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  • Lockheed Performs Collaborative Demo Between Optionally-Piloted Helicopters and Small UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Performs Collaborative Demo Between Optionally-Piloted Helicopters and Small UAS

    Lockheed Martin has carried out an demonstration on optionally-piloted helicopters to evaluate small unmanned aerial systems’ capacities to collaborate on search-and-rescue, fire extinguishing and retrieval operations. The defense contractor said Tuesday the exercise involved Kaman K-Max optionally-piloted helicopters and Sikorsky Autonomy Research Aircraft as well as Indago quadrotor and Desert Hawk 3.1 fixed-wing UAS. SARA commercial helicopters were […] More

  • AT&T Joins NASA-Industry UAS Traffic Mgmt Initiative; Mike Leff Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T Joins NASA-Industry UAS Traffic Mgmt Initiative; Mike Leff Comments

    AT&T supports a NASA-led project to research and develop a traffic management system for the agency to manage the safety and security of unmanned aircraft system operations in U.S. airspace. The company said Thursday it aims to contribute networking, internet of things, cloud, identity management and cybersecurity expertise to NASA’s UAS traffic management initiative. “Drones are already used in agriculture, public […] More

  • NASA Taps Near Earth Autonomy to Build, Demo UAS Flight Safety Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Taps Near Earth Autonomy to Build, Demo UAS Flight Safety Tech

    Near Earth Autonomy has secured a contract under NASA’s Small Business Innovation Research initiative to help the space agency integrate unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace. Near Earth said Wednesday that it will develop and demonstrate technologies to facilitate safe unmanned aircraft operations in case of emergency situations. The company will also build an autonomous contingency system that can help unmanned aircraft […] More

  • Intel Introduces New Drone Tech for Light Shows - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel Introduces New Drone Tech for Light Shows

    Intel has unveiled a new unmanned aerial system designed to perform specifically for light shows in a push to redefine entertainment and create new experiences under the night sky. Anil Nanduri, Intel vice president and general manager of unmanned aviation systems for the Perceptual Computing Group, wrote in a blog post published Friday 500 Shooting Star […] More

  • AeroVironment to Update Netherlands' Small UAS Data Link; Kirk Flittie Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment to Update Netherlands’ Small UAS Data Link; Kirk Flittie Comments

    AeroVironment has been awarded a $10.3 million contract by the Netherlands ministry of defense to provide small unmanned aircraft systems and digital data link upgrade services to the Dutch military. The company said Monday it will refresh the DDL system for the Dutch forces’ Raven B, Puma AE  and Wasp AE vehicles as well as ground control systems under the contract. The Netherlands’ defense […] More

  • Sentient, Coast Guard Demo ViDAR Airborne Maritime Search and Surveillance System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sentient, Coast Guard Demo ViDAR Airborne Maritime Search and Surveillance System

    Sentient and the U.S. Coast Guard have tested a company-built airborne maritime search and surveillance system during a live demonstration conducted off Cape Cod in Massachusetts. The Visual Detection and Ranging system trial aimed to highlight the system’s capacity to detect objects at a distance and was part of the Coast Guard’s assessment of small UAS technologies and sensors, Sentient said Sept. 29. The company demonstrated […] More

  • Woolpert to Develop Master Plan for Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Woolpert to Develop Master Plan for Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport

    Woolpert has received a a contract from the city of Springfield, Ohio to develop a Federal Aviation Administration master plan and layout for the Springfield-Beckley municipal airport to detail the site’s existing configuration. The FAA will primarily fund the project while the city of Springfield and the Ohio Department of Transportation will provide additional financial support, Woolpert said Friday. Woolpert […] More

  • DHS to Integrate General Atomics' Takeoff, Landing System in Predator B Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS to Integrate General Atomics’ Takeoff, Landing System in Predator B Fleet

    The Department of Homeland Security has unveiled a new flight software program that will work to deploy General Atomics unit’s proprietary takeoff and landing system for the unmanned Predator B Guardian aircraft. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems‘ Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability system works to support the safety and efficiency of Predator B crews, the company said Tuesday. GS-ASI CEO Linden […] More

  • Navy Seeks Info on Vertical Take-Off & Landing Small Drone Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Seeks Info on Vertical Take-Off & Landing Small Drone Sources

    The Department of the Navy has begun its search for potential industry sources of a small unmanned aerial system designed to perform vertical take-off and landing operations. A FedBizOpps notice posted Oct. 12 says the VTOL-based small UAS will work to help the U.S. Marine Corps perform intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions in any environmental conditions. […] More

  • Textron Subsidiary Demos Small Aerosonde HQ Unmanned Aircraft to Potential Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Textron Subsidiary Demos Small Aerosonde HQ Unmanned Aircraft to Potential Customers

    Textron‘s unmanned systems business held an inaugural customer demonstration of a small unmanned aircraft system designed to combine vertical takeoff-and-landing capacity of a multirotor platform with the speed of the company’s Aerosonde fixed-wing aircraft offering. The company said Wednesday it demonstrated the Aerosonde HQ at the Textron Systems Unmanned Systems Service and Support Center as well as showcased the system’s transition […] More