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US Navy Adapts Space Radio for UAS Communications

AAI Shadow

Three naval entities collaborated to adapt a small radio receiver intended for space applications into a full-featured radio frequency system for a Marine Corps UAS. The Software Reprogrammable Payload (SRP), a joint effort between the Office of Naval Research, the Naval Research Laboratory and Marine Corps aviation, is currently targeted for the AAI Shadow.

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CAE Puts ‘Mission’ into UAS Training at Aero India

CAE Staff Demonstrate UAS Mission Training Solutions at Aero India

CAE recently demonstrated its UAS mission training solutions at the biennial Aero India show in Bangalore.  India’s Army, Navy and Air Force are all expected to significantly increase their use of unmanned aerial systems, and the three services are currently conducting trials to evaluate potential UAS training systems.

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BAE and Stark File Experimental Radio Applications at the FCC

BAE Systems Unmanned Aircraft Programs Inc. filed an application (with supporting exhibit) for an experimental license to develop radio link equipment used in UAS operated by military branches for command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance  (C4ISR) applications. Stark Aerospace filed an application (with supporting exhibits) for an experimental license to test a UAS for public safety and military applications.  

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