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  September 5, 2018 | International, Aerospace

  UAVOS showcases latest UAVs

  Kelvin Wong, Singapore - Jane's International Defence Review UAVOS Inc, a US-based company specialising in the design, development and manufacturing of unmanned vehicles and associated control systems, is partnering with India's Bharat Drone Systems to develop a range of air vehicles and technologies to meet emerging Indian armed forces requirements. The company is taking the opportunity at the UAV India 2018 exhibition in New Delhi to highlight its fixed-wing and vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The fixed wing Borey 10 is a tactical-class UAV featuring a flying wing airframe with a wingspan of 3.5 m and maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of 15 kg. The baseline UAV is powered by a 2,000 W electric motor and four 6S 16Аh lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries that are packaged within a hermetically sealed shell along with its control systems for improved reliability in austere environments, enabling it to continue operations in temperatures as low as -22 °C. According to UAVOS, the Borey 10 – which features automatic take-off and landing capabilities and can be launched and recovered via a catapult and parachute respectively – is designed to transmit video imagery in difficult meteorological operating conditions at distances over 30 km, with a control range of at least 70 km. The company is quoting a continuous flight endurance of up to 4 hours with a 0.5 kg payload. UAVOS has also developed a range of VTOL UAV platforms. The latest addition is the UVH-290E, which has a maximum take-off weight (MTOW) of 2 107 kg and measures 2.43 m long and 0.86 m tall with a main rotor diameter of 3.2 m. It is equipped with a 4-stroke Wankel engine rated at 17 kW, enabling it to achieve cruise and maximum speeds of 70 km/h and 100 km/h respectively, with a stated endurance of about 5 hours while carrying a 5 kg payload. https://www.janes.com/article/82743/uavos-showcases-latest-uavs

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  March 23, 2022 | International, Aerospace, Naval, Land, C4ISR, Security

  Le salon Eurosatory se tiendra à Villepinte du 13 au 17 juin 2022

  Eurosatory, le salon international consacré à la défense et à la sécurité terrestres et aéroterrestres, aura lieu du 13 au 17 juin à Villepinte, près de Paris. « La crise ukrainienne, représentative de l'évolution des combats asymétriques vers des conflits interétatiques de haute intensité, amène les États membres de l'Union Européenne à décider d'investir davantage dans leurs capacités de défense et de sécurité. Plusieurs pays ont déjà augmenté considérablement leurs budgets », précise un communiqué. « 227 délégations venues de 65 pays » sont déjà attendues, indique le général Charles Beaudouin, PDG du COGES (Commissariat Général des Expositions et Salons du GICAT), qui organise le salon Eurosatory. Il attend également le commissaire européen Thierry Breton, qui défend le projet d'une Europe de la défense. « Une révision des modèles et des capacités de leurs forces armées et de sécurité pour s'adapter aux nouvelles menaces », pourrait s'avérer nécessaire, selon le COGES. Les quelques exposants russes qui s'étaient déjà inscrits pour participer au salon ont été désinscrits. La Tribune du 21 mars

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  February 11, 2021 | International, Aerospace, Security

  CAE awarded contract to provide U.S. Customs & Border Protection with aircraft pilot training services

  On Feb. 9 at the CAE OneWorld virtual conference and tradeshow, CAE announced that CAE USA has been awarded a contract to provide United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) with Aircraft Pilot Training Services. CAE USA will serve as one of the prime contractors on the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract awarded by CBP. CAE USA will leverage the CAE Dothan Training Center and CAE's commercial and business aviation training centers to deliver simulator and live flight training services on a range of fixed-wing and rotary-wing platforms. CAE is featuring a 3D virtual walkthrough of its Dothan Training Center in the Innovation Hub as part of the CAE OneWorld 2021 virtual conference and tradeshow, which began today and is free to all attendees who register at https://www.caeoneworld2021.com. CAE OneWorld 2021 will be available online for the next month. CBP is the unified border agency within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of the United States borders. CBP is one of the world's largest law enforcement organizations. “The award of the Aircraft Pilot Training Services program for Customs and Border Protection demonstrates CAE's unique ability to leverage both our defense and civil aviation businesses to deliver pilot training across numerous aircraft platforms,” said Dan Gelston, Group President, Defense & Security, CAE. “We look forward to supporting a key organization within the Department of Homeland Security and showcasing CAE's training experience and expertise.” CAE USA will be responsible for coordinating and delivering generic and aircraft-specific training to meet CBP and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certifications for pilots operating a variety of fixed and rotary-wing aircraft. CAE will deliver ground school (academic) and simulator training as well as live flight and other training to meet CBP and FAA requirements. Training will be delivered on multiple variants of the Beechcraft King Air (C-12) aircraft, Bombardier Dash-8 and Lockheed Martin/Sikorsky S-76B helicopter. In addition, CAE will deliver a range of flight instructor qualification and non-specific pilot and aircrew training courses. These include single and multi-engine fundamentals, ab-initio training and upset recovery training. This press release was prepared and distributed by CAE. https://skiesmag.com/press-releases/cae-awarded-contract-to-provide-u-s-customs-border-protection-with-aircraft-pilot-training-services/