Italy’s Iveco/Oto Melara consortium is gearing up to create a splash at this year’s Eurosatory exhibition in France. The consortium is leading off its product offering displays with introduction of an armored reconnaissance vehicle that launches small unmanned aerial vehicles for beyond-line-of-sight tactical information, which is transmitted to the vehicle commander and retransmitted to others. The Recce vehicle is...
Written by Nathan Max UT San Diego Despite spending cuts, Northrop in negotiations with government for vehicles Further growth in the $6.5 billion-a-year UAV market is expected over the next decade, and San Diego plays a crucial role. As two wars end or wind down, the national debt rises and military spending becomes a prime target of budget cuts, all signs...
Tehran (CNN) – Iran declared Sunday it has “cracked the codes” of the intelligence gathering system of a U.S. spy drone it captured last year for violating its airspace, the nation’s semiofficial media reported. Tehran bragged about seizing the unmanned U.S. drone aircraft with stealth technology in December and displayed it on national television as a victory for Iran. Months...
MONROVIA, Calif., AeroVironment (NASDAQ: AVAV) announced that the U.S. Marine Corps is the first military service to adopt four different small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) from the company with the receipt of a firm fixed-price order valued at $5,558,479 for the RQ-20A Puma AE™ through an existing U.S. Army contract. Delivery is scheduled within two weeks “The Marine Corps...
About as long as a car with a unit cost of $850,000 the Pioneer is a remarkable UAV design of the 1980s. Slower and more vulnerable by today’s standards the Pioneer is built from a mix of modern and natural materials and the 26 hp (19.4kW) engine carried aloft a 100 pound (45.5kg) payload — either optical sensors or chemical...
From Air Force Times By Jeff Schogol and Markeshia Ricks - Staff writers Posted : Saturday Apr 21, 2012 10:17:35 EDT They’ve been accused of being nothing more than video gamers: Operating unmanned aircraft from thousands of miles away while being able to see their families at the end of their shifts. Some resent that drone pilots can get flight pay while never...
The Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) Battlefield Airmen Branch (BA) is soliciting information to identify possible sources to provide next generation platform of Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS), to support Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) dismounted users. This Request For Information (RFI) is issued for informational purposes only focusing on existing capabilities, e.g., matured technologies and fielded systems. This...
AeroVironment reports that it received a firm fixed-price order valued at $2,431,440 on April 5, 2012 from the U.S. Air Force for Puma AE small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) through an existing U.S. Army contract. Delivery is scheduled within two weeks. “More military services are choosing the Puma system because its longer duration and more precise imagery deliver enhanced organic reconnaissance, ” said...
Iran claims Russia and China would very much like a peek at a downed US Air Force aerial drone that is in Tehran’s possession, according to Iranian media cited by The Associated Press. The RQ-170 drone was captured on Dec 4. Officials in Tehran announced that they intended to study the drone by reverse engineering it, according to Iran’s Press TV. More from...
The governments of Argentina and Brazil agreed to advance cooperation to build unmanned aircraft to be used for border surveillance and the fight against drug trafficking. The information was provided by the Brazilian Executive after the meeting between the foreign ministers of both countries. The Defense Minister Arturo Puricelli, Argentina, and his counterpart Celso Amorim, Brazil held a meeting where...
