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The latest UAS / UAV news for Autonomous and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Articles on commercial UAV, tactical drones and unmanned aerial systems, product launches and technological advances in UAV design and manufacture

DARPA’s Phoenix Program Aims to Develop Orbital Robotics & Satellite Architectures
DARPA’s Phoenix Program Aims to Develop Orbital Robotics & Satellite Architectures

The process of designing, developing, building and deploying satellites is long and expensive. Satellites today cannot follow the terrestrial paradigm...

Apr 03, 2014
Northrop Grumman Sponsors Australia’s 2014 UAV Outback Challenge
Northrop Grumman Sponsors Australia’s 2014 UAV Outback Challenge

As part of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s effort to increase innovative thinking in engineering and technology among today’s youth, the company...

Apr 02, 2014
Kratos Wins $3m Contract to Supply UAS & Support Equipment
Kratos Wins $3m Contract to Supply UAS & Support Equipment

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Advanced Drones & Target...

Apr 02, 2014
New UST Profile for X-ES: Rugged Embedded Computing Solutions For Unmanned Systems
New UST Profile for X-ES: Rugged Embedded Computing Solutions For Unmanned Systems

Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc (X-ES) has a new ‘Silver’ profile on the Unmanned Systems Technology (UST) website, highlighting the company’s...

Apr 01, 2014
Northrop Grumman Signs Research Partnership Agreement With Australian DSTO
Northrop Grumman Signs Research Partnership Agreement With Australian DSTO

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) have signed a strategic alliance to conduct collaborative...

Mar 31, 2014
Thales to Develop Optionally Piloted Aircraft with The Quatar Armed Forces
Thales to Develop Optionally Piloted Aircraft with The Quatar Armed Forces

Thales has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Qatar Armed Forces to assist in the development of an...

Mar 28, 2014
Elbit Systems to Supply Hermes 900 UAS to Brazilian Air Force
Elbit Systems to Supply Hermes 900 UAS to Brazilian Air Force

Elbit Systems Ltd. has been awarded a contract to supply a Hermes 900 Unmanned Aircraft System (“UAS”) to the Brazilian...

Mar 28, 2014
SAIC to Provide Technical Services for Anti-Submarine Warfare Sensor Systems
SAIC to Provide Technical Services for Anti-Submarine Warfare Sensor Systems

The Avionics Department (AIR-4.5) at the Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Station Patuxent River awarded Science Applications International Corporation...

Mar 25, 2014
Triton UAS Completes Initial Flight Test Phase
Triton UAS Completes Initial Flight Test Phase

The Navy’s MQ-4C Triton completed its initial flight test phase at Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, Calif., facility March 13, bringing the...

Mar 24, 2014
LM & Warsaw Polytechnic to Advance Integration of Manned and Unmanned Aerial Platforms
LM & Warsaw Polytechnic to Advance Integration of Manned and Unmanned Aerial Platforms

Lockheed Martin and Politechnika Warszawska (Warsaw Polytechnic) will jointly conduct an advanced applied research program in the field of integration...

Mar 24, 2014
DARPA Selects Four Companies for VTOL X-Plane Program
DARPA Selects Four Companies for VTOL X-Plane Program

For generations, new designs for vertical takeoff and landing aircraft have remained unable to increase top speed without sacrificing range,...

Mar 20, 2014
Boeing’s Phantom Swift VTOL UAS Selected for DARPA X-Plane Program
Boeing’s Phantom Swift VTOL UAS Selected for DARPA X-Plane Program

Phantom Swift, a prototype Boeing initially built in less than a month, has been accepted to be part of the...

Mar 20, 2014
Northrop Grumman Delivers Global Hawk UAS Early and On Cost
Northrop Grumman Delivers Global Hawk UAS Early and On Cost

Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered a Global Hawk Block 40 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) to the U.S. Air Force at Grand...

Mar 19, 2014
Airbus Defense and Space Launches AuroraGlobal, Designed for Secure UAV ISR Operations
Airbus Defense and Space Launches AuroraGlobal, Designed for Secure UAV ISR Operations

Airbus Defense and Space has launched AuroraGlobal, able to provide unmatched high throughput military satcom services to defense and other...

Mar 18, 2014
Unmanned Aircraft Tested as New South Texas FAA Test Site Prepares for Operation
Unmanned Aircraft Tested as New South Texas FAA Test Site Prepares for Operation

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi continued its preparations to be fully operational as one of only six federal test sites for...

Mar 14, 2014
New UST Profile for Omnetics Connector Corporation
New UST Profile for Omnetics Connector Corporation

Omnetics Connector Corporation, a leading supplier of micro and nano miniature connectors for unmanned systems, has a new ‘Gold’ profile...

Mar 13, 2014
X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Wins Laureate Award
X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Wins Laureate Award

The U.S. Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS), built by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), has won a Laureate...

Mar 12, 2014
ViaSat’s Embeddable Security System Awarded NIST Certification
ViaSat’s Embeddable Security System Awarded NIST Certification

ViaSat Inc. has received Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 Level 2 Certification for the ViaSat Embeddable Security System 1200...

Mar 10, 2014
Thales’s Watchkeeper UAS Given Full Release To Service by UK MoD
Thales’s Watchkeeper UAS Given Full Release To Service by UK MoD

Watchkeeper, the unmanned aircraft system (UAS) developed by Thales for the British Army, has been given a Release To Service...

Mar 10, 2014
Flying Robots to Help Train Athletes, Prevent Sports Injuries
Flying Robots to Help Train Athletes, Prevent Sports Injuries

A new flying robot is being developed to help athletes and teams elevate their performance while helping to prevent sports...

Mar 05, 2014
SRCTec to Produce Radars for U.S Army Ground-Based Sense and Avoid Program
SRCTec to Produce Radars for U.S Army Ground-Based Sense and Avoid Program

SRCTec has been awarded a $7.2 million order from the U.S. Army to provide radars for the Army’s Ground-Based Sense...

Mar 05, 2014
Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 Performs Surveillance at Sochi Olympic Games
Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 Performs Surveillance at Sochi Olympic Games

During the entire 2014 Winter Olympics Games and Paralympics in Sochi, the Schiebel CAMCOPTER® S-100 UAS Unmanned Aircraft System (in...

Mar 04, 2014
Aurora Wins DARPA VTOL X-Plane Program Contract
Aurora Wins DARPA VTOL X-Plane Program Contract

Aurora Flight Sciences has been awarded a Phase I contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Vertical Takeoff...

Mar 04, 2014
Green Hills Software INTEGRITY RTOS Selected for AirMule UAS Flight Management System
Green Hills Software INTEGRITY RTOS Selected for AirMule UAS Flight Management System

Green Hills Software‘s INTEGRITY® real-time operating system (RTOS) and MULTI® integrated development environment (IDE) have been selected by Urban Aeronautics,...

Mar 03, 2014
VIRES Aeronautics Raises $1M to Advance Development of Innovative Aircraft Wing Design
VIRES Aeronautics Raises $1M to Advance Development of Innovative Aircraft Wing Design

VIRES Aeronautics, developers of a revolutionary airplane wing design, has announced a $1 million Series AA round of financing. The...

Mar 03, 2014
Northrop Grumman Australia Acquires Qantas Defence Services
Northrop Grumman Australia Acquires Qantas Defence Services

Northrop Grumman Australia Pty Limited has completed the acquisition of Qantas Defence Services Pty Limited, now called Northrop Grumman Integrated...

Mar 03, 2014
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