http://www.aviationtoday.com Aviation Today en-us 2013 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:40:36 EDT The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) conducted its first ship-based unmanned aircraft system (UAS) mission with AeroVironment's Puma UAS.      (A Puma Unmanned Aircraft is launched off NOAA ship Nancy Foster. Photo, courtesy of NOAA.)   NOAA conducted five... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/unmanned-aircraft-systems/NOAA-Conducts-First-Ship-Based-Unmanned-Aircraft-Mission_79244.html Wed, 15 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Navy will attempt the first launch of an unmanned aircraft from an aircraft carrier on Tuesday, using Northrop Grumman's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS).      (X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) loaded onto flight deck of USS George H.W. Bush. U.S. Navy photo... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/unmanned-aircraft-systems/U-S-Navy-Launches-Unmanned-Aircraft-From-Carrier_79236.html Tue, 14 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Air Force awarded a $555.6 million contract to Northrop Grumman to modernize its fleet of Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).    In a... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/unmanned-aircraft-systems/U-S-Air-Force-to-Launch-$555-Million-Unmanned-Modernization-Project_79239.html Tue, 14 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Army issued a $110 million contract to Poway, Calif.-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) to provide support for its fleet of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).      (Gray Eagle UAS. Photo, courtesy of... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/unmanned-aircraft-systems/General-Atomics-Receives-$110-Million-for-Army-UAS-Support_79218.html Fri, 10 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Navy said it completed the first successful arrested landing with an unmanned aircraft using Northrop Grumman's X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator. The landing was conducted May 4 at Naval Air Station in Patuxent River, Md.     Arrested landing procedures feature the... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/unmanned-aircraft-systems/U-S-Navy-Completes-First-Arrested-Unmanned-Aircraft-Landing_79191.html Tue, 7 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Navy on Thursday launched its first squadron to feature manned and unmanned aircraft at the Naval Air Station North Island on Coronado, near San Diego.       (Fire Scout MQ-8B. Photo, courtesy of NAVAIR.)   The squadron has been... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/unmanned-aircraft-systems/U-S-Navys-First-Unmanned-Aircraft-Squadron_79129.html Thu, 2 May 2013 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Army's Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Management Office (PM UAS) on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) to promote the development of the next generation of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).      (UAH President Dr. Robert... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/unmanned-aircraft-systems/U-S-Army-UAH-to-Collaborate-on-Development-of-Next-Generation-UAS_79015.html Wed, 17 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Army issued $13.8 million in incremental funding to AeroVironment for RQ-11B Raven unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). (Raven Gimbal. Photo, courtesy of AeroVironment.) The funding is for continued performance of previous... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/unmanned-aircraft-systems/U-S-Army-Increases-AeroVironment-UAS-Order_78968.html Wed, 10 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT The U.S. Air Force issued a contract award of more than $71 million to Northrop Grumman to provide sensors and payload systems upgrades for its fleet of Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).      (Global Hawk Block 30. Photo, courtesy of Northrop Grumman.)   According to... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/unmanned-aircraft-systems/Northrop-Grumman-Receives-$70-Million-to-Modify-Global-Hawk-UAS_78947.html Tue, 9 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT Netherlands-based aerospace engineering firm Delft Dynamics introduced its new Universal Simulation Platform for Unmanned Systems (USPvOS) at the Kooy Symposium 2013 in Amsterdam.   The platform enables unmanned systems’ ground stations to be linked directly to a virtual incident management... http://www.aviationtoday.com/av/unmanned-aircraft-systems/Delft-Dynamics-VSTEP-Introduce-New-UAV-Training-Concept_78940.html Mon, 8 Apr 2013 0:00:00 EDT