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  • Northrop Subsidiary to Distribute AirRobot-Built UAS in US Market; Walt Werner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Subsidiary to Distribute AirRobot-Built UAS in US Market; Walt Werner Comments

    Northrop Grumman subsidiary Remotec has agreed to resell German company AirRobot‘s line of small unmanned aerial systems to first responder and law enforcement clients in the U.S. Remotec will also combine its technology with AirRobot aerial systems to produce a new range of product offerings, Northrop said Tuesday. Walt Werner, director of Remotec, said the distribution arrangement with AirRobot US gives his company’s customers access to a […] More

  • Ray Duquette: USA to Develop Simulation, Training System for NASC's UAVs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ray Duquette: USA to Develop Simulation, Training System for NASC’s UAVs

    CAE has been selected to provide a simulation and training system for NAVMAR Applied Sciences’ unmanned aerial vehicles, Intelligence Aerospace reported Wednesday. Courtney Howard writes CAE will develop courseware, ground control station and simulator and training services for NASC’s TigerShark XP drones. “We are delighted that NASC has selected CAE as their simulation and training […] More

  • Northrop Inks Lease Deal for North Dakota UAS Test Site - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Inks Lease Deal for North Dakota UAS Test Site

    Northrop Grumman has submitted a letter of intent to be a tenant at the Grand Sky business park at the Grand Forks Air Force Base in North Dakota, one of six states that have been authorized to test unmanned aerial vehicles. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), a proponent of the Grand Sky project, said Wednesday that Northrop will be the park’s first tenant and […] More

  • Visiongain Report: Top UAV Makers Eye Specialties to Diffuse Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Visiongain Report: Top UAV Makers Eye Specialties to Diffuse Competition

    Business information provider Visiongain has unveiled its list of top 20 unmanned aerial vehicles and systems manufacturers in the world. The report predicts the specialties companies will choose in the field and how new players will try to stake a claim on a market that could undergo key structural changes amid an emergent commercial UAVs segment, Visiongain said Monday. “Although increasingly competitive, the […] More

  • Thomas Bussing: Raytheon AI3 Missile Built to Complement Army Ground Weapon System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thomas Bussing: Raytheon AI3 Missile Built to Complement Army Ground Weapon System

    Raytheon and the U.S. Army have demonstrated the features of the Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative missile during a Black Dart military exercise, where the missile intercepted an unmanned aerial system and a cruise missile. The company said Thursday the AI3 missile features a “semi-active” seeker and radar system to detect targets and will be used to support the Army’s Indirect Fire Protection Capability Block […] More

  • FAA, NASA to Partner With 3 Companies for UAS Detect-and-Avoid Tech Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA, NASA to Partner With 3 Companies for UAS Detect-and-Avoid Tech Demo

    The Federal Aviation Administration and NASA will collaborate with three companies to demonstrate a technology intended to prevent unmanned drones from colliding with other planes in airspace, Aviation International News reported Friday. Bill Carey writes that the FAA and NASA plan to conduct flight tests of a commercial drone equipped with a detect-and-avoid system at […] More

  • Ryan Hartman: Boeing's Insitu Subsidiary Adding Weight for 'Integrator' UAS Variant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ryan Hartman: Boeing’s Insitu Subsidiary Adding Weight for ‘Integrator’ UAS Variant

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary is building a heavier variant of its Integrator unmanned aerial vehicle platform to accommodate additional payloads and capabilities, Defense News reported Saturday. Aaron Mehta writes the variant will be at 165 pounds, compared to the current 135 pounds of the Marine Corps‘ Integrator-based RQ-21A Blackjack. “One of the things we know for a fact is when you start adding […] More

  • Lockheed Integrates New Ground Control Tech With Unmanned Aerial System; Jay McConville Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Integrates New Ground Control Tech With Unmanned Aerial System; Jay McConville Comments

    Lockheed Martin has integrated its Expeditionary Ground Control Station technology with the Fury unmanned aerial system to support communications, processing, payload tasking and other ground control operations. “[We] needed a ground control hardware implementation that was rugged, light-weight, and incredibly powerful,” Jay McConville, director of business development for Lockheed Martin’s Fury UAS, said Tuesday. The xGCS is built with military-rugged and […] More

  • Lockheed, Neya Systems to Integrate C2 Tech for Cargo-Delivery Drones; Jeffrey Poulin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Neya Systems to Integrate C2 Tech for Cargo-Delivery Drones; Jeffrey Poulin Comments

    Lockheed Martin will partner with Neya Systems to integrate a mission planning and management system with a military unmanned aerial vehicle that carries out casualty evacuation and cargo resupply missions in Afghanistan. Neya Systems said Monday the companies will install VERTI on the K-MAX delivery drone as part of a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research program. Dr. Jeffrey Poulin, a […] More

  • Woolpert Demos UAS for Army Data Collection; Clint Padgett Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Woolpert Demos UAS for Army Data Collection; Clint Padgett Comments

    Woolpert, a national geospatial, architecture and infrastructure firm, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have tested a commercial unmanned aerial system built for mapping applications during a joint test flight over the Wilmington Air Park in Ohio. The Woolpert-made Altavian Nova Block II UAS is equipped with a metric camera system and designed to support […] More