Events
Goodrich Corporation will be displaying the Embla VTOL UAS at next week's Avalon 2011 International Airshow at Geelong, Victoria in Australia.The UAS will be demonstrated in the indoor UAS flying arena at various times throughout the show The Embla is integrated with an autonomous, adaptive flight control
Military
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced at IDEX that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the International Golden Group as part of the United Arab Emirates' desire to generate premier ISR capability. The MoU will allow GA to market its Predator XP UAS to be brought into
Testing
Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems Investments Company (ADASI) and L-3 Communications WESCAM have announced the first flight of a CAMCOPTER® S-100 UAS with the WESCAM MX-10 EO/IR payload installed in the United Arab Emirates. After brief installation and integration activities by the ADASI team, the MX-10
Electronic Sub-Systems
MicroPilot has combined three of its premier MP2128g autopilots into the first commercially available triple‐redundancy unmanned aerial vehicle autopilot. The MP21283X is now available. Loaded with multiple communication links, back-up high current drivers, backup power supplies, and independently generated servo signals, this autopilot sets new reliability standards within
Electronic Sub-Systems
FLIR Systems, Inc. has reported strong demand for the Cobalt, Star SAFIRE and TALON classes of stabilized multi-sensor airborne systems for integration on UAS across the world. Since January, the company has received orders for more than 130 airborne systems for a variety of applications and platforms in the
Testing
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems announced that it has completed a fee-for-service operation on behalf of the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren Division. NSWC Dahlgren has been chartered to conduct UAS flights in conjunction with tests of various types of ground radars and capture and analyze
Events
The IDEX 2011 Gala Dinner and Awards ceremony was held on Monday night at the Abu Dhabi Armed Forces Officers’ Club in the presence of His Highness Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed Al Nahyan, National Security Advisor and Vice Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Executive Council. More than 2,000 guests,
Business
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced yesterday that it has reached an agreement to acquire the remaining 30% of the shares of Elisra Electronic Systems Ltd. held by Elta Systems Ltd.(a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd.) for $67.5 million. Elbit Systems currently owns 70% of Elisra’s shares, and
Training
SDS International recently completed delivery of one of its MQ-9 Reaper MTDs for use by the University of North Dakota’s Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research, Education and Training in a research partnership with the Air Force Research Lab. Under that partnership, UND plans to use the MQ-
Training
Work is on schedule to open the Army’s new $15 million Gray Eagle UAS Training Centre at Fort Huachuca within a year. The installation is near Sierra Vista in South East Arizona, 15 miles from the Mexico border. The announcement was made last week by Brigadier General Gregg Potter,
Military
Northrop Grumman has announced that it has been awarded a $25.6 million contract to develop a UAS sense and avoid capability for BAMS in support of the Navy and U.S. Air Force. The work will be carried out by the Aerospace sector's Battle Management & Engagement
Commercial
Mesa County Sheriff (Colorado, USA) is the first US Public Safety Agency to receive an FAA Certificate of Authorization to operate the Draganflyer X6 helicopter for law enforcement use over a 3,300 square mile area. In the past, the Sheriff’s office was required to contact the FAA and