Aerovironment can’t have been happy with the other WASP coverage so here is the original at AUVSI10 Bookmark It Hide Sites
Aerovironment can’t have been happy with the other WASP coverage so here is the original at AUVSI10 Bookmark It Hide Sites
Well better late than never AV plays catch up with QinetiQ, it does seem a little more robust than the Zephyr though. They have some wonderful press images here Flight Test Campaign Begins for First Unmanned Aircraft System Developed to Provide Uninterrupted Coverage Over Any Spot on the Globe EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif., Aug. 16, 2010 — AeroVironment,...
Key Milestone Achieved in Development and Testing of First Unmanned Aircraft System to Offer Seamless Persistence Without Latitude Restrictions MONROVIA, Calif. – Aug. 11, 2010 – AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV) announced that a full size wing developed as part of the Global Observer™ Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) program has successfully completed a series of Wing Load Tests (WLT)...
The Associated Press MONROVIA, Calif. — Defense contractor AeroVironment Inc. said Friday that the Justice Department is investigating its billing practices. The company, which designs and produces unmanned aircraft systems for the military, said that investigators from the agency’s civil fraud section are looking at billing rates for maintenance work and time and materials on government contracts. The probe...
AeroVironment Inc. (AVAV: News ) announced that it received firm fixed-price orders valued at $20.73 million for digital Raven unmanned aircraft systems and digital retrofit kits, and $17.14 million for Raven system spare parts, repairs and training services for the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. The orders were released under the existing U.S. Army joint small UAS program of...
AeroVironment’s Raven Small Unmanned Aircraft System Receives Military Aircraft Type-Classification Certificate from the Netherlands Military Aviation Authority Certification Permits Operation of Raven in Dutch National Airspace by the Military MONROVIA, Calif., Nov. 3, 2009 – AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced that the Military Aviation Authority of the Netherlands (MLA-NLD) has issued a Military Type Certificate (MTC) for...
UAV Technology Enables Rapid Aerial Chemical Detection and Tracking Edgewood, MD, 5 October 2009 – Smiths Detection today announces the successful creation and demonstration of an unmanned aircraft chemical detection and identification system capable of warning troops against chemical warfare agents. The detection and identification system, able to fit in the interchangeable nose cone of a Raven® UAV, is...
MONROVIA, Calif., March 6, 2008 – AeroVironment (AV) (NASDAQ:AVAV), a leader in unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and efficient electric energy systems, today announced that it has flown its Puma small unmanned aircraft for over nine hours, powered by an onboard fuel cell battery hybrid energy storage system. This broke the previous announced Puma flight record of over seven hours....
