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The Air Force awarded Northrop Grumman a $20 million contract to add beyond-line-of-sight command and control functions on one of its E-11A communications-relay aircraft, announced the company. BLOS C2 allows the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node-equipped jet to spread "wireless Internet over the battlefield," giving ground forces access to
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Europe is being tipped to spend nearly $14 billion over the next 10 years on research and development of unmanned aircraft systems and their procurement. About $8.7 billion of that amount will be spent on R&D efforts, while about $5 billion will be for procurement. However, despite
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Insitu Pacific and Composites Technology Research Malaysia (CTRM) announced that it has signed a contract for Insitu Pacific to deliver its ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to CTRM. The UAS will be operated by CTRM's subsidiary Unmanned Systems Technology (UST). Insitu Pacific, a wholly owned subsidiary of Insitu
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Israel Aerospace Industries' Panther tiltrotor unmanned aircraft system will be adapted for operation aboard navy ships. The Panther uses an innovative automatic flight control system that manages the transitions between the hovering take-off phase to forward flight and vice versa before landing. The UAS takes off and lands automatically
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U.S. Navy persistent-surveillance experts are awarding a $28 million contract to Logos Technologies Inc. in Fairfax, Va., for three Kestrel surveillance and reconnaissance systems for deployment on aerostats and airships operating at altitudes between 1,000 and 5,000 feet off the ground. The Logos Kestrel day/night wide-area
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Crescent Unmanned Systems LLC in New Orleans has just launched the Bravo 300 Tactical UAS. The Bravo 300 small unmanned aircraft system is a heavy lift system designed for stability, endurance and operation in extreme conditions . Capable of being equipped with various payloads, including HD photo and video cameras, infra-red
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Pakistan's Defence Minister Naveed Qamar’s statement that Pakistan intends to build its own UAS system, which is presently in its initial stage, will certainly raise eyebrows in a few world capitals. The aircraft would prove to be a useful weapon to fight terrorists like Al-Qaeda, Afghan and
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The US Army Fires Center of Excellence's Capabilities Development Integration Directorate(CDID)TRADOC Capability Manager ADA Brigade Systems (ADA Bde),Fort Sill are requesting information from Defence Industry regarding a capability to provide Counter-Unmanned Aircraft System(C-UAS)capabilities to current and projected Army formations. The resulting information will
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. announced that its Predator/Gray Eagle-series aircraft family has reached a historic industry milestone: two million flight hours. The noteworthy achievement occurred on Sept. 9, with more than 150,000 total missions completed and nearly 90-percent of all missions flown in combat. “GA-ASI’s business
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected to supply an additional 44 STARLite wide area surveillance radars for the U.S. Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system. STARLite features synthetic aperture radar, ground moving target indicator and dismount moving target indicator capabilities.Under the terms of the contract
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Indiana’s National Center for Complex Operation announced that it is pairing up with its first customer, BAE Systems. The company says it intends to use Indiana airspace to test the unmanned aircraft it produces. It will also use the state’s academic resources to create safety plans for its
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Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that Mark C. Cherry will become President and Chief Operating Officer (COO) effective October 1, 2012. Mark succeeds John S. Langford, the company's founder, who will continue as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Mark joins Aurora from Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation where he