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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
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
TechJect Dragonfly Seeks Funding
The TechJect Dragonfly is a wifi-enabled, super-small, smart and energy efficient robotic insect; it can do amazing aerial photography, aerobatic manoeuvres for gaming, autonomous patrolling for security and surveillance, and much more. Continue reading
Joint Manned / Unmanned Aircraft Operations Using COTS NextGen ADS-B Tracking
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This video demonstrated the use of the “NextGen” Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system to facilitate joint operations between unmanned and manned aircraft by providing operators and pilots in-flight tracking of all participating aircraft. Continue reading
Navy UCAS Lab Shows Future Carrier-Based Unmanned Aircraft Operations
Navy representatives recently participated in tests for the Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) that will drive recommendations for digital messaging implementation and unmanned aircraft integration into the carrier environment. Continue reading
Europe Targets Maritime-UAS Market With Auto-VTOL
Europe’s long-standing interest in maritime unmanned aircraft continues to build, and its industry is hoping to catch up with and surpass US rivals by cracking the technological challenge of operating from warships in high seas. Continue reading
NASA’s X-48 Unmanned Research Aircraft Completes 100th Test Flight
The Boeing X-48 Blended Wing Body subscale research aircraft made its 100th flight in late October at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California.
Raytheon-Led Team Continues Development of UAS-Based Hyper-Spectral Sensor to Find IEDs
Multispectral sensors designers at the Raytheon Co. Network Centric Systems segment in McKinney, Texas, will move ahead with developing a new sensor for unmanned aircraft able to see objects on the ground not visible to the human eye, such as hidden roadside bombs or illicit opium crops by detecting their spectral signatures. Continue reading
Upgrades to Shadow in Evaluation Stage
The soldiers of Company A, Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico are flying UAS with new upgrades as part of Network Integration Evaluation 13.1 to better assist service members in the fight. Continue reading