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
Category Archives: Applications & Testing & Experience
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
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