Business
Australia's Department 13, has teamed up with major global defence contractor Raytheon Company to market and support Department 13’s MESMER counter drone solution and co-develop new technologies. A counter drone solution, Department 13’s patented MESMER product can be integrated into security and surveillance systems to
Business
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a $14,151,324 cost-plus-fixed-fee and firm-fixed-price undefinitized contract action modification (P00021) to a previously awarded contract (FA8620-16-C-3003) for the MQ-9 Block 5 kits, to include extended-range kits, beyond-line-
Business
Indemnis hopes to put its Nexus ballistic drone recovery system on the market by next summer. Company founder Alan Erickson said the system should retail for between $1,700 and $2,500 and satisfy upcoming FAA regulations for UAS flight over people and in urban areas for Part 107 commercial
Business
NV5 Global, Inc. a provider of professional and technical engineering and consulting solutions, announced today that it has acquired Skyscene, LLC, a provider of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight services headquartered in San Diego, California. NV5 anticipates that the acquisition of Skyscene will initially add $5 million to operations. The
Military
The US Air Force has awarded a new $48 million contract to Aurora Flight Sciences for the continued development of the Orion Unmanned Aircraft System. Orion is a twin-engine high performance UAS that can stay aloft over 100 hours at a time with payloads in excess of 1,000
Business
AeroVironment, Inc. has announced the formation of a joint venture to develop solar-powered high-altitude long-endurance, or HALE, UAS for commercial operations. This category of UAS is also referred to as high-altitude pseudo-satellites, or HAPS. The joint venture will fund the development program up to a
Business
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, is being awarded $255,309,325 for fixed-price-incentive modification P00003 to a previously awarded advanced acquisition contract (N00019-17-C-0018) for the Lot 3 low-rate initial production of three MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft, trade studies and tooling in
Business
The City of Palo Alto, California, is exploring two proposed drone concepts for the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot Program. The City recently learned that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is undertaking a limited number of pilot projects to facilitate the establishment of safe
Business
Delivery of 10 ground systems for the ANKA-S Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), currently being developed for the Turkish Armed Forces (TSK), will begin next year and is planned to be completed by 2018 while the qualification process was in progress. In a written statement, the Undersecretariat of Defense Industry
VTOL
Leonardo-Finmeccanica acquired the full control of Sistemi Dinamici S.p.A from IDS S.p.A on December 23rd. The control of the company, which involved the remaining 60 percent of shares, is aimed at further strengthening the commitment of Leonardo in unmanned products thanks to the acquisition of
Business
Northrop Grumman Corporation has secured a contract to provide system software and engineering services for the MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned air system from the Naval Air Systems Command, MD. The contract is worth $17.1 million. Details of the Contract The contract includes software design and system integration, qualification
Business
From high-street playthings to sophisticated commercial and military aircraft, drones are seen as being at the sharp end of technology. Yet, paradoxically, traditionally low-tech countries such as India and Pakistan are now churning out their own models. The commercial drone business is driven by advances in key components