Working in close cooperation with the BAAINBw* and engineering firm Spies, EMT has developed and tested a second generation LIDAR Sense & Avoid sensor. Continue reading
Category Archives: Payloads
Successful Radar Data Exchange Between Joint STARS and Global Hawk
Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed a successful exchange of radar data during a flight test involving the U.S. Air Force’s E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) and the RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 40 unmanned aircraft system. The demonstration was conducted Feb. 25. Continue reading
New Stereo Vision System Using the World’s Smallest Camera
Awaiba has added a new stereo vision 3D model to their line of Naneye cameras. This new version links two Naneye(1mmx1mm) cameras together in an aligned system. Continue reading
Flash Lidar Could Help UAS Refuel
Autonomous aerial refueling (AAR) is an important capability for an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to have, enabling it’s flying range and endurance to be increased without increasing its size.
Thales I-Master Radar System Tests Successful on Schiebel Camcopter
The Thales I-Master radar system has successfully completed flight trials on-board a Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System). Continue reading
Raytheon to integrate Miniature Air Launched Decoy on Predator & Reaper
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Raytheon Company and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. are working together to develop a highly autonomous, unmanned electronic warfare capability based on equipping GA-ASI’s Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) with Raytheon’s Miniature Air Launched Decoy (MALD). Continue reading
Lightweight UAS Demand Accelerates Development of Lightweight Payloads
First responders and Homeland Security forces worldwide are today investigating the use of UAS in the HLS arena. Continue reading
GA-ASI Successfully Tests Prototype Due Regard Radar Aboard Predator B
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. announced the successful flight test of a prototype of its Due Regard Radar (DRR), a company-funded air-to-air radar system that supports GA-ASI’s overall airborne Sense and Avoid (SAA) architecture for Predator B RPA. Continue reading