Business
Datron World Communications, Inc. a leader in the tactical and public safety communications industry, announced a significant equity investment in Aeryon Labs, a Canadian-based technology innovator of robotics for aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. Under terms of the agreement, Datron will become an equity partner in Aeryon Labs while
Events
Continuing the review of contestants in the DARPA UAVForge Challenge – a contest to use crowd-sourcing to build small UAS through an exchange of ideas and design practices – this video presents the Falcon. The Falcon is a camo-printed, modular three-part aircraft equipped with a super-camera that moves
Payloads
SELEX Galileo announced the launch of two new lasers at this year’s Association of the United States Army (AUSA) exhibition in Washington D.C. The Type 163 Ultra Lightweight Laser Designator (ULD) is the smallest lightweight NATO STANAG 3733-compatible laser designator product available on the market. It generates
Payloads
Sweden’s Spacemetric has announced the opening of a new subsidiary in the Netherlands, Spacemetric BV, with offices in Zwolle in the eastern part of the country. The new company will carry out sales & marketing of the Keystone Image Management System, with a focus on the defence and security
Electronic Sub-Systems
TE Connectivity (formerly Tyco Electronics) in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, is introducing a compact 6-row Fortis Zd military connector for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) applications in rugged environments that require high-speed, small size, and light weight. The company announced the 6-row Fortis Zd connector
VTOL
The Kaman Unmanned K-MAX cargo helicopter has received the Platinum Innovation Prize from the Connecticut Quality Improvement Award Partnership, Inc. “Even in an uncertain economy, Kaman Aerospace has shown that forward-looking organizations continue to introduce and bring to market new products and services,” said Sheila Carmine, founder and
Testing
Bell Helicopter has announced that its OH 58 Kiowa Warrior has successfully demonstrated several ground breaking capabilities that will enable interoperability among multiple aviation platforms, such as manned and unmanned aircraft. The exercise was conducted at the Manned Unmanned System Integration Capability (MUSIC) demonstration, sponsored by the US Army at
Testing
Euro Hawk, the premier Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Unmanned Aircraft System for the German Armed Forces, was presented yesterday to government officials and media during a rollout ceremony held in Manching, Germany. The UAS arrived on 21 July 2011 following a nonstop ferry flight from Edwards Air Force Base in California
Research
In May, DARPA launched the UAVForge Challenge to use crowd-sourcing to build small UAS through an exchange of ideas and design practices. The goal is to build and test a user-intuitive, backpack-portable UAS that can quietly fly in and out of critical environments to conduct sustained surveillance
Makani Power is developing Airborne Wind Turbines (AWT) to extract energy from the powerful, consistent winds at high altitudes. Makani’s AWT is a rigid wing that flies at altitudes between 300 and 600 meters. Turbines on the leading edge of the wing face into the wind as it flies
Data Links & Communications
The PD-100 Black Hornet PRS is designed as a soldier’s tool, this necessitates that ease of use always be kept in mind throughout the development. For the PD-100 ease of use is multi faceted and includes technical solutions and operational issues, but most importantly it is linked
Commercial
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute is asking local and federal agencies for permission to use small research unmanned aircraft to map and monitor seagrass beds. Paul Carlson, the research scientist leading the project, has several reasons for wanting to conduct the research along Levy County’s coastline. Among