Aurora Flight Sciences is collaborating with Socionext Inc., a top expert in radar sensor technology, to provide a radar-enabled collision protection system for consumer drones. Continue reading
Category Archives: Electronic Sub-Systems
Iris Automation Closes $8M Series A Funding to Bring AI Technology to UAS
Iris Automation, a provider of collision avoidance for commercial drones, has announced an $8 million Series A financing round to fund the development of crucial unlocking technologies for the autonomous flying robotics industry. Continue reading
NAVAIR Plans to Install ACAS Xu on MQ-4C Fleet
Northrop Grumman will prepare to modify the MQ-4C Triton unmanned air system with an emerging technology that can be used to help the maritime surveillance aircraft sense and avoid other objects in flight. Continue reading
Materion’s Aluminum Beryllium AlBeMet Selected for MS-177 Sensor
Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk
Materion Corporation has been awarded a contract by UTC Aerospace Systems for AlBeMet metal matrix composite parts for its MS-177 long-range, multi-spectral imaging (MSI) sensor. The sensor is currently undergoing integration testing and qualification for the Northrop Grumman RQ-4B Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS). Continue reading
Ethernet/IP Based Thermal Imaging Payloads by TeAx
TeAx Technology, a solution provider for thermal imaging technology within the global drone industry has unveiled another product: ThermalCapture IRnet. It provides an Ethernet interface for live data streaming to new and existing FLIR Tau 2 cores and FLIR Vue Pro / R cores. Continue reading
Velodyne Slashes Most Popular LiDAR Sensor Price
Led by inventor and entrepreneur David Hall, Velodyne LiDAR has announced a significant cost reduction for its VLP-16 Puck, which will spur hope and excitement for the development of safe autonomous vehicles that are accessible to all. Velodyne’s most popular LiDAR sensor, the VLP-16, is now offered to customers around the world for up to a 50 percent cost reduction. Continue reading
Sagetech Transponder Enables UAS Operations in Civil Airspace
PAE ISR Resolute Eagle
Sagetech Corporation has proved small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) can safely fly in controlled airspace using the same technology that has helped maintain flight safety for decades. Continue reading
NOAA, Tennessee University Test Electric UAV with Autopilot
With a legacy of delivering reliable, robust and highly accurate small Unmanned Aircraft Systems , NOAA Atmospheric Turbulence and Diffusion Division (ATDD) of the Air Resources Laboratory has selected Black Swift Technologies (BST), a specialized engineering firm based in Boulder, CO, to integrate their SwiftCore Flight Management System with a UAV Factory Penguin BE UAV platform in support of a joint research project with the University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI). Continue reading