Kratos Awarded $72.3 Million Award to Provide Unmanned Aerial Target Systems and Technical Support to the United States Air Force Subscale Aerial Target (AFSAT) Program Office

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its subsidiary, Composite Engineering, Inc. (CEI), has received a $72.3 million award, including options, from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Armament Directorate, Test and Training Division, Aerial Targets Branch for delivery of three Lots of AFSAT target … Dowiedz się więcej

Northrop Grumman Delivers First Operational MQ-8C Fire Scout to the US Navy

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has delivered the first operational MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to the U.S. Navy. The system will be used by ship-based commanders to improve the Navy’s intelligence-gathering capabilities. The MQ-8C is an upgraded version of the existing MQ-8B Fire Scout using a larger airframe. It can fly nearly twice as long … Dowiedz się więcej

Kategorie UAS

Northrop Grumman Signs Global Hawk Sustainment Partnership with the US Air Force

The U.S. Department of Defense awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) a $306 million contract to continue logistics and sustainment services on the high altitude, long endurance (HALE) RQ-4 Global Hawk remotely piloted autonomous unmanned aircraft intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) system. This contract comes on the heels of Global Hawk winning the Dr. James G. … Dowiedz się więcej

Airbus Defence and Space signs cooperation agreement with DCNS for the development of TANAN ship-based UAS

As part of the 2014 Euronaval exhibition, Airbus Defence and Space and DCNS signed a cooperation agreement on Tuesday 28 October 2014 in Paris to develop a ship-based helicopter UAS capability. This technological partnership will help to speed up the market release of the TANAN vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) tactical helicopter UAS, as it … Dowiedz się więcej

Predator/Gray Eagle Series Surpasses 3 Million Flight Hours

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission systems solutions, today announced that its Predator®/Gray Eagle®-series aircraft family has achieved a historic company and industry milestone: three million flight hours – which is the equivalent of flying over 340 years, around-the-clock, every … Dowiedz się więcej

Airbus Defence and Space becomes first company to apply for European civil certification of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

Airbus Defence and Space has formally submitted its Atlante unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for civil type certification – the first ever such application in Europe. The application was made to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the body responsible for certifying all aircraft designed or operated in Europe The Atlante is a 570 kg, single-engined, … Dowiedz się więcej