The ShadowHawk Unmanned Aircraft System from Vanguard Defense Industries has been selected by the Department of the Navy, Naval Surface Warfare Center to take part in the Stiletto Maritime Demonstration Programme (SMDP). Continue reading
BAE Systems Gets $43M Micro-Robotics Research Funding from US Army Research Lab
BAE Systems has been awarded a $43 million cooperative agreement extension to lead the Army Research Laboratory’s (ARL) Micro Autonomous Systems and Technology (MAST) Collaborative Technology Alliance for an additional five years. Continue reading
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
Next-Generation Batteries from the US Air Force Research Laboratory
The US Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright- Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio has just published a new paper on Electrochemical Energy Storage Materials. 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
Gray Eagle Completes 100 Training Flight Hours at Fort Hood
The Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system has completed one hundred hours of flight time at Fort Hood and on March 7th, completed its first daytime flight. Continue reading
Messerschmitt Me 108 ‘Taifun’
This is a French built (i.e. Nord) version of the Messerschmitt Me.108 liaison aircraft which was the direct predecessor of the more famous Me.109 fighter of World War Two. Continue reading
High-Performance Ka-Band Satellite Communication System Delivers Beyond Line-of-Sight Broadband for Unmanned Helicopters
ViaSat Inc. has demonstrated a high-performance Ka-band satellite communication system that delivers beyond line-of-sight broadband for manned and unmanned rotary wing aircraft. Continue reading