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  • BAE Starts Test-Bed Trials of Autonomous Air Technologies; Maureen Mccue Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Starts Test-Bed Trials of Autonomous Air Technologies; Maureen Mccue Comments

    BAE Systems has begun to test unmanned aircraft technologies in support of an industry-led effort to study how autonomous air vehicles can integrate into the U.K.’s airspace. BAE said Tuesday it uses a Jetstream 31 aircraft as a flying test bed for the ongoing trials at the company’s military aircraft engineering and manufacturing hub in Warton, England. The testing platform is built to fly […] More

  • BAE Plans $508M Investment to Support UAV Integration Into UK Airspace - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Plans $508M Investment to Support UAV Integration Into UK Airspace

    BAE Systems will invest $508 million to revive an industry-led effort to establish regulations and technology for the integration of unmanned air vehicles into the U.K. national airspace, FlightGlobal reported Tuesday. Beth Stevenson writes the U.K. government’s business department previously funded the Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation and Assessment program before it cancelled the effort to […] More