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  • 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

  • Northrop to Exhibit Maritime Defense Systems; Robert Nelson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Exhibit Maritime Defense Systems; Robert Nelson Comments

    Northrop Grumman will exhibit the company’s maritime defense systems offerings at the 25th Western Conference and Exposition scheduled from Feb. 10 to 12. Robert Nelson, San Diego corporate lead executive for Northrop, said Monday the company intends for the exhibit to raise customer knowledge of how Northrop helps clients achieve their mission goals. “With the national strategic rebalancing of […] More

  • Strategic Defense Intelligence: Global UAV Market to Hit 6% CAGR in 2015-2025 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Strategic Defense Intelligence: Global UAV Market to Hit 6% CAGR in 2015-2025

    Strategic Defense Intelligence has released a report that predicts the global unmanned aerial vehicle market will achieve a 5.66 percent compound annual growth rate from 2015 to 2025. The report analyzes global industry values, factors that drive demand, market challenges and key industry players, ReportBuyer said Wednesday. Strategic Defense Intelligence projects North America and Europe would account for […] More

  • Exelis Receives 3rd Order for GA-ASI Drone Carriage and Release Systems; Pete Martin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelis Receives 3rd Order for GA-ASI Drone Carriage and Release Systems; Pete Martin Comments

    Exelis will continue to manufacture pneumatic carriage and release systems for the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle under a $27 million contract from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. The follow-on contract for 619 units of the BRU-71/A ejector rack is the third such order from the California-based aeronautics firm, with work to occur in Amityville, New […] More

  • Executive Profile: Chris Pehrson, Strategic Development Director at GA-ASI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Executive Profile: Chris Pehrson, Strategic Development Director at GA-ASI

    Chris Pehrson serves as director of strategic development for General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems Inc., where he is responsible for business acquisition strategies to promote company’s unmanned aircraft systems, tactical reconnaissance radars and sensor systems in U.S. and international markets. Pehrson joined the company in 2010 after service in the U.S. Air Force, where he commanded an operations group and two […] More

  • Research and Markets: UAV Market Worth $10.6B in 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: UAV Market Worth $10.6B in 2020

    Research and Markets has released a new report that projects the unmanned aerial vehicle market to reach $10.57 billion in value by 2020. The growth represents a 7.73 percent from the $6.76 billion value recorded in 2014, Research and Markets said Friday. North America represented 69 percent of the global UAV market in 2014 and production and demand of this system […] More

  • Insitu Refreshes ScanEagle UAV Platform; Ryan Hartman Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insitu Refreshes ScanEagle UAV Platform; Ryan Hartman Comments

    Insitu, a Boeing subsidiary, has upgraded its ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle platform. ScanEagle 2 features a reciprocating internal combustion propulsion system that is built for small UAS, Insitu said Wednesday. “ScanEagle 2 will shepherd us into the next two decades as we focus on reliability and affordability and enter the civil/commercial market,” said Ryan Hartman, Insitu president and […] More

  • Visiongain Report: Top UAV Makers Eye Specialties to Diffuse Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Visiongain Report: Top UAV Makers Eye Specialties to Diffuse Competition

    Business information provider Visiongain has unveiled its list of top 20 unmanned aerial vehicles and systems manufacturers in the world. The report predicts the specialties companies will choose in the field and how new players will try to stake a claim on a market that could undergo key structural changes amid an emergent commercial UAVs segment, Visiongain said Monday. “Although increasingly competitive, the […] More

  • Orbital Corp. Delivers 1st Engine for Insitu's Small UAS; Terry Stinson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital Corp. Delivers 1st Engine for Insitu’s Small UAS; Terry Stinson Comments

    Boeing‘s subsidiary Insitu will start to perform testing and development work on the propulsion system for the ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle following Orbital Corp.‘s delivery of the first engine. Orbital said Tuesday that the internal-combustion engine was built specifically for small unmanned aircraft systems such as the ScanEagle. Terry Stinson, chief executive and managing director of Orbital, said the company will now move […] More

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  • Jeremy Ward: Qinetiq Puts Signals Intelligence on Airborne Surveillance System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeremy Ward: Qinetiq Puts Signals Intelligence on Airborne Surveillance System

    Qinetiq has unveiled a new line of surveillance systems for mounted onboard aircraft that Jeremy Ward, managing director for the company’s C4ISR business, says are designed to help security teams with coverage, HSToday reported Wednesday. Kylie Bull writes the ASX family, launched at the Farnborough Airshow, works to use signal processing technology for command and control functions to pinpoint suspected suspicious activity. […] More

  • Northrop to Upgrade Navigation Systems of Navy’s Fire Scout UAV - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Upgrade Navigation Systems of Navy’s Fire Scout UAV

    Northrop Grumman Corp. will work to upgrade the navigation systems of the U.S. Navy’s Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicles, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Wednesday. John Keller writes the Naval Air Systems Command is planning to award a sole-source contract to Northrop’s aerospace systems segment to evaluate and certify the Kearfott-built KN-4073C navigation systems. The […] More

  • Andy Start: Airbus, Inmarsat Combine Aircraft Broadband Offerings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Andy Start: Airbus, Inmarsat Combine Aircraft Broadband Offerings

    Airbus and Inmarsat have partnered to develop broadband airborne terminals for aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicle customers. Military and government clients are meant to gain access to Inmarsat’s Global Xpress Ka-band satellite service through Airbus’ airborne portfolio, Airbus said Tuesday. “Combining the unique Global Xpress service with Airbus Defence and Space’s proven heritage in airborne satcom […] More