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Bowing under economical burden the German Government plans deep cuts in defence spending, dramatically reducing planned procurement of main weapon systems and platforms.Among the planned cuts recommended by German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere is the reduction of the number of unmanned aircraft systems from 22 to 16 (the
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The US Air Force has been secretly flying Reaper aircraft on counter-terrorism missions from a remote civilian airport in southern Ethiopia as part of a rapidly expanding US-led proxy war against an al-Qaeda affiliate in East Africa, US.military officials said. The Air Force has invested millions of dollars to
Military
Orbiter AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems announced yesterday that it has delivered an Aerosonde Mark 4.7 Small Unmanned Aircraft System and an Orbiter Miniature Unmanned Aircraft System to the US Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC). The systems will support the five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA)
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Orbiter The two Israeli companies still contesting the Finnish armed forces' competition to select an unmanned aircraft system face two more rounds of evaluation. One will be held in Finland and the other in Israel within the coming weeks. Finnish evaluators will use the phase in Israel to learn
Military
Northrop Grumman believes that the contract award for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) system is now on track to be completed in early November.Negotiations for six Northrop RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems have dragged on for a year past the original deadline of October 2010. Meanwhile, the
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The Royal Thai Air Force is evaluating the G-Star unmanned aircraft system which is based on Innocon's MiniFalcon-2. The G-Star has a twin boom fuselage and boasts a maximum take-off weight of 220kg, compared with the MiniFalcon-2's MTOW of 200kg. G-Star is the outcome of a
Business
As anticipated, Northrop Grumman has signed MoUs with four South Korean companies to participate in the RQ-4 Global Hawk programme during the Seoul Air Show in South Korea. The MOU signings will enable the Northrop Grumman Korea Global Hawk team -- composed of Northrop Grumman, Dreaming and Challenging Company, FIRSTEC,
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Photo: Courtesy AeroVironment, Inc. AeroVironment, Inc. announced yesterday that it has received a $7,298,530 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the United States Army. This contract establishes a not-to-exceed amount for digital Puma All Environment (AE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) contractor logistics support services in support of a Joint Urgent Operational
Lighter Than Air
The US Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a $383 million contract to maintain, operate and sustain the Persistent Threat Detection Systems (PTDS). The tethered aerostat provides real-time, around-the-clock reconnaissance and surveillance of broad geographic areas for warfighters in Iraq and Afghanistan. "The availability of timely intelligence is vital to
VTOL
Bell Helicopter has announced that its OH 58 Kiowa Warrior has successfully demonstrated several ground breaking capabilities that will enable interoperability among multiple aviation platforms, such as manned and unmanned aircraft. The exercise was conducted at the Manned Unmanned System Integration Capability (MUSIC) demonstration, sponsored by the US Army at
Testing
Euro Hawk, the premier Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Unmanned Aircraft System for the German Armed Forces, was presented yesterday to government officials and media during a rollout ceremony held in Manching, Germany. The UAS arrived on 21 July 2011 following a nonstop ferry flight from Edwards Air Force Base in California
Military
The US Navy/Northrop Grumman Corporation X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration aircraft reached a major milestone on September 30 when it retracted its landing gear and flew in its cruise configuration for the first time. The flight, conducted at Edwards Air Force Base, also helped validate precision navigation hardware