the ADF in Afghanistan, after Minister for Defence Materiel Jason Clare announced a contract extension until the end of 2012. Currently operated by the RAAF’s 5 Flight with personnel from the RAAF and Australian Army, the Kandahar based Heron provides aerial
Research
Numerica Corporation, a research and development company working in the area of information science, was awarded a two-year, $600,000 Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to develop collision prediction capabilities for Unmanned Aircraft Systems operating in the National Airspace System.
Testing
Four American companies will demonstrate concepts for an unmanned carrier-launched airborne surveillance and strike (UCLASS) aircraft to the U.S. Navy. Study contracts worth about $500,000 each were awarded late June to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI, which offers the Sea Avenger version of the jet-powered