Unmanned Systems
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CongressBorder Patrol Plans Small UAS Evaluations This Year
The Border Patrol in September plans to conduct operational tests of three different types of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) at different border locations to help evaluate requirements and assess […]
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CyberLeonardo Joins Army Effort To Defeat Small Enemy Drones
The Army awarded Leonardo DRS a $16 million contract to fill an urgent operational need for systems that can detect and destroy enemy unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Leonardo has teamed […]
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Air ForceAir Force Seeking Authority To Counter Drones At U.S. Bases
The U.S. Air Force is seeking authority to use anti-drone equipment to defend against small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that accidentally or intentionally fly onto its homeland bases, according to the […]
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Navy/USMCTextron Eyes Endurance Upgrade To Vertical Takeoff Variant of Aerosonde UAS
Textron [TXT] Systems, which unveiled a kit last year that converts its Aerosonde small unmanned aircraft system into a vertical-takeoff-and-landing (VTOL) UAS, is now developing a longer-endurance version of the […]
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Business/FinancialHEICO Acquires Composites Manufacturer Carbon By Design
Aerospace and electronics manufacturer HEICO Corp. [HEI] on Tuesday said it has acquired Carbon by Design, a manufacturer of composite components for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), rockets, spacecraft and other […]
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ArmyBoeing, Textron Given Shots At $475 Million SOCOM Drone Services Contract
U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) on June 7 announced that Boeing’s [BA] Insitu unmanned systems arm and Textron’s [TXT] AAI Corp. both share in a multiple-award contract for providing unmanned […]
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Air ForceAir Force Study To Project Service Life Of MQ-9 Reaper
The U.S. Air Force is conducting a study to determine how long its heavily used MQ-9 Reaper will last, an effort that could guide future spending decisions on the remotely […]
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Air ForceAir Force Predator Crash Linked To Lost Datalink
U.S. Air Force investigators have determined that an MQ-1B Predator crashed last year after its controllers lost a datalink with the unmanned aircraft, the service’s Air Combat Command announced June […]
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Business/FinancialApplied Research Associates Acquires BerrieHill Research
Research and engineering company Applied Research Associates (ARA) said last Thursday that it has acquired BerrieHill Research Corporation (BRC), adding new capabilities in electromagnetics. Terms of the deal were not […]
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Navy/USMCU.S. Navy To Issue MQ-25 Tanker Solicitation
The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) intends to release a solicitation for the MQ-25 Air System Engineering and Manufacturing Development (EMD) Program to Boeing [BA], General Atomics [GA], Lockheed Martin […]