ThayerMahan has received a four-year, $19.4M contract with the Office of Naval Research for the development and enhancement of autonomous, acoustic and electronic search technologies.
Raytheon and airspace intelligence platformAirMap are combining expertise and services to explore projects intended to help the drone industry integrate their products into the national airspace system.
Textron has finished test flights of a newly configured multimission unmanned aircraft system slated to join the U.S. Army fleet sometime in 2020, Aviation International News reported Monday. Shadow's Block III tests occurred at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico over a five-week period. The configuration includes a new engine, an updated video payload from L3 Technologies' Wescam business and advanced communications technology.
ARaytheon-developed counter-drone platform has achieved an initial operational capability status from the U.S. Army that will enable the product to be fielded for combat operations.
Boeing has contractedBAE Systems to supply vehicle control and detection systems to operate the former’s MQ-25 aerial refueling drone for the U.S. Navy.
Parker Aerospace has received an industry contract to provide the flight control tail actuator, a mechanical device that converts energy, forBoeing’s unmanned aerial refueler.
The Federal Aviation Administration is seeking white papers from industry for the development of tools to support integration of unmanned aircraft systems into the national airspace system.
Military commanders and civilian air traffic controllers need new technology platforms to help detect and counter rogue drones flying over sports stadiums, airports and military installations. “This is very fast-moving from a technology standpoint,†Todd Probert, vice president of mission support and modernization at Raytheon's intelligence, information and services business, said of drones.
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory deployed a testing system that helps evaluate unmanned aerial vehicles in GPS-denied environments to support the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s “collaborative autonomy†effort.
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has secured a nine-month, $36.4M modification for unmanned air system intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance support services. The company offers its MQ-9 Reaper UAS services to support Task Force Southwest and Marine Corps operations taking place outside continental U.S., the Department of Defensesaid Thursday.