PHOENIX, August 24, 2010 – Honeywell (NYSE: HON) announced it will provide Class I Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems, training and logistics support as part of an $11 million contract for the low-rate initial production of the initial brigade set of the Brigade Combat Team Modernization (BCTM) Increment 1 capabilities. Honeywell supports the BCTM team led by Boeing that will...
Teams of researchers, one from MIT, one from the University of Maryland, have used two different viruses to create the cathode and anode for a lithium ion battery. This may lead to batteries that can be pasted onto clothing, equipment or airframes. Designed to lighten the load for troops new battery technology might further increase the reach and capability...
DENVER, August 24th, 2010 — The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence awarded Lockheed Martin a $5.1 million contract for additional Desert Hawk III unmanned aircraft vehicles. Desert Hawk III’s improved payloads maximize target detection and recognition by providing 360-degree — daytime and nighttime — coverage in a common turret package. These latest generation payloads also include a...
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (August 24, 2010) - Rockwell Collins’ flight control and navigation systems will play a critical role in the Small Tactical Unmanned Air System (STUAS) program, which promises to provide the warfighter with greatly enhanced levels of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities. The Navy and Marine Corps recently awarded the STUAS contract to Insitu for its Integrator...
Am I missing something or is Flight not loving QinetiQ, their correspondant Stephen Trimble reports from AUVSI…. Both the AeroVironment Global Observer (GO) and the Boeing Phantom Eye scaled demonstrator are now poised to enter flight-testing before February, kicking off the race to set the next long-endurance flight record. The immediate goal for the competing teams is to shatter that record...
Vienna | Schiebel Industries’ Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), the CAMCOPTER S-100, successfully completed a series of demanding trials for the French DGA (Defence Procurement Agency). Under a leasing contract and operated by DGA personnel, the CAMCOPTER S-100 flew more than 50 missions under various conditions, day and night, with a total of 150 flight hours. The trials took place...
Denver, CO. – August 24, 2010. Adaptive Flight demonstrated autonomous flight in a GPS-denied environment with their Hornet Micro UAV at AUVSI. This state of the art, and market first capability allows the micro-UAV to transition from outdoor navigation to indoor navigation at the touch of a button, opening up a broad range of applications for these vehicles. The...
ITT is introducing new Wide Area Airborne Surveillance (WAAS) sensor architecture and a special WAAS payload at the AUVSI 2010 exhibition opened today in Denver, CO. The new architecture enables the warfighter to access collection of data from multiple sources. The new stabilized multi-megapixel-class day/night payload designated WAAS-W comprises a turret sensor designed to operate with the new architecture. WAAS-W generates...
16:27 GMT, August 23, 2010 DENVER | The Boeing Company will spotlight its wide array of unmanned systems at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) Unmanned Systems North America 2010 conference and exhibition. This year’s event takes place Aug. 24-27 in Denver. Boeing will feature key unmanned systems at Booth 2600 and in media briefings,...
Monrovia-based Aerovironment, which develops both unmanned aerial vehicles and electric transportation and other energy products, announced today that it has named Joel Hirsch as Vice President of Strategic Operations at the firm. Hirsch was most recently president of TEAC Aerospace Technologies, and also served at Teledyne Technologies, Inc. The firm said that Hirsch will consolidate and streamline procurement across the...
