Category Archives: Electronic Sub-Systems

GE Aviation Fields New ‘Turnkey’ UAS Computers

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GE Aviation has unveiled a new family of computing platforms designed to provide a common software environment to host a variety of unmanned and manned aircraft mission computing applications. The goal of the new platform is to reduce the cost of developing software for new aircraft programs. GE claims its new computing platform can host a range of different applications, including vehicle management, mission payload, aerial refueling, navigation and communication management.  Continue reading →

Flying-Cam Adopts QNX Operating System

Flying-CamQNX Software Systems Limited, a provider of software platforms for connected embedded systems, and Flying-Cam, a designer and manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems, have announced that the QNX Neutrino operating system is powering the Flying-Cam 3.0 SARAH unmanned aircraft system, which has won a Scientific and Technical Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Continue reading →

General Atomics Successfully Flight Tests Sense and Avoid Functions on Predator B

General_Atomics_PredatorBGeneral Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced the completion of the first of several planned flight tests of a Sense and Avoid (SAA) architecture and Self Separation functionality. This marks the first time the system has functioned as a true “system of systems” to detect every class of aircraft equipage and paves the way for a Due Regard capability. Continue reading →