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DJI has unveiled the Manifold, an embedded computer for drones that offers more powerful hardware and runs on Ubuntu Linux. The updated platform has stricter flight controls and more attention to detail. "Designed for developers, the Manifold's built-in Ubuntu operating system supports CUDA, OpenCV, and ROS,"
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Known for its key role in the smartphone industry, Qualcomm is now looking to expand their horizons by making a new chip reference design aimed at making drones cheaper for everyone. Qualcomm's SoC (system on a chip) design will also be used for future drones. SoCs are efficient
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With the goal of achieving autonomous flight of these aerial vehicles, the researcher José Martínez Carranza from the National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (INAOE) in Mexico, developed a vision and learning system to control and navigate them without relying on a GPS signal or trained personnel. Mexican José
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The comment period on the US Federal Register is about to close on a potential navigation backup system for GPS that could be very useful for unmanned systems. Enhanced Loran or eLoran is an invigorated version of the old Loran system formerly operated by the Coast Guard. The new system,
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A company in Germany is offering a new solution to the problem of drone collision: a collision avoidance unit which works with different sensors, does not need GPS-positioning and can be fitted into almost any rotary wing or multirotor platform. Drones have already become an important tool for many businesses
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The US Navy has awarded nine companies a spot on a maximum $99 million set of contracts to provide software development and other services for the Naval Air Systems Command’s Strike Planning and Execution Systems, which supports a number of air, sea and ground missions. Work under the indefinite-delivery/
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced a major technological advancement related to the integration of RPA into international and domestic airspace. GA-ASI successfully flight tested a pre-production Due Regard Radar (DRR), marking the first fully functional air-to-air radar on a RPA that meets the requirements for “Due Regard” operations
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Mountain Secure Systems (MSS), a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries (PSI) and supplier of rugged electronic solutions, announced that it has recently shipped an order of removable, ruggedized solid state drives (SSDs) to a leading defence contractor, which will be integrated into a pod system for the MQ-9 Reaper. The
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UAV Propulsion Tech has signed a representative agreement with MicroPilot (Stony Mountain, Canada) to market their family of autopilots into the US Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) market. UAV Propulsion Tech currently represents Australian and German propulsion, servo and rescue/recovery parachute companies to market their products to the US UAV
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2d3 Ltd has won a contract from the Netherlands MOD yesterday to upgrade the ScanEagle UAS motion imagery exploitation capability. The contract is for the delivery of two identical exploitation suites for use with the Insitu ScanEagle systems in service with the Dutch Army. The project consists of delivering updated
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PrecisionHawk Inc., Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) manufacturer and Aerial Data Processing and Analysis Company, has announced a solution, known as LATAS (Low Altitude Tracking and Avoidance System,) for the safe integration of drones into the National Airspace.As an automated air traffic control system for UAVs, LATAS has the ability
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Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation, announced the successful flight test of the AN/ZPY-4(V) Maritime Surveillance Radar (AN/ZPY-4(V)) upgraded with a Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI) mode. This radar is an enhanced version of the radar designed and built for the US Navy&