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Boeing Receives Contract To Develop Miniature Weapon Technology St. Louis MO (SPX) Nov 20, 2009 
Boeing has received a $500,000 U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory contract on Sept. 30 for the first phase of a program to demonstrate miniature weapon technology for use on unmanned airborne vehicles (UAV). "UAVs are increasingly called upon to perform strike operations, and this weapon technology is designed specifically for those missions," said Carl Avila, director of Boeing Phantom ... read moreUK's Largest Fully-Autonomous UAS Completes Initial Flight Trials 
Farnborough, UK (SPX) Nov 18, 2009BAE Systems has successfully flown the largest fully autonomous unmanned aircraft ever to be built in the UK. The next generation autonomous system, MANTIS, completed its maiden flight in Woomera, South Australia. During subsequent flights, MANTIS successfully completed a series of trials demonstrating the capability of the system and the potential of large unmanned systems to support ... more
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Boeing Receives Study Contract For Submarine-Tracking UAS
St. Louis MO (SPX) Nov 18, 2009Boeing has received a $275,000 contract from the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) for a study of the magnetic noise associated with the heavy-fuel propulsion system on Boeing's MagEagle Compressed Carriage (MECC) Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). The MECC, designed and built to be magnetically quiet, is a special-mission variant of the company's ScanEagle Compressed ... more Israeli UAVs on an uproll 
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Nov 16, 2009 Israel Aerospace Industries has signed a $350 million deal with Brazil to supply Heron unmanned aerial vehicles to patrol the South American nation's borders and provide security for the 2014 World Cup tournament and the 2016 Olympic Games. All told the state-run company, flagship of Israel's defense industry, will provide 14 drones over several years, three of them by April 2010. ... more NGC TRo Supply AHRS For NEURON European UCAV Demo Project 
Freiburg, Germany (SPX) Nov 12, 2009Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract by Saab Aerosystems to deliver Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRS) for the NEURON European unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) demonstrator. The LCR-100 AHRS units will be built by the company's German navigation systems subsidiary, Northrop Grumman LITEF. The LCR-100 Gyrocompass AHRS is a north finding attitude and heading reference ... more AAI's Shadow Tactical UAS Flies 100,000th Mission 
Hunt Valley MD (SPX) Nov 04, 2009AAI Corporation has announced that its Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (TUAS) have completed 100,000 missions. With 113 systems ordered and 87 delivered, Shadow systems are deployed with the U.S. Army, Army National Guard, Army Special Forces and Marine Corps. These systems have amassed more than 445,000 flight hours, the majority of which have been in support of combat operation ... more |
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US drone strike kills 14 in Pakistan: officials
Khar, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 24, 2009A missile strike by a US drone killed at least 14 people in a Pakistani tribal district bordering Afghanistan on Saturday, officials said. The strike took place on a village 15 kilometres (nine miles) north of Khar, the main town of the restive Bajaur tribal district. "Fourteen people are now known to have been killed in the drone attack and the toll is likely to rise," a tribal ... more French Air Force wants more drones 
Paris (UPI) Oct 21, 2009 France has bought six unmanned aerial vehicles from Canada and is in talks to buy yet another drone from the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. French Defense Ministry Spokesman Laurent Teisseire said Paris was negotiating with EADS over the purchase of an SIDM Harfang UAV, three of which the French Air Force is already using, Defensenews.com reports. Paris also bought ... more Indonesia plans to launch surveillance drone 
Jakarta (AFP) Oct 18, 2009Indonesia plans to launch a drone plane called "Puna" next year to support national defence and monitor extremist activity, an official said Sunday. "Puna, an unmanned small aircraft, can safely observe hard-to-reach areas. It has been tested and we'll launch it next year," said Surjatin Wiriadidjaja, deputy chairman of the government's Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology ... more France gets 6 UAVs from Canada, eyes more 
Paris (UPI) Oct 16, 2009 France has taken delivery of six unmanned air vehicles from Canada. French Defense Ministry spokesman Laurent Teisseire said experts were "verifying the conditions of the six UAV Sperwers bought from Canada to assess their operating conditions," Avionews reported. France is already using four of these aircraft in operations in Afghanistan. Teisseire also acknowledged that ... more |
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