Business
Exelis recently received a follow-on contract valued at more than $27 million from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. to continue producing and supplying the BRU-71/A ejector rack for the Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) system. Under the contract, Exelis will produce 619 BRU-71/A units for
Business
The Japan Ministry of Defence has selected two Northrop Grumman Corporation systems to enhance its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities. Under a process known as type selection, the Japanese government chose the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft and the RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system to help maintain
Business
2d3 Ltd has won a contract from the Netherlands MOD yesterday to upgrade the ScanEagle UAS motion imagery exploitation capability. The contract is for the delivery of two identical exploitation suites for use with the Insitu ScanEagle systems in service with the Dutch Army. The project consists of delivering updated
Business
Officials at NAVMAR Applied Sciences Corp. (NASC), a supplier of unmanned aircraft systems and professional engineering services, selected CAE in Montreal, Canada, as its preferred simulation and training provider for its TigerShark XP UAS. CAE, a provider of simulation and training for civil and military aviation, signed a strategic alliance
Military
Domingo Urena–Raso, Executive Vice President of Military Aircraft for Airbus Defence and Space, told a conference that Airbus is planning to create a centre in Poland for designing and assembling Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for both military and civilian uses.Urena–Raso announced that Airbus would seek to cooperate
Commercial
Israeli firm RT LTA has announced that it has been awarded a two year lease contract to provide Skystar 180 aerostats by the hour with crew to assist Israeli police. The Skystar 180 system is a small, portable aerostat, especially suited for tactical intel assignments and security operations, both military
Commercial
The Gre ek police force has purchased an additional number of unmanned air systems made by Israeli company BlueBird. In 2013 the Greek police purchased one of the company's SpyLite UAS to help meet its obligations to Frontex, the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at
Business
Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a developer of specialised lighter-than-air aerostats and tethered drones, has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Drone Aviation Corp., has delivered a follow-on order of aerial and ground-based equipment to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. This delivery is the latest of multiple military customers who continue
Business
UAV Vision has announced the opening of an additional production facility located in Sydney, Australia. To manage the increase in production rate for the rapidly growing interest in UAV Vision products, an additional facility was required to satisfy current and future customer demand. Every detail has been well-thought-out in the
Transport
Big Four firm Deloitte has predicted that more than a million commercial drones will take to the skies in 2015 as technological advances allow for further developments. Deloitte explained that with 700,000 commercial drones currently in use and more than 300,000 ordered globally for 2015, this year will
Military
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has been awarded a $43,291,564 firm-fixed-price contract for MQ-9 Reaper field retrofit. Contractor will provide retrofit kits for the MQ-9 Reaper Block 1 configuration aircraft with field retrofit capabilities.Work will be performed at Poway, California, and is expected to be completed by
Business
EHANG, makers of the Ghost Drone, announced the company has closed $10 million in Series A funding led by GGV Capital. Angel investors in the round are Xiaoping Xu and Nick Yang, two of China’s most successful entrepreneurs. PreAngel, a fund focused on early stage startups, is also contributing