Military
Northrop Grumman recently submitted its final proposal for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) core capability - a trans-Atlantic cooperation that will meet the security challenges of the 21st century. The NATO AGS includes an air segment consisting of six Block 40 Global Hawks that will be missionized to meet
Research
Jackson State University computer engineering professor Kamal Ali has been awarded a research grant worth $517,062 from the U.S. Department of Defense for a three-year-project to build a simulator to test MAV autopilots. The project title is “A Hardware-In-the-Loop-Simulation (HILS) System for
Testing
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will award a sole source cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to New Mexico State University Physical Sciences Laboratory (NMSU/PSL). This contract is for the acquisition of facilities, materials and support for flight testing for the Vulture programme flight demonstrator (FD) air vehicle.
Training
L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) announced yesterday that it has signed agreements with the University of North Dakota to jointly establish a UAS training centre at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. The centre, which is expected to begin operations in June 2011, will offer
Electronic Sub-Systems
GE Intelligent Platforms is introducing a family of rugged, off-the-shelf Embedded Computing systems for unmanned aircraft systems and unmanned ground vehicles. The CRS-C2P-3CC1 and CRS-C3P-3CB1 are 2- and 3-slot 3U CompactPCI-based computer systems available in a rugged, convection- or base-plate-cooled
Reports & Publications
Strategy Analytics has just published a new 7 page report entitled “Maritime Surveillance Expanding Electronic Systems Opportunity from UAS.” The author is Asif Anwar and the report is available to clients only. Here is the abstract and here is the pitch: UAS came of age during the current Afghanistan war.
Military
FASTCOM is a mobile, secure battlefield cellular network that can be hosted on manned and unmanned aircraft, aerostats, masts or ground vehicles. It has been co-developed by two Textron Systems’ companies - Overwatch and AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems - in partnership with ViaSat Inc. In remote areas of the globe, where
Testing
Students at MIT have developed a real-time visual odometry system that can use a Kinect to provide fast and accurate estimates of a vehicle's 3D trajectory. This system is based on recent advances in visual odometry research, and combines a number of ideas from the state-of-
Commercial
Ten years ago, Jeff Imel never imagined that his hobby – building model aeroplanes – would become a full-time occupation. Today, AirRobotics is carving out a niche for its indestructible UAS in the coal-mining areas of West Virginia. With no vertical surfaces and its matt-black paint job, it looks
Testing
Electromagnetic interference (EMI) testing on the European version of Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk– the Euro Hawk – was performed recently by engineers with the 772nd Test Squadron at the Benefield Anechoic facility (BAF) at Edwards Air Force Base, California. Northrop Grumman and German government representatives participated as well. Although
Launchers
A Boeing ScanEagle makes an arrested recovery on the Skyhook recovery system aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Comstock (LSD 45). Comstock is part of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and is underway in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication
Business
The South Korean defence ministry’s decision to purchase Israeli-made UAS will depend on whether the Israeli air force selects the Korea Aerospace Industries /Lockheed Martin T-50 as its new advanced jet trainer. South Korea's military has been evaluating several Israeli unmanned aircraft systems in recent