AUVSI Unmanned Systems Conference 2011 – Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY® Security Services (ISS) business unit, today announced its new Autonomous Vehicle (AV) Open Platform, representing a significant investment and commitment to the security and management of Autonomous Vehicles and Universal Control Segments (UCS) in the embedded and special-purpose computing market. Targeting the autonomous systems community, the platform provides a secure, highly reliable and safe...
The products, patter and shoes have been polished. Ties straightened. Will AUVSI 2011 be a triumph with a sea of cutting edge technology and airspace announcements or just more of the same? PAS 2011 on the UAS side was thought to be somewhat dull amongst industry insiders, mostly seen before and downbeat. Probably the most important thing that can...
WASHINGTON-The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) North America Conference - AeroVironment, Inc.(NASDAQ:AVAV) today announced that it received a firm-fixed-price contract delivery order valued at $65,532,394 for new digital Puma™ All Environment (AE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and initial spares packages. The items were procured through the existing United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) All Environment Capable Variant (AECV) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity...
AME Unmanned Systems, a ChandlerMay, Inc. company, and AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced today that the two companies have entered into a strategic alliance agreement regarding unmanned systems development. “AAI and ChandlerMay have enjoyed a long, successful working relationship for several years,” says President and Chief Executive Officer...
ZALA AERO GROUP has developed a brand-new unmanned aircraft system with superior performance characteristics in comparison with current UAS available on the national market. Advanced aerodynamics and gyrostabilization allow for exceptionally quality photo and video reconnaissance using 18 Mpx Electro and Optical 20x zoom camera. UAV is designed in company’s custom “flying wing” manner with pushing propulsion system. “We...
Roke Manor Research has formed a partnership with its sister company NIITEK (Non-Intrusive Inspection Technology, Inc.) to sell Roke’s Miniature Radar Altimeter (MRA) system in the USA. NIITEK, the world leader in fielded Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) landmine and buried explosive detection systems, will also manufacture Roke’s MRA under licence in the USA. NIITEK has built a reputation for excellence and...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL, Aug 15, 2011 — World Surveillance Group Inc. , a developer of lighter-than-air unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAVs”) and related technologies announced financial results for its quarter ended June 30, 2011. WSGI filed its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for the three months ended June 30, 2011. The Company’s Form...
By Chris Haddox When Boeing’s hydrogen-powered unmanned airborne system (UAS) Phantom Eye takes to the skies for its first flight later this summer, it will be the first Boeing program to sport the new livery that represents Phantom Works, its employees and the unlimited possibilities of things to come for the organization in the future. Phantom Works President Darryl...
This week Aerovel (www.aerovelco.com) demonstrated and announced a successful transition from hover to wing-borne cruise with their Flexrotor prototype. This was made possible with the successful engineering and fabrication of custom rotor blades by Innovative Composite Engineering (ICE) in White Salmon, WA. This allows the Flexrotor the cababilities of VTOL with range of 3000 km and endurance exceeding a...
The U.S. Navy/Northrop Grumman/U.S. Air Force flight test team tasked with evaluating the performance of the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) carrier demonstration aircraft has been awarded the 2011 James S. McDonnell Award for Outstanding Team Achievement in the Field of Flight Test Engineering by the Society of Flight Test Engineers (SFTE). The team was recognized for testing innovations related...
During a 72-hour counter-terrorism surge supporting Operation Unified Protector (OUP), the ScanEagle UAS was operated organically aboard USS Mahan (DDG 72) to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) support. In strong winds, ScanEagle performed cooperatively with a host of U.S. and NATO participating forces. “What happened over that period of time, no one expected,” said ScanEagle Detachment Officer in Charge Lt. Nick...
At noon on Aug. 16 and 17, Lockheed Martin’s Samarai UAV will take flight at AUVSI North America 2011 in the air demo area. Samarai was developed by the Advanced Technology Laboratories (ATL) in Cherry Hill, NJ. Inspired by the descent of maple seeds that float down from trees each season, the team decided to improve on the simplicity...
This week at the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) North American Conference, Griffon Aerospace will unveil a new version of the Outlaw UAV. The Outlaw Extended Range (ER) incorporates a new fuselage providing addition payload and fuel volume. ER offers Griffon’s customers 8-10 hours of endurance and payloads up to 30 lbs. ER maximizes the use of...
It struck us early at sUAS News that the UAV Factory was a company going places and they have proved that with an endurance flight. A great achievement ahead of next weeks AUVSI conference find them 16th- to August 19th, at booth #1628 Well done Konstantins and your team from all of us at sUAS News. He sent this report:-...
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, 14 Aug. 2011. Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designers at Northrop Grumman Corp. Aerospace Systems sector in San Diego are joining the U.S. Air Force Sand Dragon UAV program to defeat improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and other roadside bombs. Northrop Grumman won a $26.2 million contract Friday for the Air Force Sand Dragon B program to develop and deploy a UAV with...
In the past decade, Micro Air Vehicles (MAVs) have emerged as significant thrust area for research and development focus by the aerospace community. These vehicles offer clear advantages in terms of reduced weight, unusual shape and increased mission performance. The MAV will be an inevitable part of battlefield in the near future and many countries are presently evolving concept...
By DUNCAN OSBORNE Heads up, park cruisers. The police department may soon be operating unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) “as a law enforcement tool” in New York City, giving that agency the capability to monitor activities in city parks, on streets, and in other public areas from the air. In January, Gay City News made a Freedom of Information request to...
Russia’s leading drone developer, Vega, will unveil its latest model at the MAKS-2011 air show. Company spokesman Alexei Nedelin said that the new drone, named Luch after the design bureau that developed the bulk of the technology, can be armed with up to 170 kg of weapons systems along with control systems. The Luch represents one of the first...
Today, MicroStrain announces the release of the newest in a line of innovative inertial sensors, the 3DM-GX3® -45 which is a GPS-aided inertial navigation system (GPS/INS). The on-board Kalman filter provides optimal position, velocity, and attitude (PVA) estimates. The 3DM-GX3-45 is in a class of its own, with high performance tracking capabilities comparable to higher cost units, yet with...
Santa Cruz, CA: Piotr Esden-Tempski, Chris Forrette, Jeff Gibboney and Pranay Sinha are excited to announce the Quadshot, a remote-controlled aircraft that melds advanced Open-Source hardware and software with a unique airframe design. “The Quadshot represents a breakthrough in the area of remote-controlled aircraft in that it can both fly forward like an airplane and hover like a helicopter...
BRIDGEPORT, WV, Aug 10, 2011 Aurora Flight Sciences was recognized by Northrop Grumman Corporation for its outstanding support as a key supplier on the U.S. Air Force Global Hawk program and the U.S. Navy Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) program. U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) was the keynote speaker at today’s event which was held at Aurora’s manufacturing facility in...
By Joshua Stewart - Staff writer Navy Times A Navy unmanned helicopter that crashed over Libya in June was likely shot down by forces loyal to leader Moammar Gadhafi, a Navy spokesman said. An investigation revealed no evidence of a mechanical or operator error in the June 21 crash. The MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter was likely shot down during an...
The prototype of Denel Dynamics’ latest Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV), the Seeker 400, has been completed and is due to make its maiden flight in the first quarter of 2012, the company announced. UAVs have seen increased use over the last ten years, such as in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. The vehicles often carry out reconnaisance and precision strike...
Lutch, Russia’s first unmanned air vehicle (UAV) designed to carry out air strikes, will be shown at the Moscow air show next week, according to its producer, Vega. “Vega will show a full-scale mock-up of the Lutch medium-range UAV at MAKS 2011,” a Vega representative said. “Lutch is designed for optical reconnaissance, radar, radio-relay and electronic reconnaissance missions,” he...
According to the Indian Press Information Bureau, the following information was given last week by Indian Defence Minister, Shri AK Antony, and Minister of State for Defence, Shri MM Pallam Raju, in written replies to members of the Parliament of India: RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT The government does not propose to manufacture small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) of less than 200...
Goodrich has announced plans of displaying their UAV technologies at AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America, which will be held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center from August 16 to August 19, 2011 Some of the technologies that will be displayed at the convention are electronic fuel injection (EFI), TASE gimbals, compact shortwave infrared camera (SWIR), Piccolo Autopilots, TERPROM,...
UNMANNED drone aircraft are one of the weapons of war employed in Afghanistan. But a former RAF pilot based in Northumberland is now using similar drone technology to safeguard, enhance and protect landscapes and wildlife in the North East. Nigel King joined the RAF in 1978 after studying electronic engineering at Newcastle Polytechnic, later Northumbria University where his wife...
