Military UAVs – Page 306
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Marconi goes on the prowl with Predator tie-up
Marconi Avionics has teamed with General Atomics and Bombardier Services to offer unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) capable of meeting future UK Ministry of Defence (MoD)surveillance and communications relay requirements. Proposals will be based around the General Atomics Predator UAV family and will offer a range of payloads to meet ...
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Dutch reconnaissance contest is revamped
The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNAF) has rejigged its DFl203.8 million ($97 million) competition for near-real-time day/night reconnaissance pods for low and medium level operation because none of the offers met its overall specification. State defence secretary Henk van Hoof told parliament that none of the bids meets the ...
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Boeing Sikorsky waits on Comanche funds
Paul Derby Boeing Sikorsky should know by the end of June whether it will be able to ramp up the flight programme for its second prototype RAH-66 Comanche helicopter. Three of the four US congressional committees controlling the US defence budget have approved a $56 million funding increase, ...
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'World's smallest aircraft' on display at show
"It is the smallest aircraft in the world," declares Martyn Cowley of Aerovironment about the Black Widow unmanned aerial vehicle, on display at the Paris air show. Anyone who wants to see the 15cm (6in) wingspan aircraft, it has been on display at the CAC Systemes stand all week ...
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Northrop Grumman lands major radar contracts
Steve Nichols Northrop Grumman has landed at Paris with news of major new contracts for its radar products. The Polish air agency (PATA) needs an update to its airspace management system (AMS) that, when complete, will provide additional flight safety and improved en-route services to Central Europe. ...
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Kosovo windfall for aircraft manufacturers
Tim Ripley Aircraft manufacturers in the USA and Europe are likely to receive a huge windfall from the Kosovo conflict, says a report from top US analysts Forecast International. This will be on top of the $500 million in urgent spending to re-stock USA and UK's arsenals of ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 ...