Australia’s high end tech research engine NICTA will take a pivotal role in an US$18 million US Defence project which will develop software to protect the systems in UAS from cyber attack. Continue reading
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
Northrop Grumman and U.S. Navy Complete X-47B Unmanned Aircraft Wireless Manoeuvring Demonstration
Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy have taken a first critical step toward demonstrating that the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator can be manoeuvered safely and wirelessly on the crowded deck of an aircraft carrier. Continue reading
US Air Force & Raytheon Trial Ground Based Sense and Avoid
The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon have conducted concept evaluation demonstrations that show existing air traffic control equipment could be modified to safely track the presence of nearby unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
Oklahoma Training Center for Unmanned Systems Demonstrates Precision Guided Mortar Technology
Marking a key milestone in military technology, experts at the Oklahoma Training Center for Unmanned Systems (OTC-US) facilitated a successful demonstration of newly designed precision-guided mortar rounds, dropped from one of the centre’s small unmanned aircraft onto a target almost 1.5 miles below. Continue reading
BAE Systems Converted 300th F-4 Phantom into Target Drone for US Air Force
BAE Systems has successfully converted its 300th F-4 Phantom fighter jet into an unmanned flying drone for the U.S. Air Force. Continue reading
RTI Connext Micro Undergoes Certification for Flight Safety-Critical Systems
Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the real-time infrastructure software company, has announced that RTI Connext Micro is undergoing certification for flight safety-critical systems. Continue reading
Unmanned Aircraft System Testing at Oliktok, Alaska
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In late October 2012, a flight team from New Mexico State University, assisted by engineers from Sandia National Laboratories, completed the first in a series of test flights to evaluate various unmanned aircraft systems in the frigid Arctic conditions at the North Slope of Alaska. Continue reading
Algorithms Allow MAVs to Avoid Obstacles with Single Camera and Neuromorphic Hardware
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Researchers at Cornell University have come up with a way to enable robotic aircraft to navigate around outdoor obstacles using just a single camera and hardware that mimics neuron architecture. Continue reading