ING Robotic Aviation and Sagetech Corporation teamed to make Canadian aviation history back in November, as a manned aircraft and unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flew in shared airspace. Continue reading
Category Archives: Electronic Sub-Systems
SBG Systems Launches New Family of MEMS-based Tactical Grade Inertial Systems
SBG Systems has launched its Ekinox Series, a new product range of tactical grade inertial systems which brings robust and cost-effective MEMS to the Fibre Optic Gyro (FOG) level. Continue reading
VectorNav Supplies IMU for Unmanned Innovation Autopilot Development Platform
Unmanned Innovation, a provider of development platforms for unmanned aircraft systems, has partnered with VectorNav Technologies to integrate VectorNav’s VN-100 inertial measurement unit (IMU) into Unmanned Innovation’s os-Series Autopilots. Continue reading
DDC Introduces New Solid-State Power Controllers for Unmanned Systems
Data Device Corporation (DDC) has introduced its latest and most advanced generation of solid-state power controllers (SSPC) featuring on-board DC-to-DC converters to simplify power supply requirements, a new command interface to reduce bus traffic, and enhanced digital discrete control capability designed to improve system integration. Continue reading
Miniature Radar Altimeter Supports Sea-skimming UAV Test
Roke Manor Research Ltd (Roke) supplied its Miniature Radar Altimeter (MRA) in a successful flight test of a sea-skimming UAV designed to mimic the threat of an incoming missile. Continue reading
Curtiss-Wright Introduces Rugged Computer for Radar Processing in UAS
Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions in High Wycombe, England, is shipping an enhanced version of its MPMC-9335 multi-platform mission computer (MPMC) for demanding compute-intensive applications such as image, data and radar processing in space-, weight-, and power-constrained uses such as unmanned aircraft and ground vehicles. Continue reading
Thermacore Heat Sink Breakthrough Results from DARPA MACE Programme
Thermacore, Inc. is offering a new generation of compact, custom-built, high-performance air-cooled heat sinks, the result of a multimillion-dollar development contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which ended on September 30, 2012. Continue reading
Xsens MTi-G GPS/INS in Mini-Boeing Unmanned Aircraft
The MTi-G-700 GPS/INS is a GPS-aided, IMU-enhanced Inertial Navigation System that outputs a wide range of data, such as drift free 3D orientation data, 3D position and velocity data, 3D calibrated acceleration, rate of turn, magnetic field data and pressure data. Continue reading