When Kyle Stanbro retired from the military in 2004, he put his energies into making a lighter and more physically intuitive video receiver for ground forces to receive UAS feeds to replace the ToughBook currently in use.
Category Archives: Data Links & Communications
Northrop Grumman HART On-Demand Intelligence System Succesful Field Tests
Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully demonstrated that its Heterogeneous Airborne Reconnaissance Team (HART) system increases warfighter situational awareness during a recent Spiral 7 DARPA field exercise conducted March 7-18, 2011, at Dugway Proving Grounds, Utah.
Northrop Grumman Picks Thinklogical High Bandwidth Router for BAMS
Northrop Grumman has contracted Thinklogical for key infrastructure systems for the U.S. Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System.
Xtreme Power Systems Selects RFaxis for New Atmel-Based Diversity Antenna DivBee(TM) Module to Serve ZigBee/ISM Applications
RFaxis has announced that its RFX2401 single chip/single die RF Front-End Integrated Circuit (RFeIC(TM)) for ZigBee/ISM 2.4GHz has been selected by Xtreme Power Systems (XPS) for its new DivBee(TM) Diversity Antenna ZigBee module.
SharkFin Free Mission Management and Control Software for “Point-N-Click” 3-D and Real-Time Management of Multiple UAS and Payloads
AME Unmanned Air Systems has announced the release of SharkFin Basic UAS mission planning software. SharkFin Basic is a STANAG 4586 compliant, multi-vehicle, Core UAS Control System, which also gives full UAS three-dimensional situational awareness.
PhoneDrone Board for Android from DIY Drones
DIY Drones has been working with Google on an Android-compatible RC interface board. They call it the “PhoneDrone board for Android”, and it’s a way to connect any Android device (2.3.4 or higher) to the world of RC and UAS.
Mercury Computers Delivers Multiple High-Speed Satellite Communications Subsystems
Mercury Computer Systems Inc., a provider of commercially developed ISR subsystems, will provide a prime contractor with Ensemble and Echotek Series products for use in a high-speed satellite communications system tasked with transferring more ISR data from unmanned aircraft to ground forces.
New Rugged Electronics Chassis from SIE
SIE Computing Solutions Inc. is introducing the SIE 734 VITA 58 rugged electronics chassis for mission-critical embedded computing systems that must operate in extreme conditions, such as unmanned aircraft systems.