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Unmanned drones, remote-controlled military aircraft designated to play a vital role in combat, took the spotlight at the Farnborough air show this week. Aerospace manufacturers at Farnborough reported brisk sales last year because NATO forces in Afghanistan are already using unmanned aircrafts for intelligence gathering. Companies and analysts said they expect sales of drones to slow less than in other defense aviation sections despite defense budgets worldwide being tightened due to fragile...
VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich., May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Michigan-based team takes first Wolverine engine from concept to production readiness in six months.Wolverine 3 is a purpose-built, heavy fuel engine designed to achieve breakthrough levels of capability, packaging and reliability.First fire in May followed by a summer 2010 test flight.Ricardo Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Ricardo plc, the leading independent provider of technology, product innovation and engineering solutions to the world's...
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- CenTauri Solutions, LLC (CenTauri) announced that it has entered into a Strategic Alliance Agreement with Unmanned Aerial Systems, Inc. (UAS) for the purposes of providing long dwell, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems to the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and the various components of the United States Intelligence Community (IC). Under the Agreement, UAS will provide mission appropriate models of its Nightwind...
ARLINGTON, Va., April 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Logos Technologies, Inc. announced that it successfully demonstrated its Light Weight Expeditionary Airborne Persistent Surveillance (LEAPS) system during the Operational Adaptation Developmental Test-02 in Swansboro, NC. LEAPS development is funded by the Office of Naval Research to provide a light-weight, persistent-surveillance capability for the Navy and Marine Corps. The LEAPS system is the most recent Logos effort in persistent surveillance, an...
With funding from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, engineers at Boston University are working on a theoretical approach to improve automated mission control and decision-making for fleets of unmanned aerial vehicles.While unmanned systems currently rely on the automation of low-level functions, such as navigation, stabilization and trajectory, operating these systems is still quite labor-intensive for Air Force pilots given the variable flying conditions experienced by UAVs.The BU...
Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday that rival drone programs from nations like Iran are not a threat to coveted US drone technologies, which he hopes he can export to allies, despite legal setbacks, according to a Reuters report. Testifying at a Senate hearing, Gates said it should be in the US's best interest to try to help friendly nations get drone technology, despite the limitations on exports imposed by an international agreement. Gates added that other countries are very...
SAN LOUIS OBISPO, Calif., March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Mr. James "Jay" McConville has been named President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AeroMech Engineering, Inc. (AME). The announcement was made today by Jesse May, President and CEO of Chandler/May, Inc., the parent company of AME. Thomas Akers, founder and current CEO, will serve as AME's Chairman of the Board. In making the announcement Mr. May said: "Jay is the right executive to move AME into the promising future it has secured due...
SYRACUSE, N.Y., March 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) received a low-rate initial production contract valued at $171.8 million from Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems in Bethpage, NY, for four AN/APY-9 Airborne Early Warning (AEW) radar systems and spare parts. The radar systems will be integrated into the U.S. Navy's new E-2D Advanced Hawkeye aircraft. "The APY-9 radar will provide unprecedented capability to the U.S. Navy and allied forces operating in the littorals to...
New technology that enables aerial vehicles to plan and verify missions could mean there is less need for military personnel to conduct dangerous surveillance operations in war zones.Developed for use in multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (MUAVs), the sophisticated autonomous computer framework - the first of its kind - allows one operator to control a number of vehicles from a safe position on the ground. It would also make surveillance missions significantly cheaper. The EPSRC (Engineering...
OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dr. Stuart A. Bussey, President of the Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD), praised Judge Frank Roesch's decision on Thursday to grant back pay for time lost to furloughs to doctors who are paid from sources other than the State's general fund. "He looked at the facts we presented and he made the right decision," stated Dr. Bussey. Dr. Bussey criticized the decision to furlough those doctors in the first place: "It never...
