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Northrop Grumman not best pleased about Block 30 Global Hawk decision

27 January 2012
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Northrop Grumman not best pleased about Block 30 Global Hawk decision

Northrop Grumman expressed disappointment over the U.S. Defense Department’s decision to scrub the Global Hawk Block 30 UAV program. “The Pentagon announced … that it is planning to cancel the Global Hawk Block 30 program and plans to perform this mission with the U-2 aircraft,” the company said in a news release. “Northrop Grumman is disappointed with the Pentagon’s...

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Drones over Deutschland, reports Deutsche Welle

26 January 2012
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Drones over Deutschland, reports Deutsche Welle

  New UAS rules on the table in Germany Author: Mathias Bölinger / mz Editor: Nancy Isenson For hobby spy-enthusiasts, they have been available in Germany for quite a while: For 300 euros ($393), you can pick up a...

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Insitu win $21 million for maintenance and support

26 January 2012
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Insitu win $21 million for maintenance and support

Insitu, Inc., Bingen, Wash., is being awarded a $21,048,058 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-11-C-0061) to exercise an option for operational and maintenance services in support of the ScanEagle unmanned aerial systems.  These services will provide electro-optical/infrared...

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Interesting Views From Inside the Iranian Republic

26 January 2012
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Interesting Views From Inside the Iranian Republic

Earlier this month Iran stated that they would create a model of the RQ 170 Sentinel and send it back to Washington. The RQ 170 also known as the...

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Companies team for UAS capability

26 January 2012
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Companies team for UAS capability

Two U.S. companies have teamed to develop beyond-line-of-sight satellite communications for unmanned aircraft systems. The alliance between AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems of Maryland and California’s ViaSat Inc., will integrate...

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India conducts flight trials of three MAVs

25 January 2012
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India conducts flight trials of three MAVs

BANGALORE: Flight trials of Micro and Mini Air Vehicles designed and developed to meet many requirements including countering low intensity conflicts, counter terrorism and for rescue operations during natural...

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Marines fly Integrator

25 January 2012
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Marines fly Integrator

Marines witnessed the first flight of the service’s newest small unmanned aircraft Jan. 22 at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, Calif. As part of...

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Unmanned Aerial Vehicle contest will be held in Armenia

25 January 2012
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The Union of Information Technologies Enterprises (UITE) has announced the first ‘Unmanned Aerial Vehicle’ contest in Armenia. Currently, unmanned aerial vehicles provide road patrol, monitoring of ecological issues, for...

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CU-Boulder-led team to assess decline of Arctic sea ice in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea

25 January 2012
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CU-Boulder-led team to assess decline of Arctic sea ice in Alaska’s Beaufort Sea

A national research team led by the University of Colorado Boulder is embarking on a two-year, multi-pronged effort to better understand the impacts of environmental factors associated with the...

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Swiss Department of Defence Becomes Centaur Launch Customer

25 January 2012
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Swiss Department of Defence Becomes Centaur Launch Customer

Aurora Flight Sciences announced today that the Swiss Department of Defence has become the first customer for the Centaur Optionally-Piloted Aircraft (OPA). Armasuisse, an official procurement agency of the...

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UAV test pilot to command Republic Day parade contingent.

25 January 2012
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UAV test pilot to command Republic Day parade contingent.

BANGALORE: Lt Col V S Thapa, an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) external test pilot, hailing from Dehra Dun, will command this year’s Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) Republic...

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NATO to sign delayed UAV deal before Chicago Summit

25 January 2012
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NATO to sign delayed UAV deal before Chicago Summit

From Flightglobal:  NATO’s long-running process to order an Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) capability could at last achieve a contract signature within the next few months, although the scale of its programme appears...

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LAPD Warning Against Hiring Unmanned Aircraft Operators for Aerial Photography

25 January 2012
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LAPD Warning Against Hiring Unmanned Aircraft Operators for Aerial Photography

It seems that California is just about the only State that notices commercial UAS use is still unregulated in the USA. Last year we had the film commission taking...

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Global Hawk out of favour in the Pacific

25 January 2012
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Global Hawk out of favour in the Pacific

Loren B. Thompson Writing on the Lexington Institute site In a move that seems to contradict the Obama Administration’s recently announced Asia-Pacific strategy, the Pentagon has decided to mothball its longest-range surveillance...

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MQ-9 performs emergency landing near Holloman

24 January 2012
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MQ-9 performs emergency landing near Holloman

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Officials with the 49th Wing announced a remotely piloted MQ-9 Reaper performed an emergency landing Jan. 23 at approximately 9:45 p.m. just south of the...

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RCAPA ARC Inclusion Campaign Goes Viral

24 January 2012
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RCAPA ARC Inclusion Campaign Goes Viral

At the same time as we posted the FAA ARC inclusion saga the following was on its way to our Federal representation (House and Senate), SBA Ombudsman, White House...

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Fire Scout sets sail for Africa

24 January 2012
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Fire Scout sets sail for Africa

PATUXENT RIVER, Md. | The MQ-8B Fire Scout, the Navy’s only unmanned aircraft to operate on land and at sea, departed Jan. 17 from Mayport, Fla., aboard USS Simpson...

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Dallas Meat Packing plant investigated after drone images reveal pollution

23 January 2012
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Dallas Meat Packing plant investigated after drone images reveal pollution

A good news drone story for a change. Showing once again just how useful simple platforms can be for aquiring imagery. Every environmental department really ought to have one....

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Lockheed Martin awarded $1.1mil for second SURGE-V phase.

22 January 2012
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Lockheed Martin awarded $1.1mil for second SURGE-V phase.

Lockheed Martin are moving forward with SURGE-V, The goal of the SURGE-V program will be to develop a hybrid power and propulsion system for UAVs smaller than 20 pounds that...

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Rescuing Joe

22 January 2012
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Rescuing Joe

Andrew Tridgell talks about Team Canberra UAVs attempt to rescue Outback Joe this year at this years Linux.conf.au  After a years gap things will start to hot up now...

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nEUROn launch

22 January 2012
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nEUROn launch

nEUROn, the technology demonstrator for a European UCAV (Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle) was officially presented by Charles Edelstenne, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Dassault Aviation, to the representatives...

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Rheinmetall and Cassidian Join Forces on Unmanned Aerial Systems

20 January 2012
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Rheinmetall and Cassidian Join Forces on Unmanned Aerial Systems

Rheinmetall and Cassidian have agreed to pursue Rheinmetall’s Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) activities together in a Joint Venture. It was agreed in a contract that Cassidian should hold 51...

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Tau® CNV Colour Night Vision Camera Delivers Quality Video in Ultra Low-light Conditions

20 January 2012
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Tau® CNV Colour Night Vision Camera Delivers Quality Video in Ultra Low-light Conditions

Portland, OR – December 20, 2011 – FLIR Systems (NASDAQ: FLIR) announced the availability of its newest camera in the Tau family, the Tau CNV, a rugged compact and low-power...

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MicroSurvey Software Acquired by Hexagon

19 January 2012
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MicroSurvey is excited to announce that The Hexagon Group has entered into an agreement to acquire all outstanding shares of MicroSurvey Software Inc., the leading Canadian based developer of...

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Russia Allocates $160 Mln for Drone Development

18 January 2012
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Russia Allocates $160 Mln for Drone Development

Russian Helicopters has received 5 billion rubles ($160 mln) from the federal budget for the development of three types of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). After charging that smaller domestic developers...

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University of Arizona building for DHS

18 January 2012
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University of Arizona building for DHS

Sarah Dasher For the Santa Cruz Valley Sun  In the back corner of an engineering building at the University of Arizona, Professor Sergey Shkarayev and his students study the...

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First image from United Nations Institute for Training and Research UNOSAT UAS

18 January 2012
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First image from United Nations Institute for Training and Research UNOSAT UAS

After over one year of positive research and experimental tests, the UNOSAT team has acquired its first Mini-UAV in late 2011 and placed orders for a second unit in...

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