A new chair for the committee shaping standards for UAS flight in the USA. Ted Wierzbanowski is a retired USAF Colonel and an experimental test pilot. He has been deeply involved in advanced aircraft development since the early 80s when he was the first Air Force test pilot/project manager for the X-29 program. During that time he also was the fighter...
Army News Service|by Skip Vaughn REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. — Uganda air force Pvt. Ronald Mudhasi locked his arm as instructed and flung the small remote-controlled airplane into the overcast sky. The Raven flew majestically above Test Area 3 but Mudhasi’s work wasn’t finished. He joined his countrymen and their instructors under a nearby canopy to help control the unmanned...
Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 Detachment (Det.) 1 launched an Aqua Puma All Environment (AE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) from the weather deck of USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) in support of Amphibious – Southern Partnership Station 2012. The Aqua Puma is a hand-launched, high-wing monoplane with an electrically driven pusher propeller capable of water landings. It can fly for...
BY JACK BARNES, Global Macro Trends Specialist, Money Morning If you don’t know about AeroVironment Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV), it’s a name you need to follow. My fascination with the founder of AeroVironment, which designs, develops, produces, and supports aircraft and energy systems, started when I was 12 years old. History was made that year when a man-powered aircraft flew across the English Channel for...
MONROVIA, Calif., Dec 06, 2011 AeroVironment, Inc. AVAV -0.22% today reported financial results for its second quarter ending October 29, 2011. “Continued demand for our unmanned aircraft and efficient energy systems, combined with effective execution by our team, produced second quarter revenue of $80.4 million, a year-over-year increase of 26%, and earnings per diluted share of $0.30, up from $0.01 a year...
AeroVironment Introduces the Qube Small Unmanned Aircraft System for Public Safety Professionals; Announces Test and Evaluation Program • First solution tailored to law enforcement, first response and other public safety missions from the leading supplier of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) • Based on proven small UAS experience with hundreds of thousands of operating hours supporting U.S. and allied...
AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) today announced that it has received a $7,298,530 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the United States Army. This contract establishes a not-to-exceed amount for digital Puma® All Environment (AE)unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) contractor logistics support services in support of a Joint Urgent Operational Need Statement. The services are scheduled to be provided within the next 12 months. The United States...
Bloomberg report that the AeroVironment Switchblade has been deployed in anger. Perhaps this is part of the requirement for more small UAS mentioned by Col. Robert Sova at the AUSA show earlier this month. Then it was suggested more Ravens and Pumas were needed. Factor in this platform and its probably going to be a bumper year for the Monrovia...
Imagine building a tiny hummingbird-sized surveillance aircraft. Now imagine that this remote-controlled drone can not only hover or fly in any direction, but also go in and out of open doorways – all while capturing everything on digital video. If you could build something like that you’d want to call … well, Popular Mechanics, right? As it turns out,...
Air Force to equip Security Forces with Raven systems AeroVironment, Inc. today announced that it received a $6,874,175 firm-fixed-price order from the U.S. Air Force under an existing contract with the U.S. Army. The order comprises new digital Raven(R) small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and initial spares packages. The systems and spares packages are scheduled for delivery within the next...
