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AeroVironment to Deliver Puma 3 AE Drone Under Navy, Marine Corps Contract
AeroVironment won a $10.6M contract to deliver a portable unmanned aircraft system and associated spares in support of the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy's Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems program.
SteelCloud Software to Help DoD Automate Drone Security Controls
The Department of Defense has selected a SteelCloud-made software to automate security compliance in a federal unmanned aircraft system effort.
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Auterion Eyes Delivery of Tricopter, Fixed-Wing Drones to Defense Clients in Late 2020
Auterion, a Swiss manufacturer of software for unmanned aerial systems, plans to make first shipments of its fixed-wing and trirotor drones in the fourth quarter of this year, C4ISRnet reported Wednesday.
Raytheon’s Matthew Gilligan Talks Benefits of ‘Skyler’ Drone Detection Radar
Matthew Gilligan, vice president of navigation and modernization solutions at Raytheon, has said that the company’s Skyler surveillance radar will help address challenges in air traffic management, which now include emerging urban air mobility platforms.
General Atomics Demos Gray Eagle in Multidomain Operations; Chris Pehrson Quoted
General Atomics is conducting a series of demonstrations to test how the extended range variant of the Gray Eagle unmanned aerial system can support future multidomain operations, National Defense reported Friday.
Collins Aerospace to Enter Final Phase of UAS Airspace Data Link Waveform Dev’t Project; Heather Robertson Quoted
NASA and United Technologies Corp.'s Collins Aerospace business are gearing up for the final phase of a joint project to build a data link technology designed to support unmanned aircraft system management operations in national airspace. Collins Aerospace said Thursday it has helped finance command non-payload control waveform development efforts and developed radio prototypes that could operate with CNPC during flight tests as part of a nine-year project.
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Northrop Conducts Debut Flight of MQ-4C Triton Aircraft; Doug Shaffer Quoted
An Northrop Grumman-designed unmanned aerial vehicle took its maiden flight on Jan. 26 and extended the U.S. military’s surveillance capabilities in the Pacific region.
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Raytheon’s Evan Hunt: DoD Must Assess More Tech to Counter Mid-Sized Drones
Evan Hunt, business development director for high-energy lasers at Raytheon, has said the Department of Defense should put more focus on testing counter-unmanned aerial system technology for mid-sized drones, Air Force Magazine reported Thursday.
General Atomics Commences Multi-Domain Tests of Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS; David Alexander Quoted
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business began testing an extended-range unmanned aircraft system for use in multi-domain operations in November.