Electronic Sub-Systems
Rockwell Collins announced at IDEX that its Athena family of flight control and navigation systems recently exceeded 1 million flight hours on several UAS performing surveillance operations primarily in the Middle East. “Due to the high quality of these guidance systems, Rockwell Collins’ control and navigation solutions are on more
Electronic Sub-Systems
MicroPilot has combined three of its premier MP2128g autopilots into the first commercially available triple‐redundancy unmanned aerial vehicle autopilot. The MP21283X is now available. Loaded with multiple communication links, back-up high current drivers, backup power supplies, and independently generated servo signals, this autopilot sets new reliability standards within
Electronic Sub-Systems
FLIR Systems, Inc. has reported strong demand for the Cobalt, Star SAFIRE and TALON classes of stabilized multi-sensor airborne systems for integration on UAS across the world. Since January, the company has received orders for more than 130 airborne systems for a variety of applications and platforms in the
Military
Northrop Grumman has announced that it has been awarded a $25.6 million contract to develop a UAS sense and avoid capability for BAMS in support of the Navy and U.S. Air Force. The work will be carried out by the Aerospace sector's Battle Management & Engagement
Electronic Sub-Systems
IAI presented a new airborne navigation system called TNF-Tamam Navigation FOG (Fibre Optic Gyro) at Aero India. TNF is a lightweight, airborne navigation and attitude heading reference system (AHRS) for use in UAS, target drones, small aircraft, and helicopters. It is also used for accurate targeting applications (inertial navigation
Military
Lockheed Martin has awarded a contract to ATK to provide the Thermal Control Subsystem for the Integrated Sensor is Structure (ISIS) programme, an integral part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) ISIS Airship. Lockheed Martin leads an industry team in the development of an airship-based autonomous unmanned
Electronic Sub-Systems
Tachyon Networks, developer of aXiom end-to-end satellite solutions for fixed, portable and comms-on-the-move (COTM) applications and Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, today announced their intention to cooperate in the development of end-to-end airborne COTM