Monthly Round-up: May 2012
News, articles and features published:
in May 2012
FreeWave Technologies To Showcase UAV Wireless Data Radios
FreeWave Technologies, manufacturer of the most reliable, high-performance spread spectrum and licensed radios for critical data transmission, today announced…
Low Cost UAV AutoPilot Launched
3D Robotics has released its AdruPilot Mega 2.0 AutoPilot. Seen at this year’s Bay Area Maker Faire, the APM2 is…
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Market to Reach $7.26bn in 2012
Visiongain’s analysis finds that the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) market will reach a value of $7.26bn in 2012, as UAVs…
Unmanned Aircraft with Vertical Takeoff “Flexrotor” Tested
The United States is testing a new unmanned aircraft (UAV) with vertical takeoff and landing “Flexrotor” whose development is commissioned…
ITT Exelis Awarded U.S. Air Force Contract to Protect UAV Data
ITT Exelis has been awarded an Air Force Cryptologic Systems Division contract to deliver prototype self-encrypting drives. These secure solid…
Australian DSTO is First to Acquire New MicroROV Navigation Technology
VideoRay and its partners announced today that they have shipped the first implementation of VideoRay CoPilot by SeeByte software, on…
Elbit Systems wins $160m UAS contract
Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded an approximately $160 million contract by a European customer, to supply…
Iraq Protects Oil Platforms with U.S. UAVs
Iraq is buying unmanned drones from the United States to help protect its southern oil platforms as the…
New SimMetrics Software from AGI and VT MÄK Brings Real-Time Analysis to Battlefield Simulations
Doing more with less is a prevalent theme in today’s military, especially when it comes to reducing the costs of…
KONGSBERG Awarded EUR 28M Software Development Contract
During NATO’s Summit in Chicago, KONGSBERG signed a EUR 28 million contract with Northrop Grumman ISS International Inc for the…
Washington Turns to Contractors for ISR Operations
At first, UAVs were owned, operated and serviced by the armed forces. Then, faced with shortages of available equipment and…
Raytheon Awarded $85M Contract for Griffon Missiles
Engineers at the Raytheon Co. Missile Systems segment in Tucson, Ariz., are moving ahead with a project to deploy a…
Israel Fixes & Returns Four IAI Heron UAVs to Turkey
In another possible sign of a thaw in the icy relations between Israel and Turkey, Israel has fixed and returned…
UAV Flight Training and Simulation Market Worth $451.9m in 2012
Visiongain’s analysis indicates that the UAV flight training and simulation market will reach a value of $451.9m in 2012, as…
Egypt Produces UAV in Cooperation With China
Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization, Hamdy Weheba said that Egypt has started the second phase to produce 12…
ESTEIO and SIMEPAR form Partnership for Mapping and Monitoring Using UAVs
ESTEIO Engenharia e Aerolevantamentos S.A. and Instituto Tecnológico SIMEPAR signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement that visualizes the joint action of…
Police UAVs: Nearly limitless potential
Article by Doug Wyllie. Original source: Police One Probably the most obvious use for a UAV in law enforcement is for search…
AeroVironment Switchblade UAV Pursued by Marine Corps
The Marine Corps is taking steps to procure its first “kamikaze” drone in an effort to provide small units the…
Experts Claim Ceramic Engine is Future of Aviation
Aerospace engineering experts Drs Omid Gohardani and Amir S. Gohardani have proposed a novel aerospace propulsion concept for future greener…
Hybrid Power for Unmanned Surface Vehicle USVs
Villanova University and Unmanned Ocean Vehicles, Inc., in the USA have been developing the powertrain and harvesting for an unmanned…
Aeronautics Orbiter II Mini UAV Wins Finnish UAV Bid
Finland’s Ministry of Defense has selected Israeli company Aeronautics for a 20-year-program to equip, train and support tactical ground forces…
UAS Procurement Tops Air Force’s Spending List
The unmanned aerial systems (UAS) market accounted for $5.25 billion of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) budget in 2010,…
New Open Payload Architecture Validated by GA-ASI & UK Partners
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance…
X-47B gears up for summer milestones
In recent months, Pax River personnel may have noticed a new, uniquely shaped tailless aircraft on the runway, the X-47B…
Heavy Fuel Flight Tests Carried out on Skeldar UAV
Flight tests have been recently carried out with a heavy fuel powered version of Saab’s Skeldar VTOL UAV. “Flight testing…
Draganflyer X4-P Multi Rotor VTOL UAV Launched
Draganfly Innovations Inc. has released the Draganflyer X4-P, the newest model in their series of well-engineered, miniature flying VTOL UAV’s….
Advancing Unmanned Systems Through Strategic Collaboration
UST works with major OEMs to foster collaboration and increase engagement with SMEs, to accelerate innovation and drive unmanned systems capabilities forward.
