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  • Raytheon to Equip Army Gray Eagle UAS With Common Sensor Payload - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Equip Army Gray Eagle UAS With Common Sensor Payload

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Raytheon a $28.5 million contract to provide an electro-optical/infrared sensor technology designed to process visual imagery and complement electronic sensors of a U.S. Army unmanned aircraft system. Raytheon will provide 20 common sensor payloads that include data, one turret and an electronics unit in each CSP system for the Army’s MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAS, […] More

  • Raytheon to Help Build NY Airspace Corridor for Drone Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon to Help Build NY Airspace Corridor for Drone Test

    Raytheon has been chosen to help the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance design, develop and support an airspace corridor in New York state to facilitate testing of unmanned aircraft systems. The company said Thursday the new airspace corridor will serve as a venue for companies to test drones and platforms designed for air traffic management […] More

  • Lockheed Installs IR Sensors on Small Quadrotor UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Installs IR Sensors on Small Quadrotor UAS

    Lockheed Martin has updated its small quadrotor unmanned aerial system with sensors designed to process still imagery and streaming video in real time. Indago 3 includes the Noctis system composed of dual forward looking infrared cameras and a digital zoom for both narrow and wide fields of view, Lockheed said Wednesday. Rich Bonnett, Indago program manager at Lockheed’s Procerus Technologies […] More

  • Insitu to Provide UAS Curriculum Training, Support for University of North Dakota - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insitu to Provide UAS Curriculum Training, Support for University of North Dakota

    The University of North Dakota has expanded a partnership with Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary in a move to expand UND’s unmanned aircraft system curriculum and fleet. Insitu said Wednesday the university will incorporate Catalina, INEXA Control and TacitView software platforms into its aviation program by fall 2019, UND also intends to adopt the ScanEagle 3 platform to augment the university’s current fleet of more […] More

  • UTC Aerospace Systems Launches Optical Payload System for Small UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC Aerospace Systems Launches Optical Payload System for Small UAS

    UTC Aerospace Systems has launched an optical payload system for small autonomous drones that need to comply to the size, weight and power requirements of the Defense Department, foreign militaries and civilian unmanned aerial system customers. The N.C.-based company said Monday the TASE250 system is designed to offer longwave infrared and visible imaging capabilities that […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Helps NASA Test UAS Traffic Mgmt Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Helps NASA Test UAS Traffic Mgmt Tech

    Rockwell Collins has provided systems and services to aid testing efforts under NASA‘s Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management program. The company said Monday it served as a UAS service supplier to help the agency manage safety of a UAS operating beyond visual line of sight during flight tests. The two-week test series demonstrated the consecutive, repetitive use of […] More

  • Sagetech to Provide Transponder for NASA's UAS Safety Research Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sagetech to Provide Transponder for NASA’s UAS Safety Research Project

    NASA has selected Sagetech to provide a transponder technology in support of the agency’s initiative to explore detect-and-avoid methods to ensure safety of unmanned aircraft system operations in national airspace. Sagetech said Monday it will provide the company’s MXS transponder for the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration in the National Airspace System Project of NASA with other government […] More

  • Kratos to Back Dynetics in Third Phase of DARPA 'Gremlins' UAV Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos to Back Dynetics in Third Phase of DARPA ‘Gremlins’ UAV Contract

    A Kratos Defense & Security Solutions subsidiary will support Dynetics in efforts to further develop a system to facilitate the aerial launch and recovery of multiple unmanned air vehicles under the third phase of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Gremlins program. Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems will fabricate, assemble and integrate aerial drones as part […] More

  • AeroVironment tests UAS, loitering munition sensor-to-shooter system prototype - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment tests UAS, loitering munition sensor-to-shooter system prototype

    AeroVironment conducted a maritime demonstration of its sensor-to-shooter system from a coastal riverine craft of the U.S. Navy. The company said Monday its S2S is an integration of its RQ-20B Puma Block 2 – All Environment small unmanned aircraft system with its Switchblade lethal loitering missile for rapid surveillance and response to land and sea […] More

  • Kratos Opens Tactical/Target UAS Facility in Australia - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Opens Tactical/Target UAS Facility in Australia

    Kratos Defense and Security Solutions has established a facility in New South Wales, Australia, that will offer target/tactical autonomous drones and range support systems to defense clients in the country. The company said Thursday it opened the NSW office as its partner Air Affairs Australia expanded operations with a new facility and relocated headquarters. Eric DeMarco, president and […] More

  • Report: Army Eyes ‘Other Transaction Authority’ to Expedite Drone-Mounted Jammer Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Army Eyes ‘Other Transaction Authority’ to Expedite Drone-Mounted Jammer Procurement

    The U.S. Army will use the Defense Department’s “other transaction authority” to accelerate the acquisition of a drone-mounted platform that works to jam enemy communications, Nextgov reported Friday. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the Army’s electronic warfare and cyber division plans to award the Multi-Function EW Air Large contract to a member of the Consortium […] More

  • Insitu Gets Navy Order for Afghan UAS, Equipment & Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insitu Gets Navy Order for Afghan UAS, Equipment & Support Services

    Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has received a $47 million delivery order from the U.S. Navy to provide eight ScanEagle unmanned aircraft systems, spares and support equipment to Afghanistan as part of a Building Partnership Capacity mission. Insitu will also deploy one logistician field service representative, 16 technical support operators and two site surveys and site activation teams to the foreign country, […] More