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  • ANSI Seeks Members for Group Supporting Drone Integration in US Airspace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ANSI Seeks Members for Group Supporting Drone Integration in US Airspace

    The American National Standards Institute seeks participants for a recently launched collaborative effort that will support the integration of unmanned aircraft systems into the U.S. national airspace system. ANSI said Monday the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Standardization Collaborative aims to coordinate and advance the creation of UAS integration standards and compliance assessment programs as well as foster international […] More

  • Northrop-Sponsored Competitions Demo Robotic Air, Ground & Sea Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop-Sponsored Competitions Demo Robotic Air, Ground & Sea Systems

    Northrop Grumman has sponsored a series of competitions that showcased multiple robotic air, ground, boat and submarine platforms developed by student teams worldwide. The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International Foundation administered the RoboNation competitions across the U.S. to offer participants an opportunity to demonstrate unmanned and autonomous systems that have been programmed to complete obstacle courses, […] More

  • Leidos VP Nevin Carr Joins AUVSI Board; Roger Krone Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos VP Nevin Carr Joins AUVSI Board; Roger Krone Comments

    Nevin Carr, a vice president and U.S. Navy strategic account executive at Leidos, has been named to the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s board of directors. AUVSI is a nonprofit organization consists of 7,500 members from over 60 countries and works to promote the development of unmanned platforms and robotics systems, Leidos said Thursday. “Nevin’s proven […] More

  • Airbus Establishes Aerial Imagery Business for Commercial, Govt Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Airbus Establishes Aerial Imagery Business for Commercial, Govt Customers

    Airbus has formed a new subsidiary that aims to offer aerial imagery services across the energy, agriculture, insurance and state and local government sectors. Airbus Aerial has main offices in the U.S. and Europe and seeks to use aerospace and software platforms in efforts to help customers obtain and analyze data from unmanned aerial vehicles, high-altitude aircraft and satellites, the company […] More

  • Air Force Eyes Auto Takeoff, Landing Platform for General Atomics Reaper UAV; Chris Pehrson, Travis Burdine Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Eyes Auto Takeoff, Landing Platform for General Atomics Reaper UAV; Chris Pehrson, Travis Burdine Comment

    The U.S. Air Force plans to integrate a system with the General Atomics-built MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle that will work to help the UAV perform take off and land automatically, Flightglobal reported Wednesday. Chris Pehrson, senior director of strategic development for General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business, told Flightglobal reporter James Drew that the auto takeoff and landing platform […] More

  • AUVSI Adds Woolpert SVP Jeff Lovin to Board of Directors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AUVSI Adds Woolpert SVP Jeff Lovin to Board of Directors

    Jeff Lovin, a nearly 30-year veteran of Woolpert and currently senior vice president and director of the company’s government solutions business, has joined the board of directors of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International. He will serve a three-year term in the association that works to promote and supports the interests of the unmanned systems and robotics […] More

  • Oshkosh Subsidiary to Display Unmanned Ground Vehicle Tech at XPONENTIAL Conference - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oshkosh Subsidiary to Display Unmanned Ground Vehicle Tech at XPONENTIAL Conference

    An Oshkosh Corp. business unit will demonstrate its unmanned ground vehicle technology at the annual Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International XPONENTIAL conference Monday through Thursday in New Orleans. Oshkosh Defense will exhibit an MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle equipped with a TerraMax UGV that works to facilitate force protection and force multiplier features in the battlefields, the company said Monday. John Beck, Oshkosh chief unmanned […] More

  • L-3 Unveils APEX First Responder, Urban Warfare Drone; J.R. Gear Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3 Unveils APEX First Responder, Urban Warfare Drone; J.R. Gear Comments

    L-3 Communications‘ Unmanned Systems segment has launched its Airborne Pursuit and Exploitation unmanned aircraft system at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International’s Unmanned Systems 2014 conference held on May 12 to 15. The company said May 5 the compact, all-electric APEX can be used in close-range intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions and first responder and  urban […] More

  • UAV Makers Hone Focus on Small Technology for Civilian Usage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UAV Makers Hone Focus on Small Technology for Civilian Usage

    Unmanned aerial system builders have been developing smaller drones for non-military fields such as emergency response, agriculture and energy sector inspection, Military Aerospace & Electronics reported Monday. John Keller reports in a video blog from an Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International event last week that there is a growing trend toward smaller UAV technology […] More

  • Dynetics to Demo Unmanned Tech Portfolio at AUVSI Forum; Greg Lester Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics to Demo Unmanned Tech Portfolio at AUVSI Forum; Greg Lester Comments

    Dynetics will showcase its portfolio of drone technology offerings at an Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International-hosted forum. This year’s AUVSI Pathfinder Symposium will take place Tuesday through Thursday at the Braun Center in Huntsville, Ala., Dynetics says. The company intends to demonstrate integrated performance and aircraft configuration, human machine interface and interactive multimedia instruction tools […] More