BERNE, Switzerland, The Swiss military is preparing to evaluate two reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles prior to awarding a contract for UAV production. The systems to be tested later this year are the Hermes 900 from Israel’s Elbit Systems and the Heron 1 manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries. Armasuisse, the Swiss defense procurement agency, said the aircraft are the only...
Aeronautics has won a large tender in Finland for supplying 30-45 tactical UAVs to Finland’s Ground Forces. Three Israeli companies competed in the tender, which began a year ago – Aeronautics, Elbit Systems and BlueBird. According to Flight Global A €23 million ($30 million) contract is in the final approval phase and is expected to be signed soon. Earlier this year...
According to a recent article in Lookout Navy News Online, the use of Hood Tech’s imagers on board an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) evened the big odds against a small group of four frigates in a simulated, late-March battle with the USS Enterprise Carrier Strike Group. The mission of the simulation was for the four ships to find and...
ORLANDO, Fla., May 1, 2012 Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) successfully conducted the first launch of a Shadow Hawk precision-guided weapon recently from a Shadow 200 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), achieving a direct hit on the target. Shadow Hawk is an 11-pound class, 2.75-inch diameter, 27-inch long drop-glide weapon. It is terminally guided by a semi-active laser seeker, providing better than one...
This week Griffon Aerospace received Dunn and Bradstreet’s highest possible rating for its Business Category. Griffon is a company that has grown through solid financial practices and a zero debt philosophy. Larry French Griffon’s CEO said “this rating is especially gratifying having just completed the largest capital investment in company history”. French said “Our biggest investment was in a large 5...
TEWKSBURY, Mass., April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Two Raytheon Company RTN +0.43%systems, the Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System (JLENS) and the Patriot Air and Missile Defense System, demonstrated their ability to work together to detect, track and shoot down a test target simulating a hostile cruise missile during an exercise at the Utah Training...
The BOSH Group (TBG) has named Frank Byrum as its Chief Technology Officer. Byrum will leverage a distinguished career in technology development and software engineering to formulate and oversee implementation of TBG’s long-term technological strategy. He assumed his new position on February 1. Chief Executive Officer Robert Fitzgerald selected Byrum to posture the company at the leading edge of unmanned system technology as global defense, commercial and civil markets rapidly expand....
By Katherine H. Crawford, Office of Naval Research ARLINGTON, Va.—Part helicopter, part airplane, the Office of Naval Research(ONR)-sponsored Flexrotor vertical takeoff and landing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) enters the next development phase April 30 in delivering improved maritime surveillance capability. The contract awarded today is for the flight controls component. During this phase, Aerovel Corp. will advance Flexrotor’s capability with...
Vienna, 30 April 2012 Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER® S-100 has taken a further step in consolidating its strong maritime position by being the first UAS (Unmanned Air System) to ever fly from an Italian Navy ship. The S-100 was flown from the ITS Bersagliere, a Soldati Class frigate and successfully carried out a number of missions for observers from the Italian Navy. From the Italian...
Last spring, GE broke ground on a $50 million aviation research center at the University of Daytonin Ohio. When finished next year, the center’s 200 engineers, technologists, and researchers will work on advanced electric power systems for next generation of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as “drones,” including classified UAVs as large as a fighter jet. GE Aviation, which is spending another $17...
