Raytheon Provides Navy First First Standard-Missile 6; Taylor Lawrence Comments
Raytheon has delivered the first Standard Missile-6 weapon to the Navy for defending naval vessels against fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, drones and cruise missiles. The company is aiming to upgrade SM-6 by 2015 for protecting against ballistic missiles in the final phase of flight, the company said Thursday. Taylor Lawrence, president of Raytheon’s missile systems [...]
Boeing‘s high-altitude long endurance drone for the U.S. Air Force has completed its second flight demonstration, according to a Defense News article. The Boeing phantom eye achieved a “picture-perfect landing” after the company completed upgrades from the results of its first test flight in June 2012. The aircraft flew from NASA‘s Dryden Flight Research at the Edwards Air [...]
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According to an official from the Government Accountability Office, there is no technology in existence capable of allowing drones to “sense and avoid” other aircraft, NextGov reports. Geral Dillingham, GAO director for physical infrastructure issues, speaking at a hearing held by the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, said the Federal Aviation Administration does not have enough frequency [...]
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Northrop Grumman is building a drone for the U.S. Navy with the goal of having the first conventional unmanned aerial vehicle to take off and land on an aircraft carrier, Flight Global reports. Zach Rosenberg writes the X-47B drone is scheduled to fly and land on the USS George HW Bush in either April or [...]
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Kratos Subsidiary to Provide AF Carbon Fiber Drones; Glenn Wells Comments
January 23, 2013 No Comment
A Kratos Defense and Security Solutions subsidiary has won a $32.8 million sole-source contract option to provide the U.S. Air Force drones made of carbon fiber and epoxy-based materials. Kratos said its Composite Engineering subsidiary will provide the branch 28 BQM-167A Air Force Subscale Aerial Targets and one year of logistics and technical support. This option [...]
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