Business
UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp.,has received a contract from AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems to supply Cloud Cap Technology autopilots, stabilized camera payloads, ground station software components and flight management software from its business in Hood River, Ore. These will be utilized for AAI Unmanned Aircraft
Business
The US Air Force has announced that the MLB V-Bat VTOL UAA has been selected for a Phase II SBIR award. They seek an aircraft that has an 8 ft. wingspan, 10 hour endurance, 55 lbs. gross take-off weight, and 70 mph cruise speed. The V-Bat's combination of
Business
Dynamics Research Corporation, a provider of management consulting, engineering, science and technology solutions to federal and state governments, yesterday announced it has been awarded a contract by the Army Contracting Command - National Capital Region to support the Air Force Medium Altitude Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program Office.The task order,
Military
Elbit Systems Ltd. and TASE: ESLT, announced over the weekend that it was awarded a contract valued at many tens of millions of dollars, to supply a Latin American customer with a mixed fleet of Hermes 900 and Hermes 450 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The contract will be performed over
Commercial
Singular Aircraft has announced that it is developing a low cost unmanned, amphibious, twin-engined aircraft able to land and take off from short unpaved airstrips & water.It is designed for fire-fighting, agricultural, transport and surveillance with MTOW of 3.500Kg and Payload of 2.200Kg. The aircraft is currently
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Advanced Defense Technologies, Inc. has announced that the Company has entered into a joint venture agreement with AeroSpy, an Austria-based leading technology supplier in the field of navigation, motion tracking, and mobile robotics, to develop and commercialize the first fully certified Sense & Avoid System that would allow the integration
Electronic Sub-Systems
Defense Research Associates, Inc. (DRA), a small, veteran-owned company, has been awarded a $5 million small business contract for the U.S. Air Force as an ongoing effort to develop and demonstrate technology to prevent mid-air collisions between aircraft. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative
Propulsion
Ultra Electronics, AMI (AMI) recently delivered 45 of its ROAMIO D245XR fuel cells for use by the U.S. military in unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The contract award for this delivery is valued at more than $2 million. The ROAMIO D245XR is the most advanced power technology available today, providing
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Pix4D has agreed on a CHF 2.4 million ($2.5M) investment from the Parrot Group to accelerate the development of its successful Mapping and Geographical Information System (GIS) software for UAS. With the fast technological advances in miniaturized autopilots and digital cameras, lightweight autonomous flying platforms are increasingly used
VTOL
The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has rekindled a maritime vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system (UAS) concept demonstration to inform a possible follow-on acquisition programme for a shipborne UAS to operate from Royal Navy (RN) surface ships. Known as the Rotary Wing Unmanned Air System (RWUAS) Capability
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senseFly joins the Parrot Group to strengthen its position as a leading provider of ultralight unmanned aircraft for mapping and GIS professionals. Two pioneers of ultralight UAS for civil use, senseFly and Parrot, have joined forces to further develop their respective markets. Parrot has sold over 300,000 of its
Business
Defence ministers from the United Kingdom and France have agreed to increase cooperation on unmanned aircraft, following a bilateral meeting in London. French Defence Minister Jean Yves Le Drian and British Defence Secretary Philip Hammond agreed plans, which will see France trial the Watchkeeper Unmanned Aircraft System. It is commonly