DCS has won a 20-month, $7.5M task order under a basic ordering agreement from the Naval Air Systems Command to develop the fifth version of a flight clearance system.
Read More »Drone Aviation Completes Video Distribution Tech for Mobile Aerostat System
Drone Aviation has concluded the development and delivery of a plug and play video distribution update kit that works to support a mobile aerostat platform built by the company.
Read More »Drone Aviation Ships Small Aerostat Systems for CBP Effort
Drone Aviation Holding has delivered new aerostat units to a prime contractor for an effort with U.S Customs and Border Protection.
Read More »Drone Aviation to Update Army Tactical Aerostat Platform
Drone Aviation has begun to update a tactical aerostat platform with a new technology designed to secure communication waveforms that soldiers use to connect during battlefield missions.
Read More »Drone Aviation Gets Additional DoD Tactical Aerostat Order
Drone Aviation will provide an additional tactical aerostat system and operator training support to the Defense Department under a potential $1.7 million contract. The company said Monday it expects to deliver the multimission Winch Aerostat Small Platform to DoD by the end of the third quarter. The order also covers multifrequency and multiwaveform …
Read More »Drone Aviation to Build More Aerostat Systems for DoD Client
Drone Aviation has received a potential $800,000 order from an unspecified Defense Department client to supply additional units of an updated tactical aerostat platform designed to aid intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. The Winch Aerostat Small Platform will support the DoD customer’s use of communications, daylight and thermal payload capacities, …
Read More »Drone Aviation Installs ISR Equipment on DoD’s Tactical Airship Platform
Drone Aviation has integrated government-furnished intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance equipment onto a company-built tactical airship platform as part of a $346,000 contract from the Defense Department. The company said Wednesday it added communications and optical sensor systems to the Winch Aerostat Small Platform in an effort to increase the platform’s flexibility to perform missions and address ISR support requirements. WASP is …
Read More »Drone Aviation to Integrate Communications Sensor in DoD Tactical Aerostats
Drone Aviation has received a $200,000 contract to integrate communications sensors into the Defense Department‘s tactical aerostats in an effort to extend range and support for reconnaissance missions. The sensors are built to help the Winch Aerostat Small Platform provide users communication payloads and additional ISR functions such as voice and data network range extensions and reconnaissance services, the …
Read More »Drone Aviation Lands Subcontract for Sensor Suite Integration on DoD-Owned WASP Tactical Aerostats
Drone Aviation has received a $125,000 subcontract from a Defense Department contractor for equipment and engineering services and work to integrate sensor suite for aerial applications on a DoD-operated fleet of tactical aerostats. Drone Aviation said Thursday it will integrate contractor-produced sensors onto the Winch Aerostat Small Platform tactical aerostats that support U.S. Army soldier training operations …
Read More »Drone Aviation to Support DoD Aerostat Systems Updates Under BAE Subcontract
Drone Aviation has secured a $194,000 contract from BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary to support update work on the Defense Department‘s fleet of Winch Aerostat Small Platform tactical aerostat systems. Drone Aviation said Wednesday this subcontract from BAE Systems Inc. builds on a previous DoD contract awarded to Drone Aviation in early March for a series of second-generation WASP systems. …
Read More »Drone Aviation to Provide 2nd-Gen Aerostat Systems to DoD; Jay Nussbaum Comments
Drone Aviation has landed a $780,000 contract to provide the second generation of its tactical aerostat systems to the Defense Department. The company said Monday DoD is its first customer for the upgraded Winch Aerostat Small Platform aerostat system. WASP works to capture day/night video and provide an extended wireless communication range. Drone …
Read More »Drone Aviation to Provide L-3 Comm Package for BAE’s Aerostat Upgrade Contract
BAE Systems has selected Drone Aviation Corp. to provide parts and services for the upgrade of two Winch Aerostat Small Platform systems of the U.S. Army‘s Space and Missile Defense Command Battle Lab. DAC said Wednesday it will also work with L-3 Communications subsidiary L-3 Communication Systems-West to integrate the new WASP electro-optical and infrared …
Read More »Drone Aviation to Provide Aerostat Equipment to Army; Felicia Hess Comments
Drone Aviation Holding Corp. will provide the U.S. Army with aerostat-related equipment for the service’s Blimp in a Box systems to support mobile communications and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations. The company said Tuesday the contract includes provisions for “lighter-than-air” helium-based aerial assets, which the Defense Department, Transportation Department and some state and local law enforcement …
Read More »Into the Next Frontier: Drones to be Smaller, Better, Closer to Home
Drones have widely been used overseas in war and surveillance efforts, but now they could make an appearance closer to one’s house. Alastair Leithead of BBC, reported that while the U.S. has thousands of drones in use and spends billions in their development, it is still looking at ways to advance the …
Read More »Hackers Take to the Skies
Researchers Richard Perkins and Mike Tassey unveiled a new drone that takes cyber snooping to new heights — literally. During this week’s Black Hat Security Conference in Las Vegas, the two security consultants for Wall Street presented their remote-controlled spy plane, which can steal information from vulnerable Wi-Fi networks, initiate …
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