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Piaggio Aerospace is committed to securing a second European customer for its P.1HH HammerHead unmanned air vehicle by July’s Farnborough air show, following launch customer Italy’s commitment earlier this year to purchase six aircraft and three ground stations, for delivery in 2016. “Our aim is to announce
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Electro-optics engineers at BAE Systems are designing a multi-sensor suite and onboard processing to detect, identify, and pinpoint moored and drifting sea mines from manned and unmanned aircraft. Officials of the U.S. Office of Naval Research in Washington announced an $8.9 million contract to BAE Systems
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Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded $9,396,512 for firm-fixed-price delivery order 0009 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N68335-11-G-0009) for the procurement of one ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system for the government of Cameroon under the Foreign Military Sales program. The system
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The UK is to receive 20 new 'Protector' unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as part of a wider ramp-up of unmanned, surveillance, and special forces capabilities to combat militant Islam in the Middle East, Prime Minister David Cameron announced on 3 October. Speaking to the Telegraph newspaper, Cameron
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DARPA hasn't yet given official confirmation of "who won" the TERN contract. But this month, one of the two contestants told us who lost. Specifically, on September 22, AeroVironment announced that it "was not selected to receive a phase III contract for DARPA's
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a $9,250,320 modification (P00035) to contract W58RGZ-13-C-0109 to procure universal spares for mobile ground control stations, universal ground control stations, and universal satellite communications ground data terminals for the Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system. Work will
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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/