Business
CNN has acquired a Delta X8, a multi-rotor designed and manufactured by New Zealand-based Altus Unmanned Aerial Solutions, to advance its efforts to employ unmanned aircraft for their aerial news-gathering over public and property. Selected as one the Federal Aviation Administration’s three Pathfinder organizations, CNN has been actively engaged
Business
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded $8,702,731 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0001 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-15-G-0014) for the procurement of spare and sustainment parts required to maintain the RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aerial system in support of Marine expeditionary unit work-ups, deployments, and squadron
Business
Strat Aero PLC an international aerospace company focused on the rapidly emerging Unmanned Aerial Vehicle sector, announced that it has entered into a Share Purchase Agreement for the acquisition of Geocurve Holdings Limited, a privately owned company, which specialises in the provision of UAV operated topographical surveys and inspection services
Military
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, has been awarded a $3,200,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Global Hawk development, modernization, retrofit, and sustainment activities for all Air Force variants. Contractor will provide management, including program, business and technical areas; engineering efforts, including configuration management, data management, reliability,
Military
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. was awarded a $14,787,475 modification (P00112) to contract W58RGZ-12-C-0075 for the Gray Eagle performance-based logistics support for the Block 1 programme. Work will be performed in Poway, California, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 23, 2015. Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Army)
Business
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded $9,466,578 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0050 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-12-G-0008) for upgrades and modifications in support of previously procured ScanEagle unmanned air systems. In addition, this order includes these services: site activation/survey, training, program management, field
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Aeronautics Defense Systems' Dominator XP unmanned air vehicle has completed a successful first series of flights in Mexico. Based on Diamond Aircraft's DA42 general aviation aircraft, the medium-altitude, long-endurance surveillance system was sold to the Mexican government via local marketing company Balam Security. Speaking on 29 September,
Military
Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded $15,180,214 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0030 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-12-G-0008) for hardware and technical data for the Scan Eagle for the government of Pakistan under the Foreign Military Sales programme. Work will be performed in Bingen, Washington
Business
AeroVironment Inc., said the U.S. Department of Defenses' Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has decided not to go forward with a Phase III contract with the company. Simi Valley-based Aerovironment said DARPA’s decision came after a competition for the Phase III contract following successful Phase I
Military
Sagem (Safran) and Egyptian manufacturer AOI-Aircraft Factory have signed an exclusive commercial and industrial collaboration agreement concerning the Patroller surveillance drone system, to address the requirements of the Egyptian Ministry of Defence. According to the terms of this agreement, AOI-Aircraft Factory could handle final assembly of Patroller drones in its
Business
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was awarded a contract from a customer in the Latin American region, in an amount of approximately $70 million, for the supply of intelligence integrated systems, for homeland security applications. Under the contract, to be supplied within less than a year, Elbit Systems will
Military
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. was awarded a $47,499,986 modification to undefinitized contract W58RGZ-13-C-0109 for an improved Gray Eagle engineering change proposal applicable to 19 aircraft, four lots of ground support equipment, and one lot of unique initial spares. Work will be performed in Poway, California, with an