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Science Applications International Corporation announced it was awarded a prime contract by the United States Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) to provide Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Ground Control Station (GCS) and Combined Operations Center (Combined Ops Ctr) support. The single-award cost-plus fixed-fee (CPFF) contract has a
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Rheinmetall Airborne Systems GmbH has announced details of the completely new, bi-hybrid tactical Unmanned Aircraft System that we revealed last week. The airborne system, currently operating under the project name TU-150 *, unifies fixed-wing with VTOL characteristics and is being developed in close cooperation with the Swiss UAV
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Northrop Grumman Corp. is being awarded a $40,137,349 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for operations and maintenance services in support of the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance – Demonstrator Unmanned Aircraft System, also known as the Global Hawk Maritime – Demonstrator. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md. (70 percent)
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India is close to purchasing a record number of micro and mini unmanned air systems for its air force and army, with several further major deals to follow.New Delhi's immediate requirements are aimed at acquiring 100 micro systems for the air force and 20 mini systems for
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Spy Owl 200 UAS Europe, Sweden, has announced that it has acquired the intellectual property rights, manufacturing capabilities and airframe stock for two different unmanned aircraft from UAV Services and Systems, Germany. The larger aircraft is called X-SIGHT, has a 4-stroke engine, a wingspan of 3.15 meters,
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Key system supplier Eaton contributed the X-47B fuel system, engine-driven hydraulic pumps, reservoir, selector valves, hoses, Rynglok tube-fitting technology, swivels, flanges, couplings and straps to Northrop Grumman
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Altavian announced that it has received a five-year contract from the US Army Corps of Engineers to maintain and support its unmanned aircraft used for surveys and inspections in Florida and Puerto Rico. The Army Corps’ Jacksonville District had a contract since October 2011 to use Altavian’s Nova
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. was awarded a $10,964,799 fixed-price-incentive contract for the modification of an existing contract to procure universal ground data terminals. Work will be performed in Poway, with an estimated completion date of April 30, 2014. One bid was solicited, with one bid
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Unmanned aircraft are now considered potential tools in everything from border security to scientific research. Anticipation of this expanded role has boosted interest in makers of unmanned aircraft, such as Northrop Grumman and AeroVironment. Satellite companies, too, are hoping that the extensive bandwidth required to operate sophisticated unmanned aircraft will
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Rheinmetall Airborne Systems, the joint venture of EADS and Rheinmetall in the field of unmanned aircraft systems, has developed a new “Tactical UAS” product family. The family is based on three aerial platforms with different characteristics and a joint payload concept for a multi-role capability. Based on experience gained
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Cubic Defense Applications, a defense systems business of Cubic Corporation, received a $3.7 million contract from Northrop Grumman Corporation to produce a new multiband digital data link system for the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter. The data link uses smaller and lighter components to do the mission-critical
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Poland is looking to replace its aging strike force, currently flying Russian built Sukhoi Su-22M with armed unmanned aircraft. According to Waldemar Skrzypczak Poland’s Deputy Minister of Defence for military procurement, a future procurement of some 30 armed unmanned aircraft equipping three squadrons is being considered. The arguments