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SAIC Awarded $39 Million Contract by U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command

Company to Support Dragon Operations Centers and Ground Control Stations for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Operations

03 October 2008: SAIC

 

CAMCOPTER® S-100 COMPLETES EXTENSIVE GERMAN NAVY FLIGHT TRIALS

Building on its unrivalled position as a proven VTOL Maritime UAS, the CAMCOPTER® S-100 has recently completed its toughest test to date, three weeks of demanding flights in the Baltic Sea onboard the new K130 Class Corvettes of the German Navy.

29 September 2008: Schiebel Elektronische Geraete

 

Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout

Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout Receives U.S. Navy Contract Award for Second Year of Low Rate Initial Production

29 September 2008: Northrop Grumman

 

GA-ASI Successfully passes ATP testing of first ISR aircraft for Iraqi Air Force

Equipment to Increase Current ISR Collection Capabilities Significantly

24 September 2008: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc

 

Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout

Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Air System Demonstrates Multi-Mode Maritime Radar Capability

22 September 2008: Northrop Grumman

 

Sensors Unlimited - New cameras on ScanEagle

Ultra-Compact, High Resolution InGaAs SWIR Video Camera Successfully Integrated on ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft Test Flight

06 September 2008: Sensors Unlimited, Inc., Part of Goodrich Corporation

 

GA-ASI CBP Aircraft Deployed to Support Hurricane Gustav Response

CBP Unmanned Aircraft to Survey Damage

04 September 2008: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc

 

MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Air System Takes Flight

Northrop Grumman's Company-Owned MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Air System Takes Flight

03 September 2008: Northrop Grumman

 

Lockheed Martin - Intelligent autonomous control of multiple unmanned systems

Lockheed Martin has successfully demonstrated the Intelligent Control and Autonomous Re-planning of Unmanned Systems (ICARUS) suite of technologies as part of an exercise conducted August 12-14.

03 September 2008: Lockheed Martin

 

Elbit Systems' Hermes 450® Records Another Success:

Elbit Systems Awarded Contract Valued at US$25 Million to Supply UAVs to a Country in the Americas

02 September 2008: Elbit Systems

 

Spraycool® Enclosures Selected for Global Hawk Production

SprayCool®, a recognized leader in liquid-cooled tactical enclosure products, has announced that it was awarded a production contract by Northrop Grumman Corporation to supply electronics enclosures for the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial System (UAS).

27 August 2008: SprayCool

 

Spraycool - Contract for installation in MQ-1 Predator Aircraft

SprayCool®Technology Cited as Key to Installing Sensor Electronics in MQ-1 Predator Aircraft

27 August 2008: SprayCool

 

QinetiQ's Zephyr UAV flies for three and a half days - unofficial UAV world record

QinetiQ's Zephyr being launchedZephyr's reputation as the world's leading solar powered high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) has been reinforced with a world-beating three and a half day flight at the US Army's Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona.

25 August 2008: QinetiQ

 

Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout Completes First Flight Test with Payload

Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout Completes First Flight Test With Payload and Integrated Tactical Common Data Link

23 August 2008: Northrop Grumman

 

Watchkeeper Passes Flight Trials

Thales UK has confirmed a further milestone for theWatchkeeper programme has been met, with the validation of Thales’s automatic take-off and landing system, MAGIC ATOLS. This trial is one of a comprehensive set of trials taking place over the next year and follows on from the first successful flight trials of the Watchkeeper unmanned air vehicle (UAV) in April 2008.

12 August 2008: Thales

 

GA-ASI - Joint contract with BAE Systems on Predator

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA‑ASI) and BAE Systems will jointly develop architecture to automate the detection and identification of ground battle targets. The companies will jointly integrate the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory’s Continuous Look Attack Management for Predator® (CLAMP) program under a $6 million Air Force contract.

09 August 2008: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc

 

Oxley enters UAV market on BAE HERTI

Oxley Developments Company Ltd has entered the Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) market having recently secured an order to supply a suite of LED external navigation and anticollision lights for the BAE Systems HERTI UAV.

09 August 2008: Oxley Developments Co. Ltd.

 

UVS International - 1st international conference totally dedicated to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

UVS International is proud to announce that it has been invited by the Indian Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), and Ministry of Defence to partner with these organizations to organize India's 1st international conference totally dedicated to unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

06 August 2008: AUVSI

 

UK MoD - House of Commons Defence Committee report on the contribution of UAVs

UAV's crucial role in operations

05 August 2008: UK MoD

 

Elbit Systems to equip Australia with additional Skylark® I UAVs

Elbit Systems Ltd. has been awarded yet another contract to supply the Australian Army with more Skylark® I UAV systems for an estimated value of several million dollars. This is the Australian Department of Defence's third Skylark® order, following the initial order for the Australian Army in 2005.

03 August 2008: Elbit Systems

 

Boeing Acquires Insitu to Expand Capabilities in Unmanned Systems

Boeing has announced an agreement to acquire Insitu, Inc., a pioneer in the unmanned air systems (UAS) market and leader in the design, development and manufacture of high-performance, low-cost UAS used for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR).

24 July 2008: Boeing

 

GA-ASI DEMONSTRATES LYNX II RADAR AT U.S. ARMY YUMA PROVING GROUNDS

Contractor Testing Validates Exceptional Radar Performance

17 July 2008: General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc

 

COBHAM TEAMS WITH GA-ASI TO PROVIDE UAV WHOLE LIFE SUPPORT TO UK MOD

Cobham plc (Cobham) and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) are pleased to announce the creation of a Teaming Agreement to cover whole life support arrangements for UK Government GA-ASI products

17 July 2008: Cobham plc

 

Elbit Systems to Supply UAV Systems to a European Country Valued at $20 Million

Elbit Systems Ltd. has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $20 million to supply Hermes® 450 UAV Systems to a European country. The systems include both air vehicles as well as complementing ground systems, to be delivered during 2009.

08 July 2008: Elbit Systems

 

China & Unmanned Aircraft Systems

1st Notification OF UAS CHINA 2008

30 June 2008: AUVSI

 
 
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