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The Danish Acquisition and Logistics Organization today announced at Eurosatory it has awarded AeroVironment a firm fixed-price order of $9.6 million to supply the Danish Armed Forces with the company’s Puma AE small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).AeroVironment was selected following a competitive evaluation. “Allied armed forces are
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Boeing is getting "very close to having what we'd say is a very capable design" to pitch for the Navy's Unmanned Carrier-launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) programme, according to Chris Chadwick, President of the company's military aircraft division. Talking to DefenseTech,
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Sagem has received a follow-on order to supply the French army with five Sperwer Mk II tactical unmanned aircraft, with deliveries to conclude by mid-2013. Placed by France's DGA Defence Procurement Agency under an option included in a three-aircraft order signed in February 2011, the deal "will
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L-3 Communications' services unit will provide the US Navy with engineering support for military landing systems and combat unmanned aircraft system programmes, the Defense Department announced on Friday. The company won a $14.49 million contract to provide the branch with technical assistance, software development, prototyping, integration and maintenance
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Indian giant Piramal Healthcare is to invest in Israeli unmanned air systems manufacturer BlueBird. BlueBird was reluctant to comment on the deal, which was reached in principle following a number of meetings in Israel, but sources say Piramal has agreed to make an investment worth around $20 million through its
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AeroVironment has received a firm fixed-price order for 12 hybrid small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (Försvarets Materielverk) on behalf of the Swedish Army. The order consists of Puma AE and Wasp aircraft, ground stations, training, and logistics support. The order is the result of
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Poland’s Ministry of Defence has announced plans to acquire between 123 and 205 UAS by 2018, reported local newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, at a cost of at least 1 billion zloty ($295 million). With the planned acquisition, the Polish ministry aims to establish a new military unit within the structure
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Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems has been awarded a $27,883,883 cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price contract for efforts required to complete Linux transition on the tactical control system software for vertical take-off unmanned aircraft ground control stations. The work will be performed at the Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Md., and
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Flying Robots debuted the FR102+ at the RPAS 2012 Conference currently being held in Paris. Since 2004, Flying Robots SAS France has developed a unique know-how on soft wing para-motors and UAS. The last development is the FR102, which integrates several aerial surveillance and satellite communication systems. Thanks to a
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Austria's Minister of Defence, Norbert Darabos, says that his country plans to buy surveillance UAS for use at home and abroad.The unmanned aircraft could be used to help protect troops on foreign soil through surveillance as well as in case of natural catastrophes such as avalanches. They
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Russia could be buying more unmanned aircraft from Israel as part of a new $50 million package negotiated with Israel’s third UAS manufacturer Aeronautics Ltd. Russia has been a customer of Aeronautics since the early 2000s, with first acquisitions of Aerostar UAS and Skystar aerostats in 2004-2006 for homeland
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AeroVironment, Inc. announced it received a $15,813,406 firm fixed-price authorization to perform on May 22, 2012 from the United States Army as the initial portion of a contract action with a total projected value of $65,889,191. The order includes RQ-11B Raven systems, new miniature gimbaled payloads