RQ-11 Raven

Type: Product

Name: RQ-11 Raven

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 1 reports

U.S. Marines Train German and Moroccan Troops on How to Operate Drones in North Africa

Region: Middle East & North Africa, sub-Saharan AfricaTheme: Militarization and WMD, US NATO War AgendaRecently, U.S. Marines conducted a “small unmanned-flying vehicle familiarization course” in a military exercise that involved U.S. Moroccan and German ... [Published Global Research - May 10 2013]

Entities: UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, US Marine Corps, Morocco, Drone

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

US Marine Corps

U.S., Moroccan, German servicemembers conduct UAV familiarization for African Lion 13

U.S. Marines, along with German and Moroccan counterparts, conducted a small unmanned-flying vehicle familiarization course for Exercise African Lion 13, April 13, in Agadir, Morocco, that shared the capabilities of the RQ-11B Raven as part of the Intelligence ... [Published United States Marine Corps - May 03 2013]

Entities: US Marine Corps, RQ-11 Raven, UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

First reported Apr 19 2013 - Updated Apr 19 2013 - 1 reports

Auburn University

Army, universities partner for aviation research

Auburn University mascot Aubie learns how to hand-launch an RQ-11A Raven with engineer Daniel Hiatt, holding a Puma, during a 2012 visit to the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center at Redstone Arsenal, Ala.Auburn ... [Published United States Army - Apr 19 2013]

Entities: AMRDEC, UAS Unmanned Aircraft System, RQ-11 Raven, Aviation, Auburn University

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a drone

KREMMLING ? On a cold morning near Kremmling, spots of clouds and blowing snow did nothing to deter members of the U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Land Management, and Colorado Parks & Wildlife from launching the Raven RQ-11A, a small unmanned aircraft ... [Published Sky-Hi Daily News - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Drone, Kremmling (United States), RQ-11 Raven, Fort Collins (United States)

First reported Apr 15 2013 - Updated Apr 16 2013 - 3 reports

AeroVironment Inc

AeroVironment Receives $13.8 Million in Funding from US Army. . .

AeroVironment Receives $13.8 Million in Funding from US Army for Unmanned Aircraft Systems [Professional Services Close - Up]ProQuest Information & LearningAeroVironment announced it received $13,800,062 of incremental funding on March 30, from the United ... [Published Equities.com - Apr 16 2013]

Entities: AeroVironment Inc, UAS Unmanned Aircraft System, US Army

First reported Apr 10 2013 - Updated Apr 10 2013 - 1 reports

US Army

AeroVironment Receives $13.8 M from US Army for RQ-11B Raven SUAS, Gimbaled Payloads

MONROVIA, Calif. - AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ:AVAV) today announced it received $13,800,062 of incremental funding on March 30, 2013 from the United States Army for continued performance of a contract action with a not to exceed value of $65,538,759. ... [Published ASDNews.com: Be the first to know - Apr 10 2013]

Entities: RQ-11 Raven, AeroVironment Inc, US Army

First reported Mar 21 2013 - Updated Mar 21 2013 - 1 reports

Ryan Firebee

Popular Science Bracket: Land Robots V. Flying Drones

March Madness, Popular Science-style Katie Peek Happy March Madness! Love, us. p>elcome to the Popular Science March Madness bracket! We don't know much about sports--is that where you toss around a ball for a few years then strap on an orange ... [Published Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, ... - Mar 21 2013]

Entities: Drone, Cheetah, Ryan Firebee

First reported Mar 07 2013 - Updated Mar 07 2013 - 1 reports

Flying Robots 101: Everything You Need To Know About Drones

How do you define a drone? What's the difference between an RQ-9 Reaper and a quadrotor? Your pressing drone questions, answered p>hen an unmanned aerial vehicle reportedly flew within about 200 feet of an airliner earlier this week, outlets like ... [Published Popular Science - New Technology, Science News, ... - Mar 07 2013]

Entities: Drone, MQ-9 Reaper, UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Military/Armed Forces, RQ-4 Global Hawk

First reported Jan 08 2013 - Updated Jan 08 2013 - 1 reports

US Army Awards AeroVironment, 4 Other Companies SUAS Contract Worth Up To $248 M

MONROVIA, Calif. - AeroVironment, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVAV) announced that the United States Army has selected it and four other companies to compete for future small UAS requirements under a new Firm Fixed-Price Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) ... [Published ASDNews.com: Be the first to know - Jan 08 2013]

Entities: AeroVironment Inc, US Army, IDIQ Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity

First reported Jan 02 2013 - Updated Jan 03 2013 - 1 reports

Iran says it captured 2 more U.S. drones in past

TEHRAN — An Iranian navy commander claims Iran captured two small U.S. drones in past missions in addition to at least four others reported earlier. Adm. Amir Rastgari says the two drones were of the small, low-altitude RQ-11 type, according to the ... [Published The Washington Times stories: News - Jan 02 2013]

Entities: Drone, Iran, RQ-11 Raven, United States

First reported Jan 02 2013 - Updated Jan 03 2013 - 2 reports

Iran Navy downs two RQ-11 drones in last 2 years: Iran cmdr.

Europe Banned Press TV: Senior Iranian commander Rear Admiral Amir Rastegari says Navy's aerial defense division has downed two RQ-11 drones in the last two years. Rastegari said on Wednesday that these drones were respectively captured in ... [Published St George West - Jan 02 2013]

Entities: Iran, Drone, RQ-11 Raven

Quotes

...believe we should be positioned to partner with them to assist with payload integration and flight tests performance evaluation," Richardson said. "We could develop special sensors to look for a host of things, so that when the next natural disaster occurs we could send in support teams to search for stranded survivors, hazardous leaks from industrial sites, or a variety of other things. I believe that would be a great product that AMRDEC could provide to PM UAS and the nation."

Army, universities partner for aviation research [Published United States Army - Apr 19 2013]

"[Drones are a] game-changing technology, akin to gunpowder, the steam engine, the atomic bomb -- opening up possibilities that were fiction a generation earlier but also opening up perils that were unknown a generation ago." -- Peter Singer , senior fellow at the Brookings Institution

John W. Whitehead: Roaches, Mosquitoes and Birds: The Coming Micro-Drone Revolution [Published Huffington Post - Apr 17 2013]

...immediate airborne situational awareness," said Roy Minson, AeroVironment senior vice president and general manager, Unmanned Aircraft Systems. "Like all our customers, the Army's needs continue to evolve, and we continue to deliver enhanced solutions to ensure that our troops maintain their battlefield advantage. The Mantis suite of gimbaled payloads is the latest example of a valuable capability enhancement to protect those who protect us."

AeroVironment Receives $13.8 Million in Funding from US Army. . . [Published Equities.com - Apr 16 2013]

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Guest Post: Here Comes China's Drones [Published Zero Hedge - Mar 02 2013] Submitted by Trefor Moss of The Diplomat.com , Unmanned systems have become the legal and ethical problem child of the global defense industry and the governments they supply, rewriting the rules of military engagement in ways that many find disturbing. ...
Iran Navy downs two RQ-11 drones in last 2 year... [Published St George West - Jan 02 2013] Europe Banned Press TV: Senior Iranian commander Rear Admiral Amir Rastegari says Navy's aerial defense division has downed two RQ-11 drones in the last two years. Rastegari said on Wednesday that these drones were respectively captured in ...

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