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The United States has agreed to sell unarmed unmanned surveillance aircraft to Iraq's navy as part of an effort to help protect that nation's oil exports amid growing tensions in the Persian Gulf and to strengthen U.S.-Iraqi ties. "They understand the importance of
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Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced it has signed a $1.7 billion (€1.2 billion) contract for NATO's Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system. Operating under NATO command, AGS is expected to be the major data source for NATO's system for Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR)
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Based on the operationally-proven Skylark I Unmanned Aircraft System currently used by many coalition partners, the LE version increases the system’s operational range to 15 km and the endurance to approximately 3 hours. The system also features a unique gyroscopic-stabilized, gimbaled payload optimally integrated with algorithms derived from the
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Insitu, Inc. being awarded a $35,507,379 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-11-C-0061) for additional operational and maintenance services in support of the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system. These services will provide electro-optical/infrared and mid-wave infrared imagery in support of land-based operations in Operation Enduring Freedom to
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Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) operatives know they're being watched in Yemen by U.S. intelligence and are taking specific steps to stay alive. Those steps, outlined in the electronic brochure "Expectations Full," include, "not traveling outside the base, speaking in a low voice,
Business
The US Government is conducting market research for the Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) Product Office (SUAS PdO), Redstone Arsenal, Alabama to identify and determine potential sources to support the SUAS PdO and its customers for acquisition of systems and parts. The Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office is seeking
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. received a $141.8 million contract for services in support of U.S. Army Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems, the Pentagon announced on May 10. The award is structured as a cost plus incentive fee contract. The U.S. Army Contracting Command of Redstone Arsenal,
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US Navy engineers demonstrated the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities of a ship-based UAS for senior Coast Guard, Navy and Congressional stakeholders in an exercise on the Potomac River. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) personnel launched the ScanEagle UAS on simulated search and seizure missions, successfully detecting
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The U.S. Navy has placed an order for three additional Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scouts and one ground control station. The order is valued at $25.7 million. MQ-8B Fire Scout is an unmanned autonomous helicopter designed for U.S. Navy situational awareness and precision targeting. The unmanned aircraft
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India’s RUSTOM-1 made its 14th successful flight on Tuesday morning at Kolar with attainment of about 11500 feet AGL (above ground level) and speed of above 140 Kmph during 2 hrs 10 minutes of cruise. The aircraft was developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) a DRDO lab at Bangalore
Lighter Than Air
An Israel Defence Forces observation airship crashed on May 4, on the Israeli side of the Gaza border. The airship was performing a routine surveillance deployment in the Gaza sector when a civilian crop duster flying by hit its cable. As a consequence of the incident, the balloon crashed whereas
Testing
Improvised explosive devices have changed the way the Marine Corps engages hostile forces. The need has risen for supplies to reach the most remote parts of Afghanistan quickly, reliably and safely. Late last year, the Corps began experimenting with the K-MAX unmanned helicopter, able to transport large amounts of cargo