POWAY — Poway-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has been awarded a $141.8 million one-year contract extension to provide support services for unmanned aircraft stationed in Afghanistan, the Defense Department announced Thursday. Under the terms of the deal, which runs until May 7, 2013, General Atomics will provide maintenance, program management, engineering support and spare parts for all the MQ-1C Gray...
Below the requested comments submitted on behalf of the membership of the Remote Control Aerial Photography Associations, and in the best interest of the public at large. Seven plus years of involvement in the Global airspace integration effort were drawn on and instrumental in defining these suggestions and commentary. What is highlighted represent issues that many believe have long...
A district court judge in Virginia dismissed drunk driving charges against former FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt on Thursday. The story was first reported inThe Washington Post. A video of the police stopping Babbitt was played in court and the judge ruled that he was pulled over on a “mere hunch” by the police officer. Babbitt had made a normal and legal...
DAHLGREN, Va. — Navy engineers demonstrated the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities of a ship-based unmanned aerial system (UAS) for senior Coast Guard, Navy and Congressional stakeholders in an exercise on the Potomac River May 3. Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division (NSWCDD) personnel launched the Scan Eagle UAS on simulated search and seizure missions, successfully detecting and...
BY SKYLER SWISHER, STAFF WRITER DAYTONA BEACH — Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University wants to make Florida one of only six test sites that will study how to integrate unmanned aircraft into the nation’s airspace by 2015, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said Thursday. The university, which has one of three unmanned systems undergraduate degree programs in the country, touted the...
Kevin Bonham, Grand Forks Herald THIEF RIVER FALLS — Tyler Beckman, Joe Moore and Solomon Kassaye are entering into some rare air — without ever leaving the ground. They’ll graduate tonight from Northland Community and Technical College, becoming the country’s first unmanned aircraft system maintenance technicians certified by the National Center for Aerospace and Transportation Technologies, an industry group....
SAN DIEGO, May 9, 2012 Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. KTOS +4.61% , a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that it is one of two companies that has been selected by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) for a Phase 1 development of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle(R) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Composite Maintenance System Trainer (CMST) Program. For Phase...
Ahem cough, are these not just to replace those that have been lost? SAN DIEGO, Calif., 10 May 2012. The U.S. Navy has placed an order for three additional Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and one ground control station. The order is valued at $25.7 million. MQ-8B Fire Scout is an unmanned autonomous helicopter designed for U.S. Navy...
WASHINGTON, May 9, 2012 Two unmanned K-MAX helicopters have delivered more than one million pounds in less than four months in support of the U.S. Marine Corps in Afghanistan and will remain in theater until September on a deployment extension. The aircraft, a joint effort by Lockheed Martin LMT -0.86%and Kaman Aerospace KAMN -0.22% , is the first unmanned helicopter to deliver cargo and...
AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) today announced a realignment of its senior management team to support its growth plans. The company promoted Senior Vice President and UAS General Manager Tom Herring to the newly established position of chief operating officer. Herring will focus on the planning and execution of the company’s annual operating plan and on operational excellence. The company also...
