Unmanned Systems
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Business/FinancialBoeing’s Insitu Nabs $117 Million Contract To Provide UAS Services To Coast Guard
The Coast Guard late Wednesday awarded a potential $117.2 million contract to Boeing’s [BA] Insitu unit to provide contractor owned and operated small unmanned aircraft (sUAS) services aboard its fleet […]
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Business/FinancialBoeing Invests In Small Firm Supporting UAS Traffic Management
Boeing [BA] on Wednesday said its HorizonX Ventures arm invested in a small company that develops and supplies software for use in helping manage traffic of commercial unmanned aircraft systems […]
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Unmanned SystemsMarines Want Shipboard VTOL Drone For $20 Million A Copy
FREDERICKSBURG, Va. — Currently the only U.S. military service without a high-end unmanned aircraft, the U.S. Marine Corps is in the market for a high-altitude long-endurance drone that can launch […]
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CongressJohnson Wants Counter Drone Bill In Senate NDAA
A bipartisan bill introduced last month that would enable the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice to begin developing policies, procedures and capabilities for countering threats posed by unmanned aircraft […]
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PentagonNew Military Bases Added To List of No-Drone Zones
Responding to a request to enhance unmanned aircraft flight restrictions over military bases, the FAA recently made the airspace over three new Defense Department facilities no-drone zones and extended the […]
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CongressBipartisan Group Of Senators Introduce Counter Drone Bill To Protect Homeland Assets
A small bipartisan group of Senators on Monday introduced legislation that would give the Departments of Homeland Security and Justice authorities to defeat threats posed by unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) […]
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CongressCoast Guard Slammed For Being Slow To Adopt Blue Technologies
The top Republican and Democrat on a House panel that oversees policymaking for the Coast Guard on Tuesday criticized the service for taking too much time to adopt new technologies […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Picks Dynetics To Launch, Recover UAVs From Manned Plane
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has tapped Dynetics Inc. to conduct a demonstration in which a manned C-130 transport plane will launch and recover small unmanned aerial vehicles in mid-air. […]
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Business/FinancialCBP Awards General Atomics $276 Million For Predator O&M Services
General Atomics has received a potential $275.9 million contract to provide operational and maintenance (O&M) services to Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) fleet of nine MQ-9 Predator B drones that […]
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InternationalTriton On Track For Early Operational Capability This Year, Navy Official Says
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The Navy’s new unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for broad area maritime surveillance will achieve early operational capability later this year on schedule at a forward operating base in […]