All articles by Stephen Trimble – Page 152
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AUVSI: Germany to lease Israeli unmanned aircraft systems, GA-ASI says
Germany's military has rejected a proposal to buy Predator B unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) made by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc (GA-ASI), the...
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General Atomics defends Predator C strategy
The head of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has defended the company's strategy on the Predator C Avenger for the MQ-X follow-on contract even as US...
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AUVSI: Northrop lifts veil on Bat UAV strategy, settles dispute over Raytheon KillerBee
The Bat family of UAVs that Northrop Grumman acquired four months ago from race car-maker Swift Engineering will be offered for widely ranging applications,...
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AUVSI: GA-ASI makes second push for naval Predator B
Almost a year and a half after losing the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance contract, the head of General Atomics Aeronautical Systems...
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AUVSI: AAI goes public with STUAS competition rumors
The AAI Corp Aerosonde Mk 4.7 completed a two-day flying demonstration required to win a major contract without a mishap, apparently alone among its competitors...
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AUVSI: X-47B ferry flight focus of flap
Northrop Grumman disagrees with a US Navy decision to not fly the first X-47B across the USA next year....
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AUVSI: US Army revives and improves Viper Strike for MQ-5B
The US Army has restored funding for an improved version of the Northrop Grumman Viper Strike munition for UAVs, with the first weapons scheduled to be delivered...
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AUVSI: USN moves closer to awarding STUAS deal
The battle for perhaps the last major contract to supply UAVs to the US forces for several years has entered an intense final...
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US forces plot new role for unmanned cargo resupply
Unmanned aircraft systems are set to challenge the primacy of manned helicopters for yet a new mission area: cargo resupply. The US Marine...
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AUVSI: Boeing proposes Schiebel S-100 for US special forces contract
A requirement to supply an "expeditionary UAS" (EUAS) for US special forces will be the first competitive test of a new marketing agreement signed by Boeing...
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NewsAUVSI: Northrop Grumman attacks appropriations staffer for RQ-4 funding cut
A Northrop Grumman executive yesterday stunned journalists by criticizing by name a staff member for the powerful House Appropriations Committee...
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AUVSI: Boeing/Insitu names Canada as possible Integrator customer
Canada may become Boeing/Insitu's first export customer for the Integrator UAS. Canada signed a contract in May for Insitu to supply the ScanEagle...
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AUVSI: Boeing steps up lobbying pressure for A160 earmark
Boeing has launched a "full-court press" on Congress members to earmark funds in the Fiscal 2010 defense budget to help the A160 Hummingbird program survive...
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AUVSI: F/A-18 may perform 'hands-off' carrier landings by 2011
A Boeing F/A-18D Hornet may perform the first "hands-off" approaches and landings to an aircraft carrier within two years, the US Navy says. The F/A-18D...
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AUVSI: New FLIR sensors do more with less
FLIR Systems (booth 410) today will unveil three new products aimed at making its increasingly broad range of gimbaled sensors ever smaller and ever more...
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NewsAUVSI: Lockheed/Kaman team and Boeing to face off for cargo UAV contract
The US Marine Corps announced on the eve of the convention that the Boeing A160T Hummingbird and the Lockheed Martin/Kaman K-MAX helicopters will compete...
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AUVSI: Boeing, Schiebel poised to reveal S-100 tie-up
Boeing is likely today to announce the Schiebel S-100 unmanned helicopter as a new partner in the UAV market. Although the company has not confirmed...
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AUVSI: L-3 flexes MALE muscle with Mobius
L-3 Communications has unveiled the optionally manned Mobius aircraft, launching the firm into the hotly contested market for medium-altitude, long-endurance...
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AUVSI: Brock seeking follow-on deal for Havoc small UAS
An Arizona-based start-up firm hopes to win a two-year contract by the end of August to complete development of a new small unmanned air system...
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AUVSI: Battery-powered XFC completes extra-long flight
The US Naval Research Laboratory has demonstrated a new, battery-powered unmanned air vehicle that can fly about 7h after being launched from a ship...