All Military UAVs articles – Page 306
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talian-US pairing to bid for UAV contract
Italian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) manufacturer Meteor CAE has announced a teaming agreement with US company General Atomics to offer versions of the Predator UAV to meet the Italian ministry of defence's requirement for a long range and endurance surveillance system. Under the agreement, General Atomics will provide hardware, software ...
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Army bid narrows to six UAV makers
Pentagon procurement chiefs predict around six companies will submit bids this week for the US Army's new contest for a brigade level tactical unmanned aerial vehicle. The contest is yet another twist in the long-running saga and a final admission that previous efforts to procure a single system to meet ...
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UAVs prove value to theatre commanders
The age of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has arrived, a top Pentagon admiral announced in Paris as he revealed details of its key role in recent allied air strikes against Serb forces. Speaking at the annual Shephard Press UAV Conference immediately before the air show, Rear Admiral Robert Nutwell ...
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AlliedSignal selected to power Boeing UCAV
Boeing has chosen the AlliedSignal Aerospace F124 turbofan engine as the powerplant for the Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle (UCAV) Advanced Technology Demonstrator (ATD). Boeing's Phantom Works was recently chosen by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the US Air Force to continue into the second phase of ...
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Builders line up for navy 'vertrep' contract
Helicopter manufacturers are lining up to bid for a three-year vertical replenishment (vertrep) contract in the Mediterranean Sea and Arabian Gulf, following the release by the US Navy of a fresh request for proposals (RfP). Kaman, which will be offering its K-Max heavy lift helicopter, says it expects a firm ...
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Comanche team optimistic of funding increase
Boeing Sikorsky says it is confident that the US Congress will provide an additional $56 million in funding to enable the RAH-66 Comanche helicopter to step up its flight test programme next year. Tom Sheehy, director of the Sikorsky Comanche project office, says the investment is needed both to ramp ...
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Digital domain
The digital revolution is spreading to the battlefield and a leading light, the Comanche, will be on view at Paris Paul Lewis/NASHVILLE The US military is preparing for a warfare revolution by forming the world's first digitised army early next century. At the head of this planned Army XXI ...
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US Army upgrades Apache video systems
The US Army is ordering enhanced TEAC video recording systems for installation on Boeing AH-64 Apaches that may be deployed as part of NATO's campaign in Yugoslavia. The 1st Regiment of the 1st Aviation Battalion, based in Germany, has ordered TEAC VSC-80Bscan-conversion video systems for its 24 Apaches, in a ...
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Coming of age
The high-profile use of UAVs in combat puts them high on the Paris agenda Ramon Lopez/BRISTOL With some unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) - including the Bombardier CL-289, IAI/TRW Hunter, General Atomics RQ-1A Predator (above) and IAI/AAI Pioneer - being put through their paces over Yugoslavia, gathering intelligence in what may prove ...
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Quad TiltRotor under study
Graham Warwick/MONTREAL Bell Boeing is studying a four-proprotor tiltrotor aircraft as a potential replacement for both heavylift helicopters and tactical transports. The initial concept for the Quad TiltRotor (QTR) is to use the wing, nacelles, engines and proprotors from the Bell Boeing V-22, mating them to a modified ...
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Mergers
Aircraft Service International Group (ASIG) has acquired Elsinore Airport Services, which provides ground handling at 23 sites in the USA and the Caribbean. ASIG has ground-handling and fuelling operations in 56 cities in North America and Europe. UK engineering group McKechnie is to acquire US aerospace parts company Walker Sky ...
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Northrop Grumman scoops up Ryan
Northrop Grumman has purchased Ryan Aeronautical for $140 million in cash, in an unexpected move aimed at bolstering its unmanned air vehicle (UAV) activities. Ryan Aeronautical, a division of Allegheny Teledyne, is developing the Global Hawk long endurance surveillance and reconnaissance UAV for the US Air Force. It is ...
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NATO directors split decision on ground surveillance needs
Stewart Penney/LONDON The NATO Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD) has agreed on a twin-track approach to satisfying the Alliance's air-to-ground surveillance (AGS) requirement. A US-led group, including Canada, Denmark and Norway, will move ahead with a two-year project definition phase for a system based on the Northrop Grumman/Raytheon ...
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Powering ahead
A new generation of engines are battling it out for market share. Flight International assesses some of the key players GuyNorris/LOS ANGELES Mojave Airport, in California's high desert, is well known for unusual sights. Among stored airliners, experimental prototypes and rare warbirds, General Electric's Boeing 747 testbed rarely merits ...
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Lockheed Martin team wins MEADS
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC A Lockheed Martin-led team has won a $300 million contract to start developing the Medium Extended Air Defence System (MEADS), a joint programme between Germany, Italy and the USA to field a highly mobile, medium-range battlefield air- defence system. The future of the $12 billion ...
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Lockheed Martin sees focus of UCAV shifting to surveillance
Peter La Franchi/CANBERRA The US Air Force's proposed unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) may see its first operational applications in surveillance and reconnaissance roles rather than strike missions, according to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics president, "Micky" Blackwell. The shift in focus, Blackwell says, is likely to be driven by competing ...
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Congress may use Kosovo cash for Prowler replacement study
Paul Lewis/BETHPAGE The US Congress is expected to use supplemental Kosovo funding to launch a study to replace the Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler electronic jammer aircraft, the limited fleet of which has been severely stretched supporting the Balkan conflict. The US Navy planned to launch a $16 million analysis ...
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Joint-STARS push begins
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC Pressure is mounting to restore the Northrop Grumman E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint-STARS) programme to a 19-aircraft purchase, as two of the four aircraft now in service support the air campaign over Yugoslavia. The Quadrennial Defense Review in 1997 cut six units from ...
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Australian UAV
Bombardier has signed a contract with the Australian Department of Defence worth nearly A$2 million ($1.3 million) for the lease of two CL-327 Guardian rotary wing UAVs and one ground-control station. The two-month lease will support risk mitigation studies, supporting the Australian Army's Joint Project 129 requirement for an airborne ...
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US Army delays release of Tactical UAV RFP
Ramon Lopez/WASHINGTON DC A delay in releasing the final request for proposals (RFP) for the US Army's Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV) fly-off and acquisition has caused a fast-track competition for off-the-shelf close-range systems to slip by several months. The US Army requires an electro-optical infrared payload-equipped TUAV ...