BAE Systems, Nashua, New Hampshire, was awarded a $12,290,244 firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for T-Pod Systems on the MQ-1C Unmanned Aircraft System. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, is the contracting activity. Solicitation Number: W15P7T-12-R-C009 Notice Type: Sources Sought Synopsis: Added: Dec 02, 2011 10:49 am Information sought from qualified sources to meet requirements for a SIGINT Pod...
BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate exclusively on the preparation and submission of a joint proposal to the UK and French Ministries of Defence for the design, development, production and support of a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). The MoU will enable the two companies to establish...
Students at the Institute of Applied Technology (IAT) in Abu Dhabi and Dubai Mens College were given a glimpse into the future of aviation last week when Tom Hallett, an autonomous systems specialist at BAE Systems, took them through a presentation on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), the latest generation of pilot-less aircraft. Tom Hallett, a Campaign Co-ordinator for Business...
BAE Demon FLAVIIR (Flapless Air Vehicle Integrated Industrial Research) has successfully test flown. The 2.7m wingspan Demon is the result of £6.5 million programme jointly funded by BAE Systems and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) UK newspaper the Daily Mail reports, Richard Williams, BAE Systems programme director for Future Capability, said: ‘What the FLAVIIR Team have...
ROCKVILLE, Md., Sep 29, 2010 (BUSINESS WIRE) — BAE Systems has received a U.S. Air Force contract of $3.9 million to provide engineering, training, and other services for the continued use of the company’s Silver Fox unmanned aircraft systems. The Silver Fox aircraft supports military operations during intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance missions. “This contract is vital to supporting the...
TUCSON, Arizona – BAE Systems, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has completed the first successful test flight of its small, electric-powered Coyote unmanned aircraft system. The system deployed in midair from a 3-foot-long sonobuoy dropped from a P-3 aircraft. The flight, which lasted 49 minutes, marks a significant milestone in the development of the...
