France hones requirements for MALE UAV system- August 30, 2008 France's defence ministry is preparing the requirements for its medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned air vehicle requirement, with a request for information...http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/08/30/315294/france-hones-requirements-for-male-... Business Briefings- August 27, 2008 CYCLONE IN A SPIN OVER F-15 CONTRACT SUPPLIERS Elbit Systems subsidiary Cyclone Aviation Products has won a $31 million contract...http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/08/27/315127/business-briefings.html First autonomous coanda effect UAV flight by December- August 27, 2008 The first autonomous flight of Geoff's Flying Saucer (GFS) Project's Fenstar 50 internal combustion engine-powered, coanda-effect unmanned air vehicle is expected by the end of 2008 following its maiden flight in June. The Fenstar 50 will have a carbonfibre structure provided by UK composites specialist Lola Group, a two-stroke engine running on an oilpetrol mix and a maximum take-off weight of 18.5kg (40.7lb). Its payload capacity is 5kg and it will carry 4 litres (1.05USgal) of fuel....http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/08/27/315195/first-autonomous-coanda-effect-uav-... GAO: poor performance doomed LockheedGeneral Atomics bid for BAMS- August 26, 2008 New documents released on 20 August reveal why the US Navy rejected a Lockheed MartinGeneral Atomics bid for its BAMS deal ...http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/08/26/315079/gao-poor-performance-doomed-lockhee... DARPA to upgrade Wasp-based UAS to 'perch-and-stare'- August 26, 2008 AeroVironment will upgrade the 0.5kg (1lb) Wasp unmanned aircraft system to perform "hoverperch and stare" missions under a $4.6 million contract newly awarded by the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The agency's stealthy, persistent, perch and stare (SP2S) programme seeks to introduce "an entirely new generation of perch-and-stare micro air vehicles capable of flying to difficult targets, landing on and securing to a perch position", according to a DARPA fact sheet. Key...http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/08/26/315088/darpa-to-upgrade-wasp-based-uas-to-... Stellar result in UK MoD's 'Grand Challenge' contest- August 21, 2008 The UK Ministry of Defence has selected Team Stellar as the winner of its urban warfare-related Grand Challenge...http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/08/21/315030/stellar-result-in-uk-mods-grand-cha... Northrop Grumman eyes new radar for sense and avoid suite- August 20, 2008 Northrop Grumman has decided an all-new radar will be needed as part of a four-sensor package to solve the sense-and-avoid problem for unmanned aircraft...http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/08/20/314977/northrop-grumman-eyes-new-radar-for... Israel Military Industries to update I-TIALD decoy- August 19, 2008 Israel Military Industries is developing a new generation of its I-TALD air-launched decoy. IMI sources refuse to be specific on the capabilities of...http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2008/08/19/314783/israel-military-industries-to-updat... |