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A sensor business under United Technologies Corp.’s aerospace systems unit has introduced a new imaging sensor as part of the U.S. Navy’s Spectral and Reconnaissance Imagery for Tactical Exploitation program. The company said Wednesday that its Sensors Unlimited business has delivered four prototypes of the indium gallium arsenide Near Infrared/Shortwave Infrared sensor …

PAE ISR and NASA have agreed to demonstrate the Resolute Eagle unmanned aircraft system within the National Airspace System in 2020 in support of an effort to fully integrate UAS into the country’s skies. The company said Tuesday it will demonstrate the Resolute Eagle in 2020 and work with other …

Brig. Gen. Richard Coffman, director of the U.S. Army’s Next-Generation Combat Vehicle cross-functional team, said the service will begin accepting options for a new optionally manned combat vehicle in January, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday. Coffman told reporters at an Association of the U.S. Army-hosted event that the service has …

FLIR has launched a new reconnaissance system designed to allow for autonomous performance of the Black Hornet 3 unmanned aircraft system from military vehicles. The Black Hornet Vehicle Reconnaissance System works to remotely provide situational awareness, detect threats, assess battle damage and generate targeting information for in-vehicle users of the …

The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center is looking to award a sole-source contract to General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business for the Block 5 production of the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft system covering fiscal 2019. The company is the only designer and maker of the MQ-9 and is the …

Hoverfly Technologies has unveiled a suite of unmanned aircraft systems intended for use in military operations in any weather condition. The company said Monday its LiveSky SENTRY product line includes three system configurations designed to comply with the IP54 enclosure and MIL-STD-810 environmental test standards. Rob Topping, Hoverfly CEO, said that compliance to these standards …

Northrop Grumman has received a $64.8M delivery order to provide sensor spares for the service branch’s MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft systems. The company will provide low-rate initial production 3 spares to support organizational-level maintenance of the Multi-Function Active Sensors, the Defense Department said Friday. The order covers the delivery of six antenna …

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has received a $15.8M firm-fixed-price contract to deliver components for long-range unmanned aircraft systems to the U.S. Army. The Defense Department said Thursday that the company will provide initial spares and ground support equipment specifically designed for the MQ-1C Gray Eagle. The General Atomics Gray Eagle UAS …

The U.S. Army’s Armament Research Development and Engineering Center is seeking a prototype for an unmanned system that can perform logistical tasks in support of forces on land. ARDEC will issue a request for prototype proposal to develop and demonstrate an Autonomous Unmanned Logistics System supported by the Ground Vehicle …

Lockheed Martin and the Drone Racing League have partnered to launch a competition for artificial intelligence technologies that will be used to power an unmanned aircraft system during a race with a pilot-operated drone. Lockheed said Wednesday the AlphaPilot Innovation Challenge aims to encourage university students, technologists, coders and drone …

Maj. Gen. John Morrison, commander of the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence, has announced that the U.S. Army will launch a drone-mounted electronic warfare technology in 2019, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday. The service has started developing prototypes of the Multi-Function Electronic Warfare Air capability for installation on General Atomics-built MQ-1C Gray Eagle …

The Grand Sky Drone Park in North Dakota has hosted the approved launch of beyond-visual-line-of-sight large commercial unmanned aircraft system flights under a two-year certificate of waiver or authorization, Aviation Today reported Tuesday. The COA, which was given to the Northern Plains UAS Test Site, enables General Atomics‘ aeronautical system business …

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has announced plans to expand its North Dakota-based flight test and training center, aiming to satisfy the growing demand for flight crew training and sensor system testing. The company said Thursday it will add 14.5 acres to the 5.5-acre site located at the Grand Sky …

Israel Aerospace Industries and Sierra Nevada Corp. have partnered to jointly develop an unmanned aircraft system with vertical takeoff-and-landing features. The partnership seeks to offer a tactical VTOL UAS to the U.S. defense market as both companies have observed a demand for unmanned aerial platforms that can support military air operations, …

The U.S. Army has chosen a Raytheon-made unmanned aircraft system and radar technology to help the service branch counter drone threats. Raytheon said Tuesday its Coyote UAS is designed to work with the company’s Ku-band radio frequency radar to detect and track adversarial unmanned aircraft. Coyote is a tube-launched vehicle that uses …