Military
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. and CAE announced yesterday that the companies have signed an exclusive teaming agreement to offer the Predator B UAS to meet Canada’s Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) needs. “GA-ASI’s establishment of a formal partnership with CAE signifies a firm commitment
Military
AeroVironment Inc. announced that it has received a firm-fixed-price contract order valued at $8,373,995 under a follow-on contract with the U.S. Army towards a total acquisition objective of 2,358 systems. The order comprises new digital Raven small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) and initial
Military
Deliveries have already started under a $400 million contract signed last year, but what is believed to be the first image of a Russian-liveried Searcher II has just appeared. More Searcher II and BirdEye-400 UAS are being readied for delivery to Russia by Israel Aerospace Industries' Malat
Events
More about the Maveric , which was on display at the SOFIC 2011 (Special Operations Forces Industry Conference) in Tampa Florida last week, in this video which was posted on the Defense Review Channel on YouTube. The Maveric has a flexible monolithic wing made from carbon fibre and rip-stop nylon,
Military
Israel’s Aeronautics Defense Systems has announced that the "Dominator 2" in the XP version is ready to be marketed. The aircraft has been certified in accordance with the limitations of the MTCR (Missile Technology Control Regime, an informal and voluntary partnership between 34 countries to prevent the
Testing
This video is now available of the Hyperion, which was first presented at the University of Colorado Aerospace Engineering Design Symposium on April 15, which we wrote about earlier in March. It serves as a test-bed for research and development in the following focus areas: aerodynamics, structures and materials,
Testing
Aerobat Aviation Inc and Attopilot International have teamed up to add an autopilot to the innovative circular flying wing design. Aerobat Aviation, Inc was created to produce individual entities within the business that deploy and service systems based on the circular wing aircraft, called the "GeoBAT". The Company
Testing
A successful flight test of Rustom 1 Unmanned Aircraft was conducted on Monday of this week. Rustom 1 being developed by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a DRDO lab engaged in pioneering R&D work in the field of aeronautics. The aircraft has an endurance of 14 hours and
Business
The US Navy has issued a request for proposal (RFP) worth up to $870 million for a small unmanned aircraft system to provide a bridge system between current capabilities and the 2014 entrance of the small tactical unmanned aerial system (STUAS)/tier II entry into service, projected to be 2013.
Payloads
DRS Technologies, Inc., has announced that its Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA) business unit has produced an advanced, full-featured thermal camera that consumes less than one watt of power to produce a thermal image. Slightly smaller than a golf ball, the Tamarisk 320 occupies less than 30 cubic
Testing
Northrop Grumman has just released video of the MQ-8B Fire Scout conducting first test flights from the U.S. Navy's littoral combat ship, USS Freedom (LCS 1) in November 2010. Source: Northrop Grumman
Military
The US Navy issued a $42 million contract last week to convert eight Army Fire Scouts to “Navy configuration,” with the goal that the aircraft will be ready for service by 2013. Jamie Cosgrove, a spokeswoman for Naval Air Systems Command, says “The Army aircraft are just bare airframes without