Microsemi Corporation is introducing a 9Gb (gigabit) DDR3 SDRAM memory device that is the first of its kind to be packaged in a single plastic ball grid array (PBGA) and offered as a compact x72 dual in-line memory module (DIMM).
“The World’s Greatest Aviation Celebration” Features Electric Flight
The future of electric flight will be on display & in action at eVenture 2011, a feature of EAA AirVenture Oshkosh from July 25 – 31. Elektra One will be one of the highlights of the Electric Flight Showcase.
Alaska University Tests UAS for Wildlife Observation
On a two-day trip to the Aleutian Islands in Alaska earlier this month, researchers from Poker Flat Research Range evaluated the performance of a new unmanned aircraft system that will be used to monitor Steller sea lions.
Germany Considers More Eurohawks
As the German air force maps out its future unmanned aircraft plans, it is looking to acquire up to four high-altitude unmanned aircraft for wide-area surveillance.
COTS and Open Standards Drive UAS Control Station Architectures
Designers of control stations for unmanned vehicles primarily use commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) embedded products, but there has never been a common architecture developed for all UAS ground control stations.
New Data Acquisition Board from Pentek
Pentek Inc. is introducing the model 71640 data acquisition board for military radar, military communications, and unmanned aircraft system applications. The embedded computing module can digitize one 12-bit channel at 3.6 GHz, or two channels at 1.8 GHz, and has provisions synchronize several boards for capture and analysis of even wider bandwidths. Continue reading
Algorithm Allows Sensors to Geo-Localize
Photo Taken Using SLAM Algorithm during Tests at the Great Plains Joint Training Center’s Crisis City
Kansas State University’s Dale Schinstock has developed and continues to refine an algorithm that allows sensors on an unmanned aircraft to build a map of the environment and determine its location in that map.
AAI Enters 5 Year Research Agreement with US Army
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, announced yesterday that it has entered into a five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) with the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, Communications-Electronic Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC).