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AeroVironment has selected Rockwell Collins to provide its MicroGRAM GPS receiver for the Wasp AE small unmanned aircraft system, bringing secure, jam-resistant GPS capability to a micro UAS for the first time. “Having secure GPS significantly reduces the possibility that the Wasp AE can be jammed or spoofed,” said Dave
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General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced that it has completed the successful integration and operational testing of its Lynx Multi-mode Radar, a next-generation capability that integrates Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR), Ground Moving Target Indicator (GMTI), and Dismount Moving Target Indicator (DMTI) radar. Testing was conducted in May by the
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Acquisition by defence giant Lockheed Martin in January has put Procerus Technologies, a manufacturer of avionics for small unmanned aircraft systems, on the product-development fast track. Just six months later, Procerus showcased the results of an infusion of resources from its new parent, flying a new vertical-take-off-and-landing (VTOL) micro-UAS complete
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U.S. Air Force researchers are looking to image-processing expert MotionDSP Inc. in Burlingame, California, to use graphics processing unit (GPU) technology to enhance persistent-surveillance imagery gathered from sensors aboard unmanned aircraft. Officials of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, awarded a $3 million contract
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U.S. Air Force researchers are choosing embedded computing experts at Space Computer Corp. in Los Angeles to upgrade sensor processing in the Air Force Airborne Cueing and Exploitation System Hyperspectral (ACES Hy) side-mounted persistent-surveillance sensor for the MQ-1 Predator. Officials of the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson Air
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MicroStrain has introduced ENV-Link -Mini, which simplifies and streamlines remote environmental monitoring, alerting & reporting. This long-range, low-power environmental sensing solution is ideal for remote applications that demand scalable monitoring, simple initialization and easy access to data. With the new ENV-Link -Mini, users can quickly and cost-effectively establish custom environmental
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Nano-miniature connectors from TE Connectivity combine appealing size and weight with desired performance attributes such as high reliability, low contact resistance and wide operation temperature range, making them among the smallest and toughest connectors available to designers.The connectors offer dramatic space and weight savings in applications where size, weight
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[youtube VXUOKeDOtOw nolink] Gill Sensors has produced a video animation detailing how the Blade360 rotary position sensor works. The video covers the fundamentals of induction technology and shows how the sensor uses this principle to detect absolute position. A metallic target, referred to as the activator, passes over a series
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OxTS has launched its smallest and lightest inertial navigation system - the newly developed xNAV200, a very compact, small and lightweight INS, perfectly suited for all applications where size and weight as well as performance matter. xNAV200 includes dual-antenna GPS and tightly coupled INS in one compact and powerful package.
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ITT Exelis unveiled its airborne sense-and-avoid (ABSAA) radar under development for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-4C Triton Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) unmanned aircraft system. It is also being promoted for other UAS as a solution to flying in unrestricted airspace, branded as the SkySense 2020H radar system. The
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Gill Sensors, a developer of specialist non-contact inductive position sensors, has announced the availability of its next-generation micro position sensor technology for robotics and unmanned systems applications. The new electronic sensor platform has already been designed into a number of custom micro position sensors for specialist applications and has recently
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Defense Research Associates, Inc. (DRA), a small, veteran-owned company, has been awarded a $5 million small business contract for the U.S. Air Force as an ongoing effort to develop and demonstrate technology to prevent mid-air collisions between aircraft. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative