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High level meeting to decide way forward for Australian Defence Force tactical UAVs

September 23, 2008
Key decisions on the capability targets and acquisition method for the relaunch of the Australian army’s troubled Joint Project 129 tactical UAVs are expected to be made by the end of this month with senior defence leaders meeting in Canberra 25 September to finalise core requirements. By Peter La F...

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Adaptive Materials successfully powers robot

September 23, 2008
Adaptive Materials, the leading innovator in portable solid oxide fuel cell technology, recently completed successful testing of its hybrid system for small ground robots, a key milestone in the company’s 2-year project. With support from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Adapti...

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Northrop Grumman's MQ-8B Fire Scout VUAS Demonstrates Multi-Mode Maritime Radar Capability

September 23, 2008
Northrop Grumman Corporation has demonstrated radar capability on its company-owned MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Air System (VUAS) designated as "P6." The flight demonstrated Fire Scout's ability to search for, detect, and track multiple targets during a test surveillance mission.

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QinetiQ North America appoints new VP of Unmanned Systems

September 23, 2008
QinetiQ North America has appointed Donald Hazelwood as Vice President of Unmanned Systems at its Systems Engineering Group.

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AAI's new technologies support NATO Interoperability Standards for Unmanned Air and Ground Vehicles

September 19, 2008
AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, successfully demonstrated several new technologies for command-and-control of unmanned air and ground vehicles during the first week of August at Redstone Arsenal in Alabama.

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Denel unveils Seeker 400

September 18, 2008
South Africa’s Denel Dynamics has unveiled its latest UAV at Africa Aerospace and Defence 2008. The latest iteration of the Seeker family, the Seeker 400, updates the company’s UAV capabilities and is some 30 percent larger than the existing Seeker II. By Darren Lake, Cape Town

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U S Air Force develops plan for filling unmanned aircraft system positions

September 18, 2008
Air Force leaders are taking a two-pronged approach to address the increasing need for pilots of unmanned aircraft systems in Afghanistan and Iraq, an Air Force official said recently.

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IMCA give their global view on ROV personnel statistics

September 18, 2008
Statistics on the number of ROV personnel working across the industry world-wide have been produced by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA). This new analysis uses information supplied by member organisations on personnel working on two dates in 2007, in February and August, on a ...

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Raytheon develops UAS ground solution to meet Air Force intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance needs

September 18, 2008
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has developed an advanced common ground control system, or CGCS, for the U.S. Air Force to address mission capability needs for the Predator unmanned aircraft system.

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Transformable Dragon Runner SUGV Makes Its Debut

September 18, 2008
QinetiQ North America’s Technology Solutions Group today launches its new Dragon Runner Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle (Dragon Runner SUGV). Dragon Runner SUGV is the first fully modular ground robot system capable of both quick reconnaissance and improvised explosive device (IED) disarmament in urba...

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