Unmanned Systems - Defense Update

Recent News:

March 2010

• New U.S. Tactical UAS Opportunities Could be Worth $2.6 Billion
• 'Pay per View' Plane Supports Special Forces Training

February 2010

• A Bigger BAT is on the Loose
• Poland is Buying Israeli Aerostar UAVs
• More Incentives for USAF UAV 'Air Crews'
• FireScout Demonstrates Unique Capabilities during Army Experiment
• Unmanned Cargo Lifters
• Armed Scouts to Become Unmanned?
• France Evaluates S-100 VTUAVs for Land, Coastal, Urban Roles
• Elbit Systems Unveils UAS Intelligence Management Center
• Singaporean-Israeli JV Announced
• Israel's Third UAV Squadron to Operate 'Strategic UAV'

January 2010

• Sky Warrior Evaluation Unit Deploys to Iraq
• BAE Systems, NOAA Test Flight the Coyote Maritime UAV
• Pakistan to Receive Shadow 200 UAVs
• Russian Security Forces Negotiate for Israeli UAVs
• Army Axes Two Robotic Systems - Terminates Class IV UAV and MULE
• South Korea OffersUVS, Missile Technology to the UAE
• Air Mule Completes Initial Series of Hover Tests
• Airborne Communications Relay Could Become Primary Mission for Tactical UAVs
• Japan Tests an Air-Launched Multi-Purpose Stealth UAV

November 2009

• First Flight of the Elbit Systems Hermes 900 UAV
• $303 million Awarded for five Global Hawk UVS
• X-47B Remains on Schedule for Sea Trials despite First Flight Delay
• Turkey, Israel in Disagreement over UAV Contract
• DARPA Team Demonstrates a Morphing Robot
• Flight Series Completes Mantis' Technical Evaluation Phase
• ScanEagle to get MAD Hunting for Submarines
• French, German Troops Experiment Advanced Warfighting Techniques Using Robotics

October 2009

• Yellow Jacket Fuses MASINT, IMINT, UAVs to Hunt IEDs
• DARPA's Foliage-Penetrating Radar Tested on A160T
• PacBot Operators get the 'Novint Touch'
• IAI Introduces REX, an Infantry Friendly Robot
• Hightech Road Warriors
• Army Aviation Expands Helicopter - Unmanned Systems Cooperation

September 2009

• G-NIUS Expands Guardium Family with Logistics Carrier Variant
• IAI Shows Progress with Mosquito Micro UAV
• Israel Embarks on a development of advanced UGV

August 2009

• Unmanned Vehicles Having a Field Day at AUVSI's 5th Unmanned Systems Demonstration
• Brazilian Federal Police Evaluates Israel's Heron UAVs

July 2009

• Patroller UAV Completes Flight Testing Campaign
• Dominator II - an Unmanned DA-42 Performs First Flight
• Excalibur VTOL UCAV Demonstrated in Flight

June 2009

• Northrop Grumman Displays BAMS Modelled Global-Hawk
• Unmanned Assets Could Save 75% of Cost of Anti-Piracy Operations
• Elbit Systems Unveils Hermes90
• Israeli Unmanned Helicopters and Urban Mules
• Israel Displays new Small UAVs
• Israeli Medium Altitude, Long Endurance Platforms
• U.S. Southern Command Evaluates the role of UAVs in Counter Drug Operations
• Unmanned Power Gliders Assume Long Endurance Surveillance Patrols
• IAI/Elta has unveiles TASCAN targeting pod
• EADS Unveils Advanced UAV at the Paris Airshow
• India Orders HAROP Loitering Weapon for $100 Million
• Loitering Weapons are making a Comeback
• Heron MALE UAVs Assume maritime Surveillance Roles
• Delilah - The IAF Loitering Missile
• Stealthy, Persistent, Perch and Stare Air Vehicle System (SP2S)
• Boeing Submits Proposal for USMC Unmanned Cargo Aircraft Demonstration
• Pentagon’s unmanned systems spending Tops $5.4 billion in FY2010
• Horizon Introduces a Lightweight Fuel cell for UAVs
• Rafael introduces RecceLite wide area Recce pod for UAV’s
• More than Just a Weather Forecast

May 2009

• Saab, Swiss UAV Partner to Offer a Combined Family of VTOL UAVs
• QinetiQ Awarded $45 Million to Produce Seven Zephyrs for the U.S. Navy
• GD, Elbit Systems' form Joint Venture to Market UAS in the USA
• IAI Introduces a Naval Rotary UAV at IMDEX 09
• 'Phantom Ray' to Revive Boeing's X-45C Unmanned Combat Aircraft
• SIGINT Payload for Enhanced Desert Hawk III Mini-UAVs

April 2009

• Boeing, Northrop Grumman to Develop New Unmanned Systems
• Northrop Grumman Acquires Swift Engineering KillerBee UAS Line
• DARPA Contracts Lockheed Martin to Build High Altitude, Long Endurance Airship
• Avenger - A Stealthy Combat UAV from General Atomics
• UAV Sale Marks a New Milestone in Russian-Israeli Defense Relations
• Raven UAV Demonstrates Persistent Surveillance on a 30 Hour Mission

March 2009

• Future Combat Systems UVS Complete Preliminary Design Reviews
• Israel Unveils Loitering Anti-Missile Drone
• Herons, Eagles and Reapers Soar over Afghanistan

February 2009

• USAF Develops Aerial Refuelling Support for Unmanned Systems
• New Datalink Quadruples Raven's Operability

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• 2007-2008
• 2005-2006