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  • Icarus Aerospace Exhibits Public Safety-Tailored Version of Boeing-Made UAS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Icarus Aerospace Exhibits Public Safety-Tailored Version of Boeing-Made UAS

    Training firm Icarus Aerospace exhibited its work on a Boeing-made unmanned helicopter geared for public safety operations during the National Sheriffs’ Association Winter Technology Conference, Commercial UAV News reported Saturday. The newly unveiled version of the S-100 Camcopter is designed to support search and rescue, resupply, disaster response and surveillance operations, the report noted.

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  • DHS Seeks Info on Counter-Drone Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Seeks Info on Counter-Drone Systems

    The Department of Homeland Security has issued a request for information from potential providers of counter-unmanned aircraft systems in a move to address security concerns over hostile drones. DHS said Monday in a FedBizOpps notice its science and technology directorate will use the collected data to assess and identify commercial-off-the-shelf counter-UAS platforms in 2019 that could be […] More

  • Bell, NASA Enter Into UAS Flight Demo Cooperative Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bell, NASA Enter Into UAS Flight Demo Cooperative Agreement

    Textron’s Bell subsidiary has signed a cooperative agreement with NASA to design, build and integrate an unmanned aircraft system for the agency’s planned 2020 flight demonstration effort in national airspace. Bell will lead a team composed of Textron Systems, Xwing and the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Center for Collaborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere to demonstrate potential commercial missions […] More

  • General Atomics, PAE ISR, Bell Selected as NASA UAS Dev't & Demo Partners - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics, PAE ISR, Bell Selected as NASA UAS Dev’t & Demo Partners

    NASA will collaborate with General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business, PAE ISR and Textron‘s Bell subsidiary on a two-year project to demonstrate commercial unmanned aircraft systems through various flight missions. The space agency said Wednesday it selected the three UAS developers to conduct multiple flight demonstrations at an altitude of more than 500 feet by 2020 under cooperative agreements worth up to […] More

  • Kratos Conducts UAS Demo Flight Series; Eric DeMarco Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Conducts UAS Demo Flight Series; Eric DeMarco Comments

    A Kratos Defense and Security Solutions division has demonstrated a company-built jet unmanned aircraft system during a series of flights. Kratos said Wednesday the flight series aimed to validate multiple functions that previous UAS platforms of the same category were not able to exhibit. The jet UAS is currently under production and has been deployed to multiple clients worldwide. Eric […] More

  • xG Subsidiary Provides Video Technology for K2 Law Enforcement Drone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    xG Subsidiary Provides Video Technology for K2 Law Enforcement Drone

    xG Technology‘s IMT Vislink subsidiary will provide encrypted HD video downlink technology for a new law enforcement drone developed by K2 Unmanned Systems. The Knight Hawk drone was released during the Pasadena Police Department’s 29th APSA Fly-In Training event that took place Wednesday at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., xG said Friday. The IMT Vislink technology is designed to collect […] More

  • Intelleuron Secures DHS Funds to Build, Test UAS Reconnaissance Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelleuron Secures DHS Funds to Build, Test UAS Reconnaissance Tech

    Intelleuron will design, build and test a reconnaissance technology to aid in Customs and Border Protection operations as part of a $199,977 contract from the Department of Homeland Security. DHS said Tuesday the company aims to produce a portable small UAS designed to help CBP agents detect potential threats across different types of terrain and weather. The department awarded the project using […] More

  • AeroVironment Gets Quality Management System Certification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AeroVironment Gets Quality Management System Certification

    AeroVironment has received ISO 9001:2015/AS9100D certification for the quality management system the company uses across its unmanned aircraft, tactical missile, electric vehicle charging and power cycling and test systems businesses. SAI Global issued the certificate that covers AeroVironment’s design, development, operational performance, production and support processes, the UAS manufacturer said Friday. Wahid Nawabi, president and CEO of AeroVironment, […] 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

  • Report: Google, DoD Partner to Develop AI Tech for UAS Footage Analysis - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Google, DoD Partner to Develop AI Tech for UAS Footage Analysis

    Google and the Defense Department have teamed up to develop an artificial intelligence technology that would aid analysis of footage collected through unmanned aircraft systems, Gizmodo reported Tuesday. An anonymous Google spokesperson told Gizmodo that the company will provide TensorFlow application programming interfaces to help DoD analysts identify objects in UAS footage as part of the department’s Project Maven. […] More

  • Leonardo-Built Tactical UAS Reaches 15,000 Flying Hours Milestone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leonardo-Built Tactical UAS Reaches 15,000 Flying Hours Milestone

    A Leonardo-built family of unmanned aircraft systems has achieved more than 15,000 hours of operational flight with five international customers. Leonardo said Monday the Falco line of remotely-piloted air vehicles first flew in 2003 and has since expanded to include more than 50 RPAs that conduct surveillance and intelligence-gathering worldwide. Customers can choose to fly their […] More