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  • Drone Aviation Installs ISR Equipment on DoD's Tactical Airship Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Drone Aviation Installs ISR Equipment on DoD’s Tactical Airship Platform

    Drone Aviation has integrated government-furnished intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment onto a company-built tactical airship platform as part of a $346,000 contract from the Defense Department. The company said Wednesday it added communications and optical sensor systems to the Winch Aerostat Small Platform in an effort to increase the platform’s flexibility to perform missions and address ISR support requirements. WASP is also equipped with updated data […] More

  • Draper Lab Helps Update Army's Guided Airdrop Cargo Delivery System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Draper Lab Helps Update Army’s Guided Airdrop Cargo Delivery System

    The U.S. Army and Charles Stark Draper Laboratory have collaborated to update and test an autonomous military platform designed to deliver supplies and equipment to U.S. troops who operate in remote or dangerous areas. Draper said Jan. 12 it helped the Army’s Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center demonstrate laboratory-built navigation software for the Joint Precision Airdrop System. The lab designed the software to employ […] More