Data Links & Communications
Northrop Grumman has introduced an unmanned aircraft data management system to the European market, to allow troops on the ground to "eliminate the tunnel-vision of the battlefield". The HART (Heterogeneous Airborne Reconnaissance Team) allows soldiers at small unit level without their own UAS to benefit from the
Business
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., Poway, Calif., was awarded a $68,961,778 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. The award will provide for the acquisition of universal ground control stations and universal ground data terminals. Work will be performed in Poway, Calif., with an estimated completion date of July 31,
Military
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. has unveiled its MIC-AD system, which displays on a single screen all the threats that air defences need to deal with in a single defined sector. Including Patriot anti aircraft and anti-ballistic missile batteries, Iron Dome anti rocket batteries, the future Magic Wand
Testing
MITRE released this video explaining what it is doing to help unmanned aircraft operate safely in the national airspace by integrating them into the FAA's air traffic control system. Source: YouTube
Control Stations
Raytheon Company recently demonstrated its Common Ground Control System (CGCS) technology to representatives from the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence. The demonstration showed a UAS control station in a scenario representative of a Scavenger UAS mission, including simultaneous control of multiple dissimilar vehicles, sensor command and control, and
Control Stations
The latest generation MRS-2000LTM is an all digital, ruggedized, transportable video receiving system for precise situational awareness picture build up of the battlefield, providing an “beyond-the next-hill” view of the enemy at standoff range, avoiding danger of exposure and revealing intentions. By bringing mission critical information to
Control Stations
The MaxVisionMesaMax rugged deployable workstation will become a critical component of AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems One System Ground Control Station (OSGCS). The portable OSGCS is the premier ground control station of the U.S. Army and Marine Corps. It is used to operate multiple unmanned aircraft systems over battlefield and
Control Stations
A project at the U.S. Air Force Electronic Systems Center incorporates weather information with flight maps so crews can more quickly understand what the environment plans to throw their way and when. FalconView Weather displays weather and data products on FalconView, the mapping application of the Portable Flight Planning
Electronic Sub-Systems
Imint has announced the availability of version 2.5 of its Ihvert product suite, a complete Remote Video Terminal (RVT) software for advanced live ISR video enhancement, analysis, and exploitation. The new version includes: * Improvements in the Vidhance live video enhancement engine with state of the art adaptive contrast optimization,
Control Stations
Missy Cummings, the director of MIT’s Humans and Automation Lab, has developed software to fly remote-controlled miniature aircraft with an iPhone. The project has funding from Boeing. Cummings was a Navy fighter pilot for 10 years, flying F/A-18 Hornets and A-4 Skyhawks. Now she and
Control Stations
TechNewsDaily was recently invited to take a rare behind-the-scenes tour of a UAS ground control station in Italy that is jointly shared by the Italian and U.S. air forces to demystify some of the operations of these robot warrior aircraft. UAS are able to silently fly for
Control Stations
AME Unmanned Air Systems announced the receipt of a follow-on contract for the Joint Interoperable Target Control System (JITCS). This contract enables the continued development of standard Target Control System interfaces for the Common Interface Target Control System (CITCS). The contract was received on June 20, 2011, and has