Tag Archives: UAS

UAS Cluster Initiative Announces New Program Manager

The Unmanned Aerial Systems Cluster Initiative (UASCI) is pleased to announce Emily Bell has joined our team as Program Manager. In this role, she will oversee program development and implementation to support organizational and ecosystem growth. Ms. Bell brings to the role nearly two decades of program and organizational management …

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MSU continues UAS development with $18.7M contract from U.S….

Mississippi State University (MSU) has once again been tapped to lead a major uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) research, testing and evaluation project on behalf of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Homeland Security’s Office of Procurement Operations, on behalf of the DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), has awarded …

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Thread awarded $1.2M for UAS Research & Development at GFAFB

Senator John Hoeven on January 6th announced that Thread, formerly known as Airtonomy, a North Dakota technology startup, has received a $1.2 million award under the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop an unmanned aerial system (UAS) solution that will enhance perimeter security at the Grand Forks …

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FAA announces new Executive Director of UAS Integration Offi…

By David H. Boulter, FAA Associate Administrator (A) for Aviation Safety | December 27, 2022 On December 15th, the FAA announced the new Executive Director of the UAS Integration Office, Jeffrey Vincent, who will be joining the AVS Management Team in January. Jeffrey has extensive experience in working across the agency …

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Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract to Provide UAS to UK Army

The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded Lockheed Martin a 10-year contract to provide the British Army with uncrewed Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) services, including sophisticated targeting, and automated target and threat recognition enabled by the latest Artificial Intelligence technology. The contract supports highly skilled jobs across multiple sites …

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uAvionix Announces new Multi-Frequency C2 Solutions for UAS …

uAvionix announced an updated product line offering for Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) Command and Control (C2).  The SkyLine™ C2 management platform ecosystem is headlined by muLTElink™, an industry first combination of LTE technology with broadcast radio frequency (RF) radios which permit dynamic selection of the best …

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Elbit Systems Selected to Supply UAS to the Australian Army

Elbit Systems of Australia was selected to provide the Australian Army with the Skylark I LEX Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) equipped with Electro Optical and Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B) system. With a certified ADS-B system, Elbit Systems of Australia will support the Australian Army achieve wider use cases …

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GA-ASI Flies Autonomous Collaboration Using Avenger UAS

On Nov. 17, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) paired a company-owned MQ-20 Avenger® Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) with a Sabreliner, operated by Lockheed Martin and acting as a surrogate fighter, and two F-5 Advanced Tigers (AT) from Tactical Air Support configured with internal TacIRST sensors, to perform multi-platform infrared sensing. …

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Matador UAS Consortium highlights drones for infrastructure

In a nation where a good amount of its infrastructure is more than 30 years old, cost-effective and efficient inspections, maintenance, and repair of critical infrastructure is becoming more and more necessary. MissionGO, a leader in uncrewed aircraft systems production and operations, performed a series of uncrewed aircraft vehicle (UAV …

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Elbit Systems Awarded $72M Contract to Supply Hermes 900 UAS

Elbit Systems Ltd. (NASDAQ:ESLT and TASE: ESLT) (“Elbit Systems”) announced that it was awarded a contract valued at $72 million to supply Hermes™ 900 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and training capabilities to an international customer. The contract will be performed over a two-year period.  Under the contract, Elbit Systems will supply Hermes 900 …

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