All United States articles – Page 191
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AUVSI: Lockheed integrates xGCS with Fury UAV
Lockheed Martin has operated its Fury unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with its new expeditionary ground control station (xGCS), a pairing the company says will better allow Fury operators to fly the aircraft in remote regions.
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AUVSI: NOAA looks to UAVs to improve forecasting, monitor remote ocean regions
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) plans to expand its use of unmanned air vehicles (UAV) to improve weather forecasting and better predict the behavior of dangerous storms.
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AUVSI: Desert Hawk gains endurance, updated software and systems
Lockheed Martin has completed a series of upgrades that it says give its Desert Hawk unmanned aerial system (UAS) greater endurance and make the system better able to integrate future capabilities.
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AUVSI: Growth of small UAV industry could raise new regulatory challenges
The proliferation of potential missions for small unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) in recent years has surprised even industry members and may be catching regulators off guard, says a speaker at AUVSI’s annual conference on 12 May.
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AUVSI: Yahama showcases FAZER unmanned helicopter
Yamaha Motor Corporation (booth 1709) is using this year's AUVSI exhibition to show off its new Fazer unmanned air vehicle (UAV).
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AUVSI: Stark Aerospace plots renewed push into US UAV market
Mississippi-based Stark Aerospace (booth 951) is making a new push in the North American market for unmanned air systems after a relatively quiet few years.
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AUVSI: Saab integrates MSIC system with Skeldar UAV
Saab’s medium-range Skeldar unmanned air vehicle (UAV) has been integrated with the company’s multi-sensor intelligence cell (MSIC), a ground-based system that collects and analyses intelligence data, says Saab.
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AUVSI: Indago enters production, Lockheed targets US farmers
Lockheed Martin (booth 437) has begun selling its Indago small unmanned air vehicle (UAV) to US agricultural customers, despite the prevailing climate of regulatory uncertainty surrounding their commercial use.
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AUVSI: Sagetech wins US Navy contract for IFF transponders
The US Navy is keen on modernizing some of its unmanned air vehicles (UAVs) with military-grade micro-mode transponders from electronic systems manufacturer Sagetech (booth 928).
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AUVSI: Oklahoma and industry prepare for FAA’s green light on UAVs
Despite not being home to any of the six unmanned air vehicle (UAV) test sites selected last year by the US Federal Aviation Administration, Oklahoma is moving forward with plans intended to make it a leader in the technology once the FAA opens US airspace to unmanned aircraft.
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AUVSI: Uncertainties surround reported UAV and airliner airprox
Industry association AUVSI has cautioned against drawing conclusions from a reported near collision between a US commercial airliner and an unmanned air vehicle (UAV) before all the facts in the case are known.
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VIDEO: Company releases helicopter-ambulance test flight video
Advanced Tactics, a small aerospace company based in El Segundo, California, has released a video of its first test flight of the Black Knight Transformer, an unmanned vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) vehicle that morphs into an ambulance in order to evacuate wounded troops from an urban battlefield.
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Sikorsky wins US presidential helicopter contract
Sikorsky has been picked to build the next fleet of US presidential helicopters, with its VXX win achieved with a version of the S-92.
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US Army begins grounding Kiowas, seeks buyers
The US Army has started grounding some of its Bell Helicopter OH-58 Kiowa Warriors and is now seeking buyers for the aircraft, including possible foreign customers.
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First flight achieved by an F-16 for Iraq
Lockheed Martin announces that the first F-16 Fighting Falcon destined for the Iraq Air Force has achieved first flight.
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Lufthansa Technik opens third aircraft inspection site in USA
Lufthansa Technik has opened a new location for aircraft production inspection in North Charleston, South Carolina.
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Lockheed wins VADER contract
Lockheed Martin has received a roughly $25 million contract to integrate a vehicle and dismounted exploitation radar (VADER) system into a King Air 350ER.
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Lockheed pitches F-35 technology for US Army’s future vertical lifter
Lockheed Martin showcased an F-35 flight simulator at the Army Aviation Association of America’s conference this week, in an effort to promote technology that could be integrated into future army aircraft.
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ANALYSIS: Industry takes hope as FAA challenges UAV ruling
To Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials, aerial videographer Raphael “Trappy” Pirker was a scofflaw with a 2.27kg (5lb) Ritewing Zephyr II glider and a mounted GoPro camera.
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Aurora beats Lockheed bid to develop iPad-based UAS controller
Aurora Flight Sciences has won a $13.7 million US Navy contract to complete development of a prototype system that allows an untrained operator to land an unmanned helicopter using a software application on an Apple iPad mini.