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• Uncrewed Vehicles

  AUVSI 2012: LM demonstrates new small UAS

  9th August 2012

  Lockheed Martin is to demonstrate its Desert Hawk III, Desert Hawk Extended Endurance Range (EER) and new quadrotor UAV at the upcoming US Army Expeditionary …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  AUVSI 2012: AAI Textron begins Shadow M2 flight tests

  9th August 2012

  AAI Textron Systems used AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America to highlight several upgrades to its Shadow UAS. ‘Our biggest upgrade, and this is not government …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  AUVSI 2012: FAA flying high with airspace integration

  9th August 2012

  The FAA has claimed that a decision on the six test sites for UAS that is due to be established in an effort to open …

• Military Logistics

  Oman’s C-130J takes flight

  9th August 2012

  Lockheed Martin has announced that the new C-130J Super Hercules for the Sultanate of Oman has conducted a test flight at the Lockheed Martin facility.  …

• Military Logistics

  Lockheed Martin awarded fuel cell contract

  9th August 2012

  Lockheed Martin has announced that it has been awarded a contract with the Office of Naval Research for the design and development of solid oxide …

• Defence Helicopter

  Boeing awarded US Army contract

  9th August 2012

  Boeing has announced that it has been awarded a US Army contract for Phase II of the Adaptive Vehicle Management System (AVMS) programme, which will …

• Military Logistics

  British Army receives HUMS from General Dynamics UK

  9th August 2012

  General Dynamics UK has announced that it has delivered the first fully qualified vehicle Systems Information Exploitation / Health and Usage Monitoring System (SIE/HUMS) ‘box’ …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  AUVSI 2012: Liquid Robotics looks to expand Wave Glider market

  8th August 2012

  Liquid Robotics is to establish an office in Washington DC in a strategic effort to increase the federal footprint of its Wave Glider USV technology. …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  AUVSI 2012: ITT Exelis and SNC continue refinement of Vigilant Stare

  8th August 2012

  ITT Exelis and Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) used AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America event to provide an update on the team’s ‘Vigilant Stare’ concept demonstrator. …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  AUVSI 2012: MLB goes vertical

  8th August 2012

  MLB is using the venue of AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America to spotlight its recent development efforts on its new Vertical – Bat (V-Bat) UAV …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  AUVSI 2012: Harris unveils RedHawk

  8th August 2012

  Harris has used AUVSI's Unmanned Systsems North America exhibition and conference to launch the RedHawk UGV for disarming IEDs. The system is designed based on …

• Digital Battlespace

  Roke Manpack accepted by UK MoD into wider service

  8th August 2012

  Roke has announced that the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has accepted its Electronic Warfare (EW) Manpack surveillance and countermeasures system into service as a …

• Military Logistics

  Cobham wins KC-390 radomes contract

  8th August 2012

  Cobham Antenna Systems has announced that it has been awarded a contract to design and manufacture nose radomes for the KC-390 military transport aircraft being …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  AUVSI 2012: Raytheon announces successful test of Pyros

  8th August 2012

  Raytheon Missile Systems has announced the successful warhead and guidance test of its small tactical munition (STM), which has now been named Pyros. The successful …

• Uncrewed Vehicles

  AUVSI 2012: 2d3 offering enhanced imagery processing

  8th August 2012

  2d3 Sensing has introduced new versions of its imagery processing systems to further enhance their performance. 'We have brand new versions of TacitView, Catalina and …