The University of Dayton has announced that locally-based companies Optonicus and Defense Engineering Corp., as well as California-based UtopiaCompression, have signed deals to relocate to UD’s Ladar and Optical Communications Institute. Continue reading
Cassidian Acquires SurveyCopter
SurveyCopter-Developed ‘Tracker’ on Cassidian Stand at MILIPOL, Paris today
Franco-German aerospace group European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co announced yesterday that its security and defence division Cassidian has acquired SurveyCopter, a closely-held French company specialised in the manufacture of light unmanned aircraft as part of a move to tap into the fast-growing market for military and civil missions for these aircraft.
Apache Block III with UAS Control Link Ready for Service
Boeing plans a November 2 rollout ceremony in Mesa, Arizona, for the first upgraded AH-64D Apache Block III destined for the US Army. Continue reading
Geospatial Intelligence Conference in San Antonio
The Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio was host this week to the intelligence industry’s annual trade conference known as the GEOINT 2011 Symposium, shorthand for “Geospatial Intelligence.” Continue reading
DARPA UAV Forge Challenge – Contestant Number 4
Last in the current the review of contestants in the DARPA UAVForge Challenge – a contest to use crowd-sourcing to build small UAS through an exchange of ideas and design practices – this video presents the Pogo 2100UAV. Continue reading
Italian UAS Community Initiative
On 13 October 2011 Aermatica organized the start-up meeting of the Italian Small Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Working group, at ARMAERO (General Directorate of Aeronautical Armaments, Italian Ministry of Defense) in Rome, Italy. Continue reading
2,700+ Vampire Embedded Software Training Licenses Sold by AEgis
The AEgis Technologies Group is now the largest provider of 3D visualization and embedded training devices for unmanned systems. Continue reading
NASA Develops ACAT Auto-GCAS Smart Phone App
DROID with F-16D - Photo: NASA / Tony Landis
A small hobby-type radio-controlled model aircraft is being transformed into a high-tech flight research aircraft at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center and will be used to develop such a ’sense-and-avoid’ application for smart phones. Continue reading