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  • Textron's Shadow UAS Reaches 1M Flight Hours; Henry Finneral Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron’s Shadow UAS Reaches 1M Flight Hours; Henry Finneral Comments

    Textron has recorded more than 1 million flight hours for the Shadow tactical unmanned aircraft system since the company launched the aerial vehicle in 1999. The company said Tuesday Shadow became the only UAS of its size to accomplish the feat and that more than 85 percent of the drone’s flights occurred during combat operations. Shadow TUAS supports the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Special Operations Command […] More

  • Inmarsat, AeroVironment Support NOAA-Coast Guard Ice Obstruction Clearing Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat, AeroVironment Support NOAA-Coast Guard Ice Obstruction Clearing Mission

    Inmarsat has provided communications support to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration-led team in efforts to break a channel of Antarctic sea ice to help ships deliver supplies to a U.S. research center located on Ross Island. Operation Deep Freeze 2016 used the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star to create a “superhighway” that will allow oil tankers and cargo ships to resupply fuel and food items to the […] More

  • DARPA Picks 8 Firms to Support Phase 2 of UAS Collaborative Autonomy R&D Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Picks 8 Firms to Support Phase 2 of UAS Collaborative Autonomy R&D Project

    Raytheon and Lockheed Martin have received contracts from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to perform system integration work for the second phase of the Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment program. The CODE program aims to develop collaborative autonomy algorithms and open software architectures designed to help a single commander stimulate unmanned aircraft systems to perform both individual […] More

  • General Atomics, CBP Test Anti-Collision Radar Aboard Unmanned Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics, CBP Test Anti-Collision Radar Aboard Unmanned Aircraft

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems unit and the Customs and Border Protection agency have tested a detect-and-avoid system that includes the company’s Due Regard Radar anti-collision system onboard CBP’s Guardian unmanned aircraft system. The company said Wednesday the DAA system also features a Honeywell traffic alert and collision avoidance tool and sensor tracker as it works to provide air traffic imagery for remotely piloted aircraft GA says […] More

  • Kimberly Stambler: Battelle to Update UAS Countermeasure Device - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kimberly Stambler: Battelle to Update UAS Countermeasure Device

    Battelle aims to build a third version of the nonprofit’s rifle-like device that works to jam GPS and command-and-control and GPS systems used to fly unmanned aircraft systems, IHS Jane’s 360 reported Tuesday. Geoff Fein writes the current DroneDefender system is powered by a nearly 10-pound battery inside a backpack and designed to neutralize UAS that weighs less than 55 pounds and operates at a speed of less […] More

  • Insitu's ScanEagle in Running for Coast Guard UAS-Ship Integration Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insitu’s ScanEagle in Running for Coast Guard UAS-Ship Integration Contract

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary is offering an unmanned aircraft system to the U.S. Coast Guard as the agency works to select a UAS for integration with its ships, Seapower Magazine reported Monday. John Marcario writes the Coast Guard has tested Insitu ScanEagle UAS platforms during land- and NSC-based demonstrations over the last three years as the agency worked to develop plans […] More

  • Navy to Launch AeroVironment UAS for Anti-Access, Aerial Denial Environments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy to Launch AeroVironment UAS for Anti-Access, Aerial Denial Environments

    The U.S. Navy has selected an AeroVironment-built unmanned aircraft system for deployment from submarines to operate in anti-access and aerial denial environments. AeroVironment built Blackwing for a joint capability technology demonstration sponsored by the Navy and U.S. Special Operations Command known as Advanced Weapons Enhanced by Submarine UAS against Mobile targets, AeroVironment said Monday. Kirk Flittie, vice president and general manager for AeroVironment’s […] More

  • Textron Unit Unveils New UAS Training, Maintenance Facility to Support Nat'l Airspace Integration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Unit Unveils New UAS Training, Maintenance Facility to Support Nat’l Airspace Integration

    A Textron business unit has established a new facility for unmanned aircraft system training and maintenance activities to support research on UAS integration into national airspace. The unmanned systems service and support center houses Textron Systems‘ training and global service operations, the company’s schoolhouse for operators and maintainers and its sustainment operations for the Aerosonde small UAS, Textron said Monday. “With this […] More

  • FAA Partners With 3 Firms to Test Drone Detection Tools; Marke Gibson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FAA Partners With 3 Firms to Test Drone Detection Tools; Marke Gibson Comments

    The Federal Aviation Administration has teamed up with Sensofusion, Gryphon Sensors and Liteye Systems to perform research and develop platforms that work to detect and track unmanned aerial systems near airports as part of the Pathfinder program. FAA said Monday the initiative aims to detect unauthorized operations of drones at airports and facilitate the integration of UAS […] More

  • Henry Finneral: Textron Works on 2 New Variants of Shadow Tactical UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Henry Finneral: Textron Works on 2 New Variants of Shadow Tactical UAS

    Henry Finneral, vice president of tactical unmanned aircraft systems at Textron, has said the company plans to equip two upcoming variants of its Shadow TUAS with modern payload, communications and power systems in an interview with Defense News posted Friday. Jen Judson writes Textron also looks to test new weapons such as a company-built laser guided bomb on its future V2 and […] More

  • Raytheon Gets Navy Follow-On Contract for Fire Scout UAS Software Update - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Gets Navy Follow-On Contract for Fire Scout UAS Software Update

    Raytheon has received a potential $21.6 million contract to continue to provide software updates in support of the 2016 tactical control system Linux cyber baseline of the U.S. Navy’s MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned aircraft system. The company will perform work in Dulles, Virginia, through October 2018 under the sole-source, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The […] More

  • Northrop Gets $83M Army Contract Modification for Hunter UAS Logistical Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Gets $83M Army Contract Modification for Hunter UAS Logistical Services

    Northrop Grumman has received an $83.4 million contract modification to provide logistics support for the U.S. Army‘s MQ-5B Hunter unmanned aircraft system. The company’s technical services business will perform work in Sierra Vista, Arizona and in Afghanistan through Oct. 30, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Army obligated the full amount of the modification from its […] More