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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&
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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
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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
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NATO's long-running process to order an Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) capability could at last achieve a contract signature within the next few months, although the scale of its programme appears to have again been revised. "We have the contract, and it's under negotiation,"
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The nEUROn, European UCAV technology demonstrator, has been officially presented to the representatives of the six participating countries by Mr. Charles Edelstenne, Chairman & CEO of Dassault Aviation. Mr. Serge Dassault, Honorary Chairman of the company, as well as the representatives of the nEUROn industrial team - Saab (Sweden), Alenia Aermacchi
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Rheinmetall and Cassidian have agreed to pursue Rheinmetall’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems activities together in a Joint Venture. It was agreed in a contract that Cassidian should hold 51 percent and Rheinmetall 49 percent of the shares in the newly established Joint Venture. The ownership interests are to be assigned
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Russian Helicopters has received 5 billion rubles ($160 m) from the Russian Federal Budget for the development of three types of unmanned aircraft systems. After charging that smaller domestic developers wasted public funds - and pointedly purchasing Israeli drones for military trials - the Defense Ministry has switched to a big holding
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, California, was awarded a $30,342,272 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract in support of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system quick reaction capability. Work will be performed in Poway, Calif.
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US Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) issued contract N00019-11-C-0061 to Insitu Inc., Bingen, WA as a FFP effort to procure UAS ISR services. The period of performance of the mentioned effort will be an estimated 12 month period for 24/7 service capable of providing Electro Optical