A saucer-shaped aircraft on a wide flatbed truck driving around the Capitol Beltway had some people wondering if the government was moving an alien UFO in or near Washington, D.C., last Wednesday night. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: June 2012
MicroStrain Releases New Lossless Wireless Sensor Networks
MicroStrain’s new LXRS “lossless” wireless communication protocol (patent pending) supports scalable networks of high speed sensor nodes without data loss due to temporary radio frequency (RF) fading, multipath, or interference. Continue reading
Russia and Israel in Joint UAS Production Talks
Russia and Israel are negotiating a joint project to build an unmanned aircraft, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Wednesday. Continue reading
Venezuela Starts UAS Production
President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday that Venezuela has begun to assemble Kalashnikov assault rifles with assistance from Russia and started producing unmanned surveillance aircraft. Continue reading
Lockheed Martin’s Maple Seed Inspired Samarai – Video
This video explores the innovation behind Lockheed Martin’s maple seed-inspired Samarai. Continue reading
ImSAR Gets $24M Nano SAR Contract for UAS from US Army
The developer of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) that is orders of magnitude smaller than other radars was awarded a $24 million contract from the U.S. Army Contracting Command in Natick, Mass., to build a “lightweight, ultra-wideband” SAR for unmanned aircraft systems for completion in 2017. Continue reading
Israel Air Force Testing Hyper-Spectral Camera Technology
The Israel Air Force (IAF) is currently examining hyper-spectral camera technology, which could allow unmanned aircraft systems to collect a wide variety of information, some invisible to the human eye. Continue reading
General Atomics Develops Laptop Tactical Airborne Reconnaissance Simulator
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has developed a simulator for operators controlling Lynx Multi-mode Radars on unmanned and manned aircraft. Continue reading