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Both Civil and Military Needs Driving European UAV Market
San Jose - Jan 07, 2004
Recent military developments and the United States' inclination to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is expanding the global market for these systems and accelerating the development of such specialised weapons in Europe, reveal latest findings by Frost & Sullivan.

Fire Scout Scores Its Own Century
San Diego - Jan 07, 2004
On Dec. 17, the 100th anniversary of manned flight, the U.S. Navy's RQ-8A Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) system made its own history by completing its 100th consecutive successful flight.

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New-Generation Autonomous Helicopter To Create New Era Of Human Safety
Canberra - Dec 30, 2003
Australian scientists have developed a 'brain', which enables the production of a world-first low-cost, intelligent small helicopter, set to end many difficult and dangerous tasks undertaken by humans.

European Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Market Growing Rapidly
London - Dec 18, 2003
The latest study from Frost & Sullivan reveals that due to recent military developments and the United States' use of UAVs the global market for unmanned aerial vehicles is expanding and accelerating the development of such specialized weapons in Europe.

Smiths Aerospace Provides Autonomous Refuelling Technology
London - Dec 11, 2003
Smiths Aerospace is advancing the technology on the 767 Tanker Transport by developing autonomous aerial refuelling capabilities for hose and drogue refuelling systems for emerging usage on UAVs (unmanned air vehicles) and UCAVs (unmanned combat air vehicles). Smiths is in the process of securing patents for this new technology that takes a fresh new approach to the probe and drogue refuelling technique and will have applicability to both retrofit and forward fit tankers.

Elbit Teams With ADI For Australian Unmanned Airborne Vehicle Project
Haifa - Nov 27, 2003
Elbit Systems today announced that it has signed a teaming agreement with ADI Limited, a major Australian defense company, to bid for the Australian Department of Defense's JP 129 contract for the supply of tactical unmanned airborne vehicles (TUAV).

Northrop Grumman Hunter UAV Achieves 3,000 Combat Hours in Iraq
San Diego - Nov 27, 2003
The Northrop Grumman-built RQ-5 Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) proved its value as a reliable and critical element of the U.S. Army's reconnaissance arsenal by reaching the 3,000 combat flight-hour milestone last month over the skies of Baghdad. As of Nov. 2, Hunter has flown nearly 600 combat sorties totaling more than 3,100 flight hours since its deployment to Iraq in January 2003.

Opal-RT Unveils RT-LAB UAV Engineering Simulator
Montreal - Nov 25, 2003
Opal-RT Technologies Inc has launched RT-LAB UAV Engineering Simulator. Specifically designed for use by UAV researchers, the RT-LAB UAV Engineering Simulator provides the most effective way to implement a model-based approach to design and testing of multiple unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) applications, minimizing the time between UAV concept and operation evaluation.

NASA Developing Autonomous Flight Safety System
 Washington - Nov 18, 2003
NASA has recently completed the design phase of a flight safety system to potentially lower range operations cost for the launch of expendable launch vehicles. The Autonomous Flight Safety System (AFSS) is being developed in three phases by a NASA team of flight systems, operations and range safety personnel.

First Comms Check Between Global Hawk And Manned Airborne Battle Management Platform
Edwards AFB - Nov 17, 2003
Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully conducted the first communication between the U.S. Air Force's Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance system and a manned airborne battle management platform.

German Firm Wins Order For Custom Built Lithium Batteries For SUAVs
Plymouth Meeting - Nov 10, 2003
Lithium Technology Corporation, has received a purchase order to produce an initial battery pack for an all-electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicle [UAV] manufactured by Views-On-High, Inc.

Hungary And Czech Republic Sign Up For Ground Surveillance Program
Budapest - Nov 05, 2003
The Transatlantic Industrial Proposed Solution (TIPS) for the NATO alliance ground surveillance (AGS) program has successfully secured another two industry memoranda of understanding with the Czech Republic and Hungary industry associations in signing ceremonies on Nov. 3 and 4 respectively.

UAV Market to Top $10 Billion over Next Decade
Newtown - Oct 29, 2003
The market for unmanned air vehicles that perform reconnaissance and surveillance missions is expected to be worth $10.6 billion over the next 10 years, according to Forecast International's "The Market for UAV Reconnaissance Systems."

US Military In Iraq Plagued By Intelligence Shortcomings
 WASHINGTON (AFP) - Oct 25, 2003
US operations in Iraq (news - web sites) are being plagued by serious shortcomings in the military's ability to collect and process intelligence, with specially trained reconnaissance teams delivering barely a quarter of their planned output, according to the latest US Army assessment.

BAE Systems and AAI Corp Form TEAM SHADOW In Australian UAV Surveillance Bid
Hunt Valley - Oct 21, 2003
BAE SYSTEMS Australia and AAI Corporation have announced an agreement to compete as "Team Shadow" for the Commonwealth of Australia JP 129 program. The Team Shadow JP 129 solution is based on the Shadow 200 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) system designed by AAI Corporation and currently providing crucial surveillance and reconnaissance support to U.S. Army forces in Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Fire Scout On Final Approach For First Shipboard Landings
San Diego - Oct 17, 2003
In preparation for an historic first shipboard landing by the U.S. Navy's RQ-8A Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned air vehicle, Northrop Grumman Corporation conducted two successful test flights of the UAV in late August.

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