Commercial
The Shadowhawk is a remote controlled mini-helicopter that can record footage as easily as it can shoot a stun baton. Vanguard Defense, who spent three years developing this buzzing robot, packed a lot into the copter’s seven-foot, 50-lb frame. The Shadowhawk comes in five different varieties and can be
Military
EMT has announced that the 10,000th flight sortie of its Mini-UAS ALADIN took place June 28, 2011, and the 7,000th flight sortie of its TUAS (Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System) LUNA was on June 27, 2011. ALADIN can be launched by hand and enables flexible operations in demanding environments.
Business
General Dynamics Information Technology and Aurora Flight Sciences, are both being awarded a $45,000,000 maximum cost-plus-fixed indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to develop and improve manufacturing processes for all aspects of remotely piloted aircraft. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Detachment 1/PKMT, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting
Electronic Sub-Systems
A defence technology company in Warminster, Pennsylvania called Navmar Applied Sciences Corp. received $148.8 million in U.S. Department of Defense contracts over the past week for advanced research in unmanned aircraft and persistent-surveillance UAS sensor payloads for military use in Afghanistan and other areas. Awarding both contracts were
Testing
Army Recognition posted this video proving that Euro Hawk did indeed land successfully in Manching, Germany, July 21, 2011. The EURO HAWK took off on July 20 at 2:50 PDT (11:50 Central European Summer Time) from Edwards Air Force Base, California, and landed at 10:06 Central European
Military
A man who tried to sell Raven parts on eBay pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in Tampa yesterday to violating arms export and smuggling laws. Special Operations Command at MacDill Air Force Base contacted the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in May 2010 after seeing the
Military
AAI Corporation, Hunt Valley, Maryland, was awarded a $9,566,728 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The award will provide for the modification of an existing contract to provide engineering services in support of the Shadow 200 unmanned aircraft systems. Work will be performed in Hunt Valley, Maryland, with an estimated completion date
Research
Boeing announced that its Directed Energy Systems (DES) division has signed a teaming agreement with BAE Systems to develop the Mk 38 Mod 2 Tactical Laser System for defence of U.S. Navy ships. The Navy awarded the BAE Systems team an initial contract in March to build a demonstrator
Military
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced that it was awarded a $40 million order by the Israel Ministry of Defence for the follow-on Digital Army Programme (DAP). The Hermes and Skylark UAS form an integral part of the programme, integrated into a comprehensive net-centric solution. The total value of this phase of
Military
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, intends to issue a sole source contract to Altavian Inc. of Gainesville, Florida, for one NOVA 2.1 aircraft, replacement parts, and support for the Unmanned Aircraft System NOVA 2.1. in accordance with the authority of FAR 6.302-1. Only
Military
Iran's Revolutionary Guard denied on Friday that it shot down an unmanned American aircraft over a uranium enrichment site, saying that its air defences had only hit a test target. The statement carried on the official IRNA news agency was in response to a claim earlier by Iranian
Military
More than a thousand hours of flight time carried out this year by deployed Fire Scout unmanned helicopters is evidence that the system is working through its developmental problems and showing itself able to deliver a reliable reconnaissance and surveillance capability, the programme's U.S. Navy managers said.