General Atomics Gets $174M US Air Force MQ-9A Upgrade Contract

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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc., Poway, California, has been awarded a not-to-exceed $173,568,509 definitized contract action for capability upgrades to four MQ-9A unmanned air vehicles and two ground control stations, as well as support equipment, spares, and upgrade kits Work will be performed in Poway, California, and is expected to complete by Jan. 15, 2029. […]

Red Cat Integrates Teal 2 Drones with Ocean Power Technologies Maritime Surveillance Solution

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Red Cat Holdings, Inc. , a drone technology company integrating robotic hardware and software for military, government, and commercial operations, announces a partnership with Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.  a supplier of  innovative and cost-effective low-carbon marine power, data, and service solutions. The partnership will enable organizations using OPT’s PowerBuoy and WAM-V platforms to deploy Teal 2 […]

100 Years Since Oehmichen Set the First FAI Rotorcraft Record

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The biomechanical facilities of the dragonfly and its agility in flight were a major inspiration to Etienne Oehmichen, the French engineer who set FAI’s very first helicopter record one hundred years ago, on 14 April 1924. On this date, his Oehmichen 2 quadrocopter rose vertically into the air above Courcelles-lès-Montbéliard, France, and made a journey […]