Military
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
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AeroVironment just released this video of the Wasp Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) - a small, portable, reliable, and rugged unmanned aerial platform designed for front-line day/night reconnaissance and surveillance. Wasp is the result of a multi-year joint development effort between AV and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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The US Navy has done the maths and realised that it needs unmanned combat aircraft (UCAS, or Unmanned Combat Air System) on their carriers as soon as possible. The current plan is to get these aircraft into service six years from now. But there is an effort to get the
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Next Media Animation prepared this clip to demonstrate ultra-powerful Autonomous Real-time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System, or ARGUS that is being fitted on three Boeing A160 Hummingbirds being deployed to Afghanistan this spring. Just how powerful is ARGUS? The1.8 gigapixel camera package, consisting of 92 five-megapixel
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AAI/Textron has unveiled an updated version of the Aerosonde small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) featuring a heavy fuel engine and modified wings. The changes will allow the aircraft to survive harsh recoveries. Referred to internally as the 'RG,' the latest Aerosonde model is a modification of the
VTOL
A detachment of US Marines recently completed the first unmanned aircraft system cargo delivery in a combat zone with a remotely-piloted helicopter, moving about 3,500 pounds of supplies from Camp Dwyer, Afghanistan to Combat Outpost Payne. The helicopter, an unmanned variant of K-MAX, completed the delivery in
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During the Association of the United States Army Aviation Symposium and Exposition, just outside Washington, D.C. on January 12th., Lieutenant General Robert P. Lennox, Deputy Chief of Staff, Army G-8, touched on the future of vertical take-off and landing unmanned aircraft systems. The General said Army aviation
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1st Lieutenant Taylor Branco, 62nd ERS Maintenance OIC describes the pioneering role of the Airmen of the 62nd Air Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron, or ERS, who ensure that the MQ-9 Reaper stays airborne. The video was shot at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan and produced by Staff Sergeant Thomas Skinkle. Source: 3rdID8487
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The US Marine Corps will deploy AAI RQ-7 Shadows to Afghanistan armed with classified new gravity bombs in a demonstration that could pave the way for a dramatic expansion in the numbers of weaponised unmanned aircraft. Although by far the most numerous UAS fleet, the RQ-7 has remained
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UK operations with the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Reaper remotely piloted air system have taken on increased importance in Afghanistan, with the Royal Air Force routinely using the type for offensive tasks. The RAF's Reapers flew more than 1,200 missions last year, according to an operational update
VTOL
The US Navy is soliciting bids for the Autonomous Aerial Cargo/Utility System (AACUS), an unmanned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) programme designed for autonomous cargo resupply to isolated units. The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is executing the programme on behalf of the US Marine Corps, which routinely