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A subsidiary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has installed a remote control kit into a T-72 tank to support unmanned operations. Kratos said Thursday its Micro Systems business converted a T-72 to be controlled by the Army Ground Aerial Target Control System as part of an effort to help the U.S. Army meet its tank target requirement. AGATCS is a […] More
A Defense Science Board task force has published a report that describes ways to increase the capacity of U.S. undersea assets and manned platforms using unmanned systems. The report titled “Next-Generation Unmanned Undersea Systems” explores how unmanned systems could disrupt adversary strategies and perform operations that are on hold due to lack of assets, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory […] More
A report from IHS Markit forecasts that sales of unmanned ground, sea and aerial vehicles will increase through 2025 as military organizations increasingly use such platforms to conduct missions. IHS Jane’s predicts 63,000 new unmanned aerial vehicles will be sold from 2016 to 2025 and surpass $82 billion in global sales during the 10-year forececast period, IHS Markit said Monday. […] More
Kratos‘ subsidiary Composite Engineering Inc. has been awarded a $17.75 million contract to supply a high performance unmanned aerial target drone system for two separate sites of an international client. CEI, a business unit of Kratos’ unmanned systems division, will also provide BQM-167i unmanned aerial target drone aircraft, support and command and control equipment, spares […] More
Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has demonstrated the new wide-area maritime surface search and identification feature of its unmanned aerial vehicle to the U.K. navy, military officials and industry representatives. Insitu said Tuesday it installed the ViDAR payload in a ScanEagle UAV that was used to conduct various maritime missions during the Royal Navy’s Unmanned Warrior demonstration held in Benbecula, Scotland. […] More
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
Boeing‘s Insitu subsidiary has landed a one-year, $40.7 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from U.S. Special Operations Command to provide Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance services. The Defense Department said Friday SOCOM will obligate $40.7 million from fiscal 2016 operations and maintenance funds for individual task orders to be fulfilled worldwide. DoD noted the sole-source contract works to provide continuity […] More
Booz Allen Hamilton and Xerox‘s PARC subsidiary have partnered to offer technical expertise to government and commercial organizations as both companies aim to help clients address their mission and business challenges. Michael Farber, a Booz Allen executive vice president, said Thursday the alliance will also explore strategies to integrate PARC’s sensor technology and printed electronics offerings into Booz […] More
Textron has introduced an unmanned systems training course catalog designed for both military and commercial customers. The coursework covers topics such as basic aviation and information technology, platform-specific operations and mission and maintenance considerations, Textron said Monday. John Hayward, a Textron senior vice president and general manager, said the catalog is designed to “equip students with […] More
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
Jay McConville, director of business development for unmanned solutions at Lockheed Martin, said the contractor is studying several avenues toward marketing its small unmanned aerial vehicles to civil and commercial clients, the National Defense Magazine reported Monday. Yasmin Tadjdeh writes that the executive, speaking to reporters earlier in the week, highlighted the demand small drones have generated […] More
A MarketsandMarkets report predicts the global market for C4ISR systems will grow at an annual rate of 4.52 percent over the next six years to $133 billion in value by 2020. Systems integration and interoperability requirements could drive market growth and industry is forecast to see higher demand for synthetic aperture radar, mobile, geospatial, cybersecurity, […] More
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