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Pentagon Announces $248M Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Contract
Posted on Jan 4, 2013 | No CommentsOn Thursday, the U.S. Department of Defense announced the award of a $248 million firm-fixed-price contract for “manufacturing, testing, packaging, marking, storage and shipping services.” The award is to... -
IAF Award Training and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Contracts to Elbit Systems
Posted on Jan 3, 2013 | No CommentsThe Israeli air force has awarded Elbit Systems a contract worth about $90 million to supply it with additional Hermes 900 unmanned air systems within the next three years. Announced... -
Iran Exporting Reverse-Engineered UAVs to it Allies
Posted on Jan 3, 2013 | No CommentsIran has reported the export of indigenous unmanned aerial vehicles. Officials said the Teheran regime has exported several models of UAVs to allies in the Middle East and Africa. They... -
Syria Accused of Adapting MiG-21 for Unmanned Chemical Warfare
Posted on Jan 3, 2013 | No CommentsSyria’s air force has adapted the Mikoyan MiG-21 fighter to be flown unmanned and to carry chemical warfare materials, intelligence analysts have claimed. On 21 June 2012, Syrian pilot Col... -
Indonesia Develop New UAV to Assist with Forest Protection
Posted on Jan 2, 2013 | No Comments“The new UAV named Wulung, produced by the Office of Technology Assessment and Application (BPPT) in Indonesia, has already demonstrated its capability after undergoing testing in November 2012. “The Wulung UAV... -
Diggers in Afghanistan get help from Shadow UAV
Posted on Jan 2, 2013 | No CommentsTHIS small grey aircraft may look like a toy but it is saving lives in Afghanistan by limiting the need for Australians to head out of their fortified base and... -
Japan Seeking US Unmanned Global Hawks for Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Posted on Jan 2, 2013 | No CommentsThe Japanese government has embarked on a plan to acquire the Global Hawk a high-altitude, long-distance (HALE) unmanned surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft from the United States. Tokyo expects the new... -
Kratos to Provide Specialized Ground Equipment for Unmanned Aerial Systems Programs
Posted on Jan 2, 2013 | No CommentsKratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, has announced that its Unmanned Systems Solutions (USS) division has recently been awarded contracts totaling $8.7 million to... -
Lockheed Building UAV Capabilities with CDL Systems Purchase
Posted on Jan 2, 2013 | No CommentsLockheed Martin has announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of CDL Systems Ltd., a software engineering firm that specializes in the development and licensing of vehicle control... -
Russian Military Test Lightweight Iskatel UAV
Posted on Dec 11, 2012 | No CommentsRussia’s airborne forces VDV have started state acceptance trials of the new Iskatel (Searcher) lightweight unmanned aerial vehicle system, the system’s makers said. “The VDV’s 106th division has started testing...
