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Eurocontrol Addressing Integration Of UAS Into European Airspace
Brussels, Belgium (SPX) May 15, 2008
The EUROCONTROL Agency has initiated a major programme of work intended to ensure the safe and efficient integration of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into the pan-European Air Traffic Management (ATM) Network. Despite the increasing sophistication of UAS, safety concerns mean that at present they are normally segregated from other airspace users. This inhibits their employment in a wide ... read more

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  • Raytheon Teams With Swift Engineering To Offer KillerBee UAS
    Tucson AZ (SPX) May 13, 2008
    Raytheon has teamed with Swift Engineering, Inc. to provide the U.S. Navy and U. S. Marine Corps with an unmanned aircraft system for their respective Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Tier 2 missions. Raytheon leads the team and offers aircraft and mission systems integration with connectivity to the customers' combat systems and command and control systems. Swift Engineering ... more

    EU satellite imagery experts will seek to solve Georgia drones row
    Brussels (AFP) May 9, 2008
    Experts from the EU Satellite Centre in Spain will travel to Georgia to help investigate recent incidents involving Georgian drones overflying the rebel region of Abkhazia, an EU spokeswoman said Friday. "An expert mission should leave this weekend, at the request of the UN department for peacekeeping operations," Cristina Gallach, spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, told ... more

    Georgia denies Abkhaz, Russian claims over spy planes
    Sukhumi, Georgia (AFP) May 4, 2008
    The war of nerves between Georgia, Russia and the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia stepped up a notch Sunday, as Abkhaz officials claimed to have downed two unmanned Georgian spy planes. As Russia issued a statement accusing Georgia of escalating tension in the region, Tbilisi categorically denied it had lost any drones -- but vowed it would continue flying the unmanned aircraft over ... more

    GD And Elbit Conduct First US Demo Of UAS For US Armed Forces
    Charlotte NC (SPX) May 02, 2008
    General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products and Elbit Systems of America recently conducted the first U.S. demonstration of the Skylark II Small Tactical /Tier II-class Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) for representatives of the U.S. armed forces. The event was held at Redstone Arsenal, Ala. The Skylark II UAS provides a covert, silent electric-propulsion system for Intelligence ... more

    Protonex Receives Contract To Extend UAV Propulsion Systems
    Southborough MA (SPX) Apr 30, 2008
    Protonex Technology has announced that it has received a $1.62 million contract with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) for advanced development of high power fuel cell systems for small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). This program expands upon Protonex' portfolio of UAV power system initiatives. Protonex' work to date has proven the capabilities of the technology and the team has ... more

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    Scaneagle UAS Flies With Heavy Fuel In Iraq
    Bingen WA (SPX) Apr 29, 2008
    Insitu announced it has flown Heavy Fuel Engine (HFE) equipped ScanEagles in Iraq. This was the first demonstration of HFE technology in a real-world environment and was conducted in cooperation with the US Navy. The HFE equipped ScanEagles have flown more than 350 hours, including flying 12+ hour missions in both land and maritime scenarios. Insitu is pioneering the development of long ... more

    Northrop Grumman To Provide New STARLite Radar For US Army Unmanned Vehicle Application
    Baltimore MD (SPX) Apr 29, 2008
    Northrop Grumman has been selected by the U.S. Army Communication-Electronics Life Cycle Management Command to produce the new multi-function radar for the Extended Range/Multi-Purpose Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Radar program. Under the terms of the initial $42 million contract with the Command's Robotics and Unmanned Systems Program Management Office, Northrop Grumman will deliver 10 ... more

    Synthetic Demonstration Develops Unmanned Vehicle Command Capability
    New Malden, UK (SPX) Apr 28, 2008
    BAE Systems has shown, for the first time, how multiple unmanned air and land vehicles can work under the command of a number of battlefield commanders to deliver vital reconnaissance and surveillance information to front-line troops. The demonstration showed how two unmanned ground vehicles and two unmanned air vehicles can pass information between themselves and their comma ... more

    NGC Awarded Predator And Reaper UAS Development Contract
    San Jose CA (SPX) Apr 28, 2008
    Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force Aeronautical Systems Center for the development and flight-testing of a signals intelligence sensor payload for the U.S. Air Force MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aircraft System and for the preliminary design of an expanded sensor package for the MQ-9 Reaper UAS. Under this 18-month, cost-plus-incentive fee contract valued at ... more

    Outside View: UAV options
    Mosscow (UPI) Russia, April 25, 2008
    An Israeli-made Hermes-450 unmanned aerial vehicle owned by the former Soviet republic of Georgia was shot down over Abkhazia on April 21, aggravating regional tensions. While politicians try to sort the issue out, it is easy to forget the technical aspects of the problem, but they deserve some attention. Unmanned aerial vehicles have long been an exotic weapons system that onl ... more

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    Elbit To Supply Skylark I UAV To France's Special Forces
    Haifa, Israel (SPX) Mar 27, 2008
    Elbit Systems will supply Skylark I UAV systems to France's Special Forces, as it won a tender involving 10 of the leading UAV manufacturers worldwide. This contract marks Elbit Systems' first UAV contract with France. Haim Kellerman, General Manager of Elbit Systems UAV Division and Corporate Vice President said that there is a worldwide growing demand for UAVs for Special Forces ... more

    Radar Sensor To Be Incorporated Onto Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout
    San Diego CA (SPX) Mar 25, 2008
    Radar will be incorporated onto Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle. The Navy has decided to commit funds in 2009 to develop a radar capability on Fire Scout. Northrop Grumman first demonstrated radar capability on the RQ-8A Fire Scout in 2003 using a General Atomics Lynx Radar. That demonstration carried both radar and ... more

    Boeing Tests Two-Pound Imaging Radar Aboard ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft
    St. Louis MO (SPX) Mar 25, 2008
    Boeing, in partnership with ImSAR and Insitu, has successfully flight-tested NanoSAR, the world's smallest Synthetic Aperture Radar, aboard the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft. During the 1.5-hour flight on Jan. 7 at the Boardman, Ore. test range, ScanEagle, with ImSAR's NanoSAR payload installed, completed several passes over the target area at various altitudes and ranges. The ... more

    Pakistan test-flies pilotless plane: military
    Islamabad (AFP) March 20, 2008
    Pakistan on Thursday conducted a successful test flight of a pilotless plane, the military announced. Flight data from the UAV named "Uqaab," showed the exercise had been successful, it said in a statement. "The performance of UAV can be compared to any modern state-of-the-art UAV in its category," the statement said, adding that the flight test was preceded by ... more

    Northrop Grumman BAMS Global Hawk Exceeds Requirements
    Bethpage NY (SPX) Mar 13, 2008
    Northrop Grumman stated that its Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) proposal, pre-contract activity and risk reduction efforts demonstrate an offer that clearly brings the best value solution to the U.S. Navy. Northrop Grumman's offer is centered on four elements that demonstrate unprecedented capability and maturity for a new development program of this magnitude. These elements are ... more

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