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Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. a National Security Solutions provider, announced that Clement "Clem" Greek has joined the company as Director of Army Aviation and Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Initiatives for Kratos Technology & Training Solutions (TTS). "Clem brings over thirty years of experience in aircraft
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Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that the newest RQ-4 Global Hawk completed the first of many production acceptance flights of an operational Block 30 multi-intelligence sensor package on May 25, flown from Palmdale, California. The Global Hawk flight marks a new era of increased operational intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance
After showing off their ‘bloopers’ we thought that it was only fair to give space to another of the GRASP Labs successes – a team effort by both man & machines. All is explained in the commentary. Teams of quadrotors autonomously build tower-like cubic structures from modular parts. Work on
The EUROCAE Report on 'UAS Airworthiness Certification and Operational Approval', which was issued in March 2011, is now available for purchase directly from the organisation. The five volumes of this report, together with a terminology supplement, present concepts for the airworthiness certification, operational approval, radio spectrum provision, and
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A recent study on how birds can fly so quickly and accurately through dense forests has opened a new avenue for developments in robotics and auto-pilots. Researchers from Harvard University conducted an experiment wherein, they trained pigeons to fly through an artificial forest with a tiny camera attached to
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The US Navy has awarded North Eastern Aeronautical Company, Inc. (Neany) a $19,998,314 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Persistent Surveillance Unmanned Aerial System (PSUAS). The contract shall integrate with other surveillance systems, produce ground control shelters; and provide training support, theatre support, and persistent surveillance systems
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Lockheed Martin, Mission System & Sensors, Owego, N.Y., was awarded a $47,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for procurement of autonomous technologies for unmanned aerial systems to maximize performance requirements and capabilities with mature technologies. Work will be performed in Owego, N.Y.
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This video was taken inside the Quadrotor Thunderdome in Zurich, aka the Flying Machine Arena at the Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, part of the Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Zürich (Swiss Federal Institute for Technology, Zurich). “We are looking for ways to make interaction with our vehicles natural and intuitive.
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The Navy and Marine Corps plans to field a cargo unmanned aircraft system are moving forward as the first of two potential UAS helicopters landed at Pax River, July 1. The Navy and Marine Corps Multi-Mission Tactical Unmanned Air Systems programme office (PMA-266) coordinated the arrival of Lockheed
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Kansas University’s school of Aerospace Engineering (KUAE) has used MTM®45-1 prepreg from Advanced Composites Group (ACG) to build a fleet of Meridian UAS designed to monitor the flow of ice sheets in Greenland and Antarctica. KUAE selected ACGs MTM45-1 for the Meridians wings, empennage and fuselage
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The US Air Force has awarded L-3 Communications Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah, a $27,936,509 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract in direct support of data link communications activities including the Automated Real-Time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance (ARGUS)-Imaging System. The contract is to provide the research, development,
Military
France and Britain recently announced they would be postponing a decision on a joint development project for next-generation unmanned aerial vehicles for 12-18 months to consider their options. Douglas Barrie, senior fellow for military aerospace at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, discussed European UAS programmes with the