Electronic Sub-Systems
Raytheon Technologies Corp. recently secured a contract to procure multi-spectral targeting systems (MTS) for the U.S. Navy Triton unmanned aircraft system and for the Royal Australian Air Force. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, IN awarded the deal. Details of the Deal Valued at $23.2 million, this
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The Beardmore Inflexible, also known as the Rohrbach VI, was a giant shoulder-wing, three-engined all-metal prototype bomber aircraft built by William Beardmore and Company at Dalmuir, Scotland and developed in the late 1920s. William Beardmore and Company had acquired a licence for the use of the Rohrbach
C-UAS
Footage has surfaced online reportedly showing the moments at which two 'suicide drones' were shot down in Iraq. A burst of 20mm cannon fire from a Centurion Counter-Rocket, Artillery, and Mortar, or C-RAM, system brings down one of the small unmanned aircraft, while the other is
Business
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that its Brazilian subsidiary, AEL Sistemas S.A., was awarded a contract to supply additional Hermes 900 UAS to the Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira). The contract is in an amount that is not material to Elbit Systems and will be performed over a period
Testing
Ukraine’s Infozakhist Research and Production Center test flew the Gekata radio reconnaissance unmanned system for the first time recently, from a small resort near Kiev. The system comprises eight Ukrspecsystems PD-2 drones — four active and four spares — and a ground control station. Each drone carries with it an
A few weeks after its launch, the first autonomous aerial solution for radioactivity detection, Azur Drones Skeyetech-DIZI, has received an award at the World Nuclear Exhibition (WNE). A global recognition by the nuclear industry Developed in partnership with AVNIR Energy, the Skeyetech-DIZI solution is the first scintillation detector
Business
Zenith AeroTech, a developer of heavy-lift tethered aerial vehicles (TAVs), announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with VIRTEX Enterprises, an Austin-based electronics manufacturing service provider, to meet increasing customer demand for more TAVs in shorter time frames and for these platforms to be NDAA compliant. “This
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $22,569,883 modification (P00020) to previously awarded contract FA8620-20-C-2009 for MQ-9 contractor logistics support. Work will be performed in Poway, California, and is expected to be completed by June 30, 2022. This contract involves
Military
Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are stationed in Venezuela, on the northeast tip of South America, where some 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles) separate them from skyscrapers in Miami. Maj. (res.) Tal Beeri, head of the research department at the Alma Center, a defense watchdog located in northern
Propulsion
Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI) has signed agreements with Iris Automation and Drone America to pursue Doosan's hydrogen fuel cell technology to enhance scalable systems for long range, autonomous beyond line of sight (BVLOS) UAS operations. The companies will work together to integrate technologies and share operational resources to
Test Ranges
NUAIR and the New York UAS Test Site have received authority from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), commonly referred to as drones, beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) across 35 miles of airspace within New York’s 50-mile Drone Corridor. Current regulations require
Military
Poland has approved a contract for the procurement of mini unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) under the country’s Wizjer program. The Wizjer program was scheduled to identify drones for the military in 2016 but got delayed. Delivery of the systems is now expected to take place between 2024 and 2027.