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  • General Atomics, Cobham Extend Reaper UAV Collaboration Deal; Peter Nottage Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics, Cobham Extend Reaper UAV Collaboration Deal; Peter Nottage Comments

    A General Atomics business unit and Cobham have agreed to extend their partnership to provide through-life support services for the former’s Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Cobham will collaborate to offer logistics support services for users of remotely piloted UAVs in the U.K. and Australia, General Atomics said Tuesday. “Cobham and GA-ASI […] More

  • CSC-AIA Survey: A&D Companies Focus on Tech Development, Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSC-AIA Survey: A&D Companies Focus on Tech Development, Modernization

    Computer Sciences Corp. and the Aerospace Industries Association have released the findings of a survey that highlights business, technology and economic perspectives from aerospace and industry executives. The 2015 A&D Market Survey says companies are investing more in efforts toward product innovation, technology improvements and cybersecurity, CSC said. Forty-one percent of senior executive respondents said their organizations […] More

  • USAF Orders 8 More General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper Drones for $72M - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAF Orders 8 More General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper Drones for $72M

    General Atomics will supply the U.S. Air Force with an additional eight production configuration MQ-9 Reaper Block 5 unmanned aerial vehicles under a $72 million contract modification. The Defense Department said Wednesday the company’s aeronautical systems business will perform contract work in Poway, California, through Dec. 31, 2017. DoD noted that the full obligated amount is from fiscal 2014 […] More

  • General Dynamics Unit, Sky-Watch to Collaborate on Military Drone Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Unit, Sky-Watch to Collaborate on Military Drone Tech

    General Dynamics‘ European Land Systems subsidiary and Danish unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer Sky-Watch have agreed to explore potential areas of cooperation on remotely piloted aircraft technology for military customers. GDELS said April 23 that Sky-Watch aims to look into new UAV technology applications in the battlefield by collaborating with other organizations. Jens Bauer, senior director […] More

  • Liteye-Unmanned Experts Team Unveils 'Powered by DRS' Thermal Imaging UAV Payload - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Liteye-Unmanned Experts Team Unveils ‘Powered by DRS’ Thermal Imaging UAV Payload

    Liteye Systems and Unmanned Experts have partnered to deliver a thermal imaging payload for unmanned aerial vehicles that features DRS Technologies‘ Tamarisk thermal camera core. The companies said Tuesday the Aquila Micro payload has a “Powered by DRS” accreditation and includes a built-in automatic shutter, DRS’ Image Contrast Enhancement tool and three athermalized, all-weather lens options. Aquila Micro is already available for shipping, the […] More

  • Navy Puts BAE-Made Coyote UAVs Through 'Swarm' Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Puts BAE-Made Coyote UAVs Through ‘Swarm’ Test

    The U.S. Navy‘s Office of Naval Research has demonstrated a platform that works to launch multiple unmanned aerial vehicles on a swarm-based mission to deter adversaries. ONR said Tuesday the military branch tested the Low-Cost UAV Swarming Technology with BAE Systems-built Coyote drones during a recent demonstration. The service also used the LOCUST system in […] More

  • Boeing-Built Unmanned Aircraft Set for Flight in 2017; John Launchbury, Lee Pike Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-Built Unmanned Aircraft Set for Flight in 2017; John Launchbury, Lee Pike Comment

    Defense industry programmers are working to rewrite software on a Boeing-built unmanned aircraft prior to the drone’s flight in 2017 in order to protect the system from hacking, Nextgov reported Wednesday. John Launchbury, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s lead for the program, told the publication the program aims “to conduct an experiment to prove […] More

  • Frost and Sullivan: Image, Navigation Sensors to Drive Unmanned Vehicle Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Frost and Sullivan: Image, Navigation Sensors to Drive Unmanned Vehicle Development

    Frost and Sullivan has released a new report that indicates high-quality image and navigation sensors are driving the development of unmanned vehicles. Unmanned systems will gain capability improvements from integration of sensors, signal processing and computer vision software, Frost and Sullivan said Monday. “Though various driver assistance systems are available today, improved obstacle and navigation technologies […] More

  • ASDReports: Commercial Drones Market to Hit $1.27B by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ASDReports: Commercial Drones Market to Hit $1.27B by 2020

    A new ASDReports study projects the commercial unmanned aerial vehicle market to reach $1.27 billion by 2020 from $15.22 million in 2014, up 109.31 percent year over year during the forecast period. The report indicates that an increase in demand for law enforcement applications contributes a major portion to the market’s growth, ASDReports said Feb. […] More

  • Strategic Defense Intelligence Report Forecasts Global UAV Market 6% CAGR Through 2025 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Strategic Defense Intelligence Report Forecasts Global UAV Market 6% CAGR Through 2025

    A new Strategic Defense Intelligence report projects the global unmanned aerial vehicle market’s compound annual growth rate at 5.66 percent from 2015 through 2025, with autonomous combat vehicles to dominate the market. The report predicts North America and Europe to account for more than 67 percent of the UAV market over the next 10 years, ReportsnReports […] More

  • General Atomics Completes Airborne Radar Testing Onboard Predator B; Frank Pace Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Completes Airborne Radar Testing Onboard Predator B; Frank Pace Comments

    General Atomics’ aeronautical systems company has completed the flight test for a sense-and-avoid radar aboard a remotely piloted aircraft in an effort to further the aircraft’s integration into international and domestic airspace. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. flight-tested a due regard radar on Predator B and the radar system performed collision avoidance maneuvers onboard the […] More