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Aurora Flight Sciences announced that it has joined the Raytheon team for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) programme. The PCAS solution of Raytheon is targeted at developing technologies that will decrease the timeline for close air support as a result of the enhanced
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A member of the famous McDonnell aerospace family is suing Boeing, the company that acquired McDonnell Douglas in 1997, alleging that the aircraft maker infringed on his patents related to an unmanned aircraft landing system. William "Randy" McDonnell is seeking $160 million in damages from Boeing Co. and
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AeroVironment, Inc. and Australia-based Sentient have announced the signing of an exclusive global license agreement that allows AeroVironment to distribute Sentient’s automatic target detection software for full motion video for use with small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Sentient’s Kestrel Land MTI Tier I is specifically designed to
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Chinese airframe manufacturer AVIC is investing yuan (CNY) 20 million ($3.2 million) in the U8 unmanned helicopter programme, which is being designed for civilian use. The investment is being made through Jingdezhen Helicopter, said AVIC in a Hong Kong stock exchange statement. AVIC owns almost 54.7% of the
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Raytheon was awarded a $76.6 million cost-plus-incentive-fee cost reimbursement contract to develop, design, build, test, integrate, certify and deliver four dismount detection radar systems (DDRS). The DDRS will be capable of finding, tracking, and identifying vehicles and infantry. The system will interface with the Air Force
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Advanced Defense Technologies Inc. announced that the Company is designing Unmanned Aircraft System technology for both defence and commercial markets. The large potential growth markets include surveillance, law enforcement, terrorist threat prevention, domestic infrastructure defense, and border security. ADTI anticipates the Federal Aviation Authority could potentially open up domestic airspace
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Insitu, Inc. is being awarded a $41,090,719 ceiling priced modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-11-C-0061) to exercise an option for operational and maintenance services in support of the ScanEagle unmanned aerial systems. These services will provide electro-optical/infra red and
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Advanced Defense Technologies, Inc. announced that the Company is designing the sensors, signals intelligence (SIGINT), detection, and communication systems for unmanned aircraft systems. Global spending on UAS is forecast to nearly double in the next decade, growing to $11.3 billion a year -- and suggesting a near-$95 billion market
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has released the following statement on the Global Hawk Block 30 programme: "The Pentagon announced today that it is planning to cancel the Global Hawk Block 30 programme and plans to perform this mission with the U-2 aircraft. Northrop Grumman is disappointed with the Pentagon&
Testing
Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that the Swiss Department of Defence has become the first customer for the Centaur Optionally-Piloted Aircraft. armasuisse, an official procurement agency of the Swiss Department of Defence with its own Flight Test Center, will use the Centaur as a flying test bed for new
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The Pentagon’s proposed fiscal 2013 budget includes about $1.2 billion to buy three additional advanced versions of Northrop Grumman Corp.’s Global Hawk, according to a U.S. government official. The Pentagon also proposes to continue an $11 billion Navy programme to buy 68 of the Block 30s
Data Links & Communications
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems and ViaSat Inc. announced that the organisations have entered into a strategic alliance to align AAI's advanced unmanned aircraft and command and control technologies with ViaSat integrated airborne and terrestrial satellite communications, as well as its Internet Protocol-based networking and security technology. Under