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Hunt Valley - Mar 04, 2004United Industrial Corporation said Monday that its AAI Corporation defense subsidiary has received two related orders from the U.S. Army for a total of 11 additional RQ-7A Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) systems. Total value of the two orders is $97 million. Predators Move To Balad 
Balad, Iraq (AFPN) Mar 02, 2004The unit came packed and ready to position themselves autonomously, so they could pursue their prey quietly, unseen for hours. Arriving ready to set up one of the most impressive unmanned aerial aircraft in the U.S. inventory, the Nevada unit was ready for business within days of their arrival here. "We are self-sufficient," said Maj. Russell Lee, 46th ERS commander who is deployed from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. |
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Metal Storm To Weaponize UAVs For DoD Demonstration
Arlington - Feb 27, 2004Metal Storm Limited announced today that it is planning to live-fire its 40mm electronic-weapon system on an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) helicopter in the U.S. shortly. Preparation and fabrication are well advanced and a UAV airframe has already been shipped into Australia to commence the weapon/UAV integration process. Drones, Warplanes And A Dreamliner Star At Asian Aerospace Show 
Singapore (AFP) Feb 25, 2004Unmanned "drones" take centre stage with modern warplanes and long-range commercial aircraft when the world's third biggest aerospace event takes off here Tuesday, with major manufacturers hoping to cash in on Asia's spiralling aviation needs. US Army To Deploy Lockheed Martin Aerostat Surveillance Systems In Iraq 
Akron - Feb 16, 2004The US Army awarded Lockheed Martin a $1.6 million contract to provide the first of two 56,000-cubic-foot tethered aerostat surveillance systems for deployment in Iraq. The aerostats, equipped with various sensors, will provide a persistent surveillance capability in the defense of ground forces and high-value assets in Baghdad. Lockheed Martin To Integrate Pod Onto Thunderbolt 
Orlando - Feb 16, 2004Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract to integrate the Sniper XR targeting pod on the A-10 aircraft in support of the A-10 Precision Engagement (PE) Program. The contract award follows a successful demonstration of the Sniper system during the A/OA-10 Precision Engagement upgrade program's critical design review. ITT Industries To Acquire Kodak's Remote Sensing Systems 
White Plains - Feb 11, 2004ITT Industries has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) business from Eastman Kodak Company for $725 million, significantly broadening its own well-established space payload and service product offering for U.S. military as well as other science, government and commercial customers. Norway Successfully Flight Tests Lockheed Martin Pantera Advanced Targeting Pod 
Orlando - Feb 11, 2004Braving heavy snow and low visibility, the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) has become the first of Lockheed Martin's international customers to conduct flight tests with Pantera, the company's Precision Attack Navigation and Targeting pod. Northrop Grumman's Fire Scout UAV Officially Joins the Army 
San Diego - Feb 04, 2004A Northrop Grumman-built Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle system has officially lifted off as the Class IV unmanned aerial system (UAS) for the U.S. Army's Future Combat System (FCS). |
Both Civil and Military Needs Driving European UAV Market
San Jose - Jan 07, 2004Recent 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, 2004On 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. New-Generation Autonomous Helicopter To Create New Era Of Human Safety 
Canberra - Dec 30, 2003Australian 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, 2003The 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, 2003Smiths 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, 2003Elbit 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, 2003The 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. |
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