Control Stations
The US Air Force and US Army agreed on new safety procedures to help prevent another collision between army UAS and Air Force planes. The Army and Air Force have long argued about such restrictions (about where, and when, army UAS could fly), but the August 15 collision between an
Data Links & Communications
Keeping control and data links with UAS in contested airspace remains a tough problem — and one that needs solving before the US Air Force can develop a next-generation Reaper, the service’s intelligence chief said October 28 at the C4ISR Conference, Arlington, Virginia.Lieutenant-General. Larry James said that enemies can
VTOL
Boeing plans a November 2 rollout ceremony in Mesa, Arizona, for the first upgraded AH-64D Apache Block III destined for the US Army. Ten of the latest Apaches are advancing through production, David Koopersmith, Boeing Vice President of Attack Helicopter Programmes, said October 10 during a briefing at the Association
Data Links & Communications
A major hurdle preventing the wider deployment of smart phones across the US military may have been overcome. One of the key problems in providing wireless devices to military personnel is securing communications and providing some type of user verification. A research team from Google, George Mason University and the
Data Links & Communications
Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned technology solutions company, has won a $5.4 million award from the Air Force Spectrum Management Office (AFSMO) to analyze the feasibility of relocation to alternative RF bands. As the federal government plans to reallocate radio frequency (RF) spectrum to the commercial sector, the
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 to training
Data Links & Communications
ASC Signal Corporation has been awarded a $3.8 million sub-contract by L-3 Communications Systems-West to build a dual-band antenna system to support global data collection and dissemination worldwide for the U.S. Navy MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) programme.The advanced antenna terminals will
Data Links & Communications
The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman‘s technical services business a $91,218,878 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.The company will reset MQ-5B Hunter unmanned aircraft systems with tactical common data links and interoperability engineering. Work will be performed in Sierra Vista, Arizona, with an estimated completion date of December
Control Stations
Textron Systems announced that the company’s operating unit, AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems has completed the US Army’s 2011 Manned Unmanned System Integration Capability (MUSIC) exercise. Providing command and control of AAI’s Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (TUAS), as well as General Atomics’ Gray Eagle and Northrop Grumman’
Electronic Systems
Cobham has introduced a new high definition (HD), dual stream video transmitter, called M2TE (Messenger 2 Transmitter Enhanced), for use on unmanned aircraft. “The M2TE transmitter provides a bird’s eye view in real time for ground forces,” said Steve Schaefer, Vice President of Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance. “It
Control Stations
UAS already beam thousands of hours of video to intelligence analysts manning multiple screens and send information directly to soldiers in the field. This dramatic growth is leading to information overload. It won't stop there: the military wants individual soldiers not only to drive tanks, watch for enemies
Electronic Systems
The aerospace industry’s Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation & Assessment (ASTRAEA) programme is about to test wireless communication system designed to allow a UAS to securely send video footage and other information to its ground-based operator at the highest possible speed, even when it is out of direct