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AAI Corp., Hunt Valley, Md., was awarded an $180,900,000 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. The award will provide for the sustainment services in support of the RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aircraft systems. Work will be performed in Hunt Valley, Md., Afghanistan and Australia with an estimated completion date
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US Air Force personnel discuss the various roles that come into play in controlling and operating Predators in the field. Source: You Tube
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AeroVironment, Inc. has announced it received a new $11,095,872 cost-plus-fixed-fee sole source contract award on March 1, 2012 from the United States Army. The order comprises Army, Marine Corps and Foreign Military Sales contractor logistics support for Raven systems. The logistics support services are scheduled
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Soldiers with the 3rd Brigade Combat Team (Task Force Spartan), 10th Mountain Division, have been taking the lead in operations, both on the ground and in the air, in southern Afghanistan for more than 11 months. The Unmanned Aerial Surveillance, or UAS, Platoon of B Company, 3rd Brigade Special Troops
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Tehran intends to build military unmanned aircraft in Washington's backyard for the Venezuelan military led by Hugo Chavez, U.S. Southern Command chief General Douglas Fraser told reporters last week during a breakfast meeting in Washington. Pressed about the unmanned aircrafts' capabilities, Fraser dubbed it "a
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An ad hoc team of former programme managers is calling on the Pentagon to adapt the 18 Global Hawk Block 30 UAS, due to be mothballed under current budget plans, for boost-phase intercept (BPI) of ballistic missiles. They contend that the US could quickly field a flexible, mobile, ultra-
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Task Force Saber, 2nd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, 101st Combat Aviation Brigade, made their debut to the National Training Center with F Troop and the RQ-7 Shadow UAS. The 101st CAB is the first to have the UAS organic to their unit, truly creating a full spectrum aviation brigade.
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The prototype of the new Denel DynamicsSeeker 400 is currently on display at the Denel Dynamics stand at Defence and Security Asia 2012, on March 5-8 in Bangkok, Thailand. The long-endurance tactical UAS is on track to make its maiden flight in the first quarter of 2012. “The
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US Special Forces Command (SOCOM) selected the AAI Aerosonde to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) services. The mid-endurance unmanned air systems (MEUAS) award, worth up to $600 million over time, will see AAI operate and maintain the small unmanned aircraft on SOCOM's behalf. Textron, AAI'
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The Mohajer family of reconnaissance and surveillance UAS emerged during the later stages of the Iran-Iraq war as improvised UAS but have since evolved. Mohajer means "Migrant". Early model Mohajers were some of the first ever use of UCAVs in combat. 253 Mohajers have been produced by
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, California, is being awarded a $16,870,978 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for contractor logistics support for the Italian Air Force MQ-9 Reaper. The locations of the performances are Poway, Calif., and Amendola, Italy. Work is expected to be completed by May
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Insitu IntegratorAAI, Boeing and a Computer Sciences Corp (CSC)/Saab team were selected by the US Navy today to compete for task orders for services provided by unmanned aircraft systems worth up to $874 million. While the Navy did not reveal the selected aircraft, AAI offered the latest version of