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Lockheed Martin Acquires Chandler/May, Inc.
Published 11/13/2012, by Stephanie Luther
Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] today announced the acquisition of Chandler/May, Inc., a company that specializes in the design, development, integration, manufacturing, and support of fully integrated mission critical systems for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (C4ISR) missions. Read more >>
Fury® 1500 UAS achieves Full Data Rate SATCOM Video Link – Unique in the Tactical UAS Class
Published 9/4/2012, by Stephanie Luther
Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) UAS Capability Blurs the Line Between Tactical and Strategic Systems Read more >>
Former Program Director for F-22 Program to Join Executive Team at AME Unmanned Air Systems, Inc.
Published 2/22/2012, by Stephanie Luther
San Luis Obispo, CA. January 9, 2012 – AME Unmanned Air Systems, Inc., a Chandler/May company, announced today that retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Sean Frisbee has been named Vice President, AME Unmanned Air Systems and will oversee the development, production, and manufacturing of the company’s portfolio of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), including the Fury® 1500 UAS. Read more >>
Fury® 1500 UAS Achieves 14-Hour Duration Flight
Published 10/7/2011, by Stephanie Luther
Advanced version of the Fury® breaks 100 total hours; continues progress toward deployment ready status Read more >>
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems and AME Unmanned Systems Form Strategic Alliance
Published 8/16/2011, by Stephanie Luther
AME Unmanned Systems, a Chandler/May, Inc. company, and AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that the two companies have entered into a strategic alliance agreement regarding unmanned systems development. Read more >>
ChandlerMay’s UAS Division delivers its 300th Tactical Ground Control Station (GCS) to AAI
Published 6/8/2011, by Steve May
ChandlerMay marks its tenth year in supplying major GCS subsystems to AAI Corporation. These One System® and ER/MP Ground Control Stations operate the payloads and fly The US Army/Marines Shadow™ and the Army’s Gray Eagle Unmanned Air Systems. Read more >>
ChandlerMay Receives Award for “Above and Beyond” Performance on Shadow® UAS Program
Published 5/31/2011, by Steve May
Award Highlights ChandlerMay’s Tenth Year Supplying Unmanned Systems Ground Control to the US Military Read more >>
AME UAS Releases New Version of SharkFin® Mission Management and Control Software
Published 5/13/2011, by Steve May
SharkFin® Sets New Standard for “Point-N-Click” 3-D and Real-Time Management of Multiple UAS and Payloads Read more >>
AME Unmanned Air Systems Announces Successful First Flight of Heavy-Fuel Powered Fury® 1500 UAS
Published 4/21/2011, by Steve May
Advanced Version of the Fury® 1500 achieves Major Milestone Read more >>
ChandlerMay Executive Elected President of Washington DC Chapter of AUVSI
Published 4/20/2011, by Steve May
Mr. Jay McConville has been elected President of the Washington, DC chapter of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) by the chapter membership. Read more >>
New President /CEO and New Name for AeroMech Engineering, Inc.
Published 4/6/2011, by Steve May
John Purvis Announced as President and CEO of newly named “AME Unmanned Air Systems” Read more >>
AeroMech (AME UAS) Expands Operation with New Offices in San Luis Obispo and San Diego
Published 4/6/2011, by Steve May
AeroMech Engineering, Inc. (AME UAS), a ChandlerMay company and leading manufacturing firm supporting the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) market, announced that it has opened a new Corporate Headquarters and Manufacturing facility at 125 Venture Drive in San Luis Obispo, CA. Read more >>
AeroMech Engineering Announces Successful First Flight of the Fury® 1500 UAS
Published 12/17/2010, by Josh Kovac
Advanced Version of the Fury® achieves major Milestone Read more >>
AeroMech Engineering, Inc. to Expand Into New Facility
Published 12/3/2010, by Steve May
Recent Growth and New Business Propel AeroMech Engineering to Double its Production and Engineering Space at New Corporate Headquarters in San Luis Obispo, CA Read more >>
AeroMech Engineering, Inc., Builder of Unmanned Air Systems gets New Vice President
Published 11/4/2010, by Steve May
John Purvis has been named Vice President of Small Tactical Unmanned Airs Systems (STUAS) at AeroMech Engineering, Inc. (AME). Read more >>
AeroMech Engineering, Inc. to Provide Unmanned Aircraft with Sense and Avoid Capabilities
Published 9/15/2010, by Michael Helke
AeroMech Engineering, Inc., as part of Barron Associates team, to fly Fury and other aircraft with Sense and Avoid enabled FCAS Autopilot. Read more >>
AeroMech Engineering, Inc., Builder of Unmanned Air Systems, gets New President and CEO
Published 2/15/2010, by AeroMech Engineering
Mr. James “Jay” McConville has been named President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AeroMech Engineering, Inc. (AME). The announcement was made today by Jesse May, President and CEO of Chandler/May, Inc., the parent company of AME. Thomas Akers, founder and current CEO, will serve as AME’s Chairman of the Board... Read more >>
New Target Control System allows NAVY to control Multiple Drone Targets with one Interface
Published 1/20/2010, by Michael Helke
This Test Flight proves a single common interface can control different targets, simplifying field testing at Navy Ranges. Read more >>
CTI/AME Team Successfully Flies "Thunderstorm Fury" EA UAS
Published 8/3/2009, by AeroMech Engineering
California, Maryland - A Chesapeake Technology International Corporation (CTI) / AeroMech Engineering, Incorporated (AME) team successfully demonstrated an unmanned airborne medium power communications Electronic Attack (EA) capability during two successful flights conducted at an airfield in California... Read more >>
Chandler/May acquires controlling share of AeroMech Engineering Inc.
Published 7/22/2009, by Steve May
Chandler/May, Inc., a leading integrator of Unmanned Systems and Command and Control computing systems, announced that they have acquired a controlling share of AeroMech Engineering Inc. Read more >>
AeroMech Engineering completes "Fury" UAS Phase 1 Flight Tests
Published 9/22/2008, by AeroMech Engineering
Camp Roberts, CA – On September 18th 2008, AeroMech Engineering successfully completed Phase 1 flight tests of its Fury UAS™ and verification of the supporting Ground Control Station... Read more >>
Chandler/May on "Winning Team" for Supporting the Naval Surface Warfare Systems Division
Published 6/15/2008, by Steve May
Chandler/May has been selected to support the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane as part of the winning team for the Expeditionary Warfare Systems Division and Platform & Launch Systems Division contract. This 5-year contract has a total estimated value of up to $49.9 million over the period of performance. Read more >>
AeroMech, Cosworth and Arcturus Announce Heavy Fuel UAS Technical Collaboration
Published 6/10/2008, by AeroMech Engineering
On 10th June 2008, at the AUVSI show in San Diego, Cosworth Ltd (including sister company Pi Research Ltd), Aeromech Engineering Inc and Arcturusuav LLC announced a Technical Collaboration agreement to develop a Heavy Fuel powered Unmanned Aerial System... Read more >>
AeroMech Engineering proudly announces delivery of 1,000 air vehicle
Published 5/21/2008, by AeroMech Engineering
San Luis Obispo, CA – On 31 March 2008, AeroMech Engineering celebrated the delivery of its 1,000th production air vehicle.... Read more >>
Chandler/May Receives Recognition at AAI Suppliers Conference
Published 5/15/2008, by Steve May
Chandler/May, an industry leader in C2 System development, ground control stations and mobile computing has been recognized by AAI Corporation for its continued contribution to the RQ-7B Shadow® 200 tactical unmanned aircraft system (TUAS) program. Read more >>
Aeromech Engineering Inc. Now Shipping SkySight™ Dual Imager Turrets
Published 9/28/2007, by AeroMech Engineering
San Luis Obispo, CA – AeroMech Engineering recently announced initial deliveries of the new SkySight™ Dual Imager Turret (DIT). This new payload builds on the already successful SkySight™ Turret while adding the capacity to house dual imagers in the same payload.... Read more >>
Aeromech Engineering Inc. Celebrates 500th Vehicle Delivered
Published 8/9/2007, by AeroMech Engineering
San Luis Obispo, CA – On June 20th 2006 AeroMech Engineering celebrated the delivery of its 500th production air vehicle... Read more >>
Aeromech Engineering Unveils Booth at AUVSI 2007
Published 8/6/2007, by AeroMech Engineering
San Luis Obispo, CA - August 6, 2007- AeroMech Engineering will be among those companies displaying new unmanned systems products at the annual AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America conference in Washington, DC... Read more >>
Aeromech Engineering Flight Tests New Sharkfin Mission Control System
Published 8/3/2007, by AeroMech Engineering
AeroMech Engineering recently flight tested its new SharkFin Mission Control System. SharkFin is a STANAG 4586 compliant UAV control system ... Read more >>
Aeromech Engineering Inc. Adds 5-Axis Machining Center
Published 8/3/2007, by AeroMech Engineering
San Luis Obispo, CA – AeroMech Engineering announced today that it had completed the installation of a new 5-Axis large capacity machining center... Read more >>
Chandler/May Delivers New Class of C2 Mobile Ground Control Station
Published 7/17/2007, by Chandler/May
Chander/May delivers the first three-man mobile command and control shelter sub-assembly to AAI Corporation. After extensive hardware/software integration at AAI, this unit will be used to control flight of the U.S. Army’s Extended Range/Multi-Purpose (ER/MP) unmanned aircraft system (called the Sky WarriorTM Armed Reconnaissance System). Read more >>
Chandler/May’s Mobile Shelter Division Delivers the first of a New Class of Unmanned Air Vehicle Mobile Ground Control Stations
Published 4/19/2007, by Steve May
Chandler/May, a leading manufacturer of Mobile Shelters and Ground Control Stations and as a member of the "Team Warrior" partners announces the shipment of the first 3-man mobile command and control shelter for the U.S. Army’s Extended Range Multi-Purpose (ER/MP) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). Read more >>
ChandlerMay’s Software Group Gets Plus-Up for Software Development for Real-Time Reflective Memory Communication Network
Published 4/10/2007, by Chandler/May
Chandler/May, a leading manufacturer of Mobile Tactical Shelters and a variety of other complex system design and integration projects, will be writing the software that handles the complex interaction between multiple network nodes for GE Aircraft Engines. GE Aircraft Engines is redesigning their current test cell design to be used as the test cell design of their Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) Engine test cell. Read more >>
ChandlerMay Builds and Opens New Building to Support Shelter Reset and Production Growth
Published 3/15/2007, by Chandler/May
Chandler/May, a leading manufacturer of Mobile Shelter systems and in the production of complex build-to-print products has opened a third building that will support the One-System™ Ground Control Station Reset process and various manufacturing jobs. Read more >>
Shelter Division to Deliver Over 150 Tactical Ground Control Shelters
Published 2/25/2007, by Chandler/May
Chandler/May’s UAV Shelter division builds the Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Ground Control Shelter for AAI Corporation. The Shelters, currently operational in several military deployments, are built and tested at two of Chandler/May’s plants in Huntsville. Read more >>
ChandlerMay Selected to Build Key Subsystems of Advanced Millimeter Wave Weapon Detection System
Published 2/14/2007, by Chandler/May
Chandler/May, a leading manufacturer of Mobile Shelter systems and in the production of complex electro-mechanical products, has been working with Brijot Imaging Systems in the development and early production stages of an object detection and people scanner system. CMI has delivered over $1.2 million of the scanner subsystems and the product is still in early trials around the world, including airports, distribution centers, government buildings and various checkpoints/gated locations. Read more >>
Chandler/May’s Shelter Division delivers the 100th Shadow Ground Control Shelter Designated for Combat Deployment
Published 8/2/2006, by Steve May
Chandler/May’s Shelter Division recently delivered to AAI Corporation the 100th Ground Control Shelter for the Shadow Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicle (TUAV). Read more >>
Arlington Capital Partners Announces Investment in Chandler/May, Incorporated
Published 12/15/2005, by Chandler/May
Arlington Capital Partners, a Washington DC-based private equity firm, announced an investment in privately held Chandler/May, Incorporated. Headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama, CMI designs, develops and integrates high value-add electronic component and subsystems for a variety of complex military programs. Read more >>
Chandler/May, Inc. Opens New 25,000 Square Foot Building to Support its Outsourcing Partner Program and an Increase in UAV Command and Control Shelter Production
Published 2/15/2005, by Steve May
Chandler/May, Inc. recently opened a new 25,000 square foot production/integration facility to support System Integration and growth in Command and Control Shelter production in the company’s Large System Integration Division. Read more >>
Chandler/May, Inc. Receives ISO 9001:2000
Published 9/13/2004, by Chandler/May
Chandler/May, Inc. received its ISO 9001:2000 certification for the Design, Development and Integration of Computer Systems. Read more >>
CMI’s UAV Shelter Division Receives $17M Contract for Shadow Ground Control Shelters
Published 6/15/2004, by Steve May
CMI’s Shelter Division recently received a $17 Million follow on contract from AAI Corporation, a subsidiary of United Industrial Corporation. The GCS has an operational crew of two and is mounted on the back of a HMMWV. Read more >>
Chandler/May’s Shelter Division delivers the 40th Shadow Ground Control Shelter Designated for Combat Deployment
Published 5/24/2004, by Steve May
Chandler/May’s Shelter Division recently delivered to AAI Corporation the 40th Ground Control Shelter for the Shadow Tactical Unmanned Air Vehicle (TUAV). Read more >>
CMI’s Large Scale Integration Division Breaks Ground on 25,000 Square Foot Building to Support the UAV Shelter Production Growth
Published 11/12/2003, by Chandler/May
Chandler/May, Inc.’s Shelter Group broke ground on a new 25,000 square foot building production/integration facility to support the rapid growth in its Large Scale Integration division. The building will contain engineering and technician office space, a computer integration lab and a large-scale integration facility. Read more >>
