Military
Insitu Incorporated is being awarded a more than $83 million contract for operations and maintenance services in support of government-owned ScanEagle UAS. This includes: multiple training courses ranging from system pilot training, maintenance and operations, mission coordinator and payload operator; multiple kits for sustainment, payload and engine module kits;
Testing
Firebird optionally piloted systems, RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft, ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems, and Desert Hawk unmanned aircraft systemsare among the technologies being tested during U.S. Joint Forces Command’s Empire Challenge 2011 demonstration. The demonstration kicked off May 23 and continues through June 3, bringing together more
Military
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. and CAE announced yesterday that the companies have signed an exclusive teaming agreement to offer the Predator B UAS to meet Canada’s Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) needs. “GA-ASI’s establishment of a formal partnership with CAE signifies a firm commitment
Military
AeroVironment Inc. announced that it has received a firm-fixed-price contract order valued at $8,373,995 under a follow-on contract with the U.S. Army towards a total acquisition objective of 2,358 systems. The order comprises new digital Raven small unmanned aircraft systems (SUAS) and initial
Military
Deliveries have already started under a $400 million contract signed last year, but what is believed to be the first image of a Russian-liveried Searcher II has just appeared. More Searcher II and BirdEye-400 UAS are being readied for delivery to Russia by Israel Aerospace Industries' Malat
Events
More about the Maveric , which was on display at the SOFIC 2011 (Special Operations Forces Industry Conference) in Tampa Florida last week, in this video which was posted on the Defense Review Channel on YouTube. The Maveric has a flexible monolithic wing made from carbon fibre and rip-stop nylon,
Military
Israel’s Aeronautics Defense Systems has announced that the "Dominator 2" in the XP version is ready to be marketed. The aircraft has been certified in accordance with the limitations of the MTCR (Missile Technology Control Regime, an informal and voluntary partnership between 34 countries to prevent the
Business
The US Navy has issued a request for proposal (RFP) worth up to $870 million for a small unmanned aircraft system to provide a bridge system between current capabilities and the 2014 entrance of the small tactical unmanned aerial system (STUAS)/tier II entry into service, projected to be 2013.
Military
Northrop Grumman has just released video of the MQ-8B Fire Scout conducting first test flights from the U.S. Navy's littoral combat ship, USS Freedom (LCS 1) in November 2010. Source: Northrop Grumman
Military
The US Navy issued a $42 million contract last week to convert eight Army Fire Scouts to “Navy configuration,” with the goal that the aircraft will be ready for service by 2013. Jamie Cosgrove, a spokeswoman for Naval Air Systems Command, says “The Army aircraft are just bare airframes without
Military
Pentagon weapons buyer Ashton Carter met with Northrop, Boeing and Lockheed executives at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale last week to discuss the military's plans to build a fleet of radar-evading, long-range bombers that the military hopes to have ready for action by the mid-
Events
Arcturus is displaying its new T-20 at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa, Florida. The T-20 has a 17-foot wingspan, putting it in the so-called Tier II class of unmanned aircraft. The company claims the device can carry up to 65 pounds of payload,