Unmanned Systems - Defense Update

Recent News:

June 2011:

• AMSTAF – Autonomous, Robotic Security Vehicle
• Missile or UAV? UVision Introduces the WASP
• Globe-i Zooming in to a “Window of Interest”
• ChandlerMay, AME Unveil the Fury 1500 UAV at the Paris Air Show
• U.S. Government Sends the Guardian Predator B to Paris
• Aeronautics Unveils Orbiter 3 at the Paris Airshow
• Air Mules FanCrafts Could Be Operational in Four Years
• Phantom-Eye Prepares for First Flight by this Summer
• Skylark 1LE + Dominator Offer New Benefits for Special Ops
• Indian Police Seeking More Mini-UAVs
• Innocon to sell 50 Micro-Falcon Man Portable UAS in Asia
  
• Hermes 900 UAV Wins First Export Sale

May 2011:

• General Atomics Joins CAE to Offer Predator B UAS to Canada
• Metal Storm Introduces a Non-Lethal / Lethal Weapon System Based
• Northrop Grumman Unveils the FireBird Optionally Piloted Aircraft
• Phantom Ray – Boeing’s Unmanned Fighter is Finally Flying

April 2011:

• iRobot Introduces a New Mini-Robot
• Industry Team Finalizes AGS Negotiation, Anticipates Order Award in July 2011
• Global Observer Crash on Test Flight from Edwards

March 2011:

• Dassault, BAE Systems to Cooperate Developing MALE UAVs
• U.S. Air Force receives the Last Predator
• Frontier to Upgrade Two Hummingbird UAVs for the U.S. Army
• France to Announce MALE Acquisition Decsion Next Week
• X-37B Space Plane Scheduled for 2nd Flight on March 4th

February 2011

• Predator XP Expands into New Markets
• Israel’s Heron TP Could Support French Strategic Intelligence Operations by 2012
• Panther Tilt-Rotor UAV Debut at Aero-India
• Jubilant, Aeronautics Team to Address India’s Growing Need for UAVs
  
• Elbit Systems Seek MALE UAV Opportunities in India
• Elbit Systems Performs Joint Flight Missions of Hermes 450 and Hermes 900 UAV’s
• Indian Army to receive Nishant UAVs
• X-47B Preform First Flight
• E-BCT Program Decisions Announced
• Honeywell Takes T-Hawk for Afghanistan Roadshow

January 2011

• More about the Beast – RQ-170 Sentinel Show Again at Kandahar
• Singaporean Searchers on a Mission in Afghanistan
• nEUROn Subsystems Begin to Assemble at Istres
• Cobham Acquires German EOD-Robot Specialist Telerob
• Wescam Provides a New EO/IR Payload for the Camcopter
• More Hermes-450 UAVs to Brazil
• First flight for the Turkish ANKA Unmanned Aircraft
• Argentine’s Cabure III Small-UAV in Flight Tests
• Special Review: Deadly Weapons for small UAVs

December 2010

• Phantom Ray Delivered to Edwards Prior to First Test Flight
• Fire-X Helicopter Accomplishes First Autonomous Flight
• Horizon Fuel Cell Tested on Elbit Systems’ Skylark I-LE Mini UAV
• Lockheed Martin Awarded $45.8 Million for Unmanned KMAX
• X-37B Unmanned Space Plane Lands at Vandenberg AFB After 220 Days in Space
• Boeing Awarded $30 Million for A160T Transport UAVs to Support U.S. Marines in Afghanistan

November 2010

• U.S. Teams Grab All Prizes at Magic 2010 – Australian Robotic UGV Competition
• Smaller, More Powerful Snake Robot Demonstrated by Technion Lab
• The German Air Force Deploys an Israeli MultiInt System Fusing Manned, Unmanned ISR Sources

October 2010

• U.S. Army to Demonstrate Full Manned-Unmanned Operations Next Year 
• ATK Offers Miniature Precision Guided Weapon for Unmanned Aerial Systems
• U.S. Army to Demonstrate Full Manned-Unmanned Operations Next Year
• RiotBot – Armed For Close Combat
• Decision Time for Cargo UAVs
• The Marines Want Cargo-UAS Now
• Latrun 2010 – Unmanned Systems on Display

September 2010

• Extendable Stick Turns Micro Robot into a Pole Cam
• Vulture Solar-Powered UAV Set For Months long Mission by 2014
• MQ-9 Reaper Lost in the California Mojave Desert
• Runaway FireScout Roams over Washington

August 2010

• Karrar - Iran's New Jet-Powered Recce and Attack Drone
• BirdEye 650LE Mini-UAV Uses Fuel Cell to Fly Six Hour Missions
• Elbit Systems Expands the VIPeR into a Family of Robots
• InSitu Selected for STUAS UAV Program, Potential Future Orders: Over $0.5 Billion 

July 2010

• QinetiQ’s Zephyr solar powered unmanned aircraft soars to new world records
• Autonomous Underwater Vehicles Teamwork Demonstrated by Atlas Elektronik
• FireScout MQ-8B Completes Demonstration Flights in the UAE
• MP-RTIP Multi-Mission Radar Prepared for Testing on the Global Hawk
• Boeing Rolls Out the New Phantom Eye HALE Drone
• TARANIS UCAV Demonstrator Vehicle Rollout
• IAI/Elta receives Two Orders Worth $35 Million for UAV Payloads
• Sky Warrior Moves into Production to Equip the U.S. Army ER/MP Program
• Euro-Hawk Takes Off!
• Global Hawk Prepares for an Aerial Refueling Demonstration

June 2010

• IAI Introduces Tethered Hovering Surveillance Platform
• Thales Introduce Tactical, Multi Purpose Robots, UGVs
• Controp Introduces New EO Payolads for Unmanned, Vehicular Applications
• Indra Develops Rotary-Wing UAV for Extended Battlefield Missions

May 2010

• Air Force Readies new Tactical, Endurance UAVs for Afghanistan
• Boeing Unveils the Phantom Ray UCAV Technology Demonstrator
• General Atomics Proposes Carrier-Based Avenger to the U.S. Navy
• Improving the Shadow
• UAS Dynamics Demonstrates Common Data Link with the STORM
• Israel's Hermes Fleet Enhanced With Additional '450, New '900 Platforms
• Turkish Indigenous MALE UAV Unveiled
• Northrop Grumman, Bell Helicopters Introduce the Fire-X VT-UAV
• Farnborough Intl. to Launch a UAV Flight Display at This Year's Airshow
• More Ravens for the U.S. Army
• U.S. Army Inspects Advanced ScanEagle Capabilities
• New Propellers Could Make Small UAVs Stealthier
• Energy scavenging System Could Power Future Unmanned Systems
• Autonomous Vehicle Navigation Systems (ANS) Matured
• The Army's First Combat Robot - Operational by 2015

April 2010

• Watchkeeper is Flying in the UK
• Mini-Robot Employs Fiery Darts to Neutralize IEDs

March 2010

• Israel, Turkey Resolve Dispute over Heron UAVs
• Boeing Begins Construction of a New HALE Drone
• Israel is Seeking a new UAV to Equip Combat Brigades
• USAF to Convert F-16s into Target Drones
• Pratt & Whitney to Develop an Engine for MQX Class Drones
• 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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