Jackson State University computer engineering professor Kamal Ali has been awarded a research grant worth $517,062 from the U.S. Department of Defense for a three-year-project to build a simulator to test MAV autopilots.
DARPA Picks New Mexico State University for Vulture Programme Flight Testing
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) will award a sole source cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to New Mexico State University Physical Sciences Laboratory (NMSU/PSL). This contract is for the acquisition of facilities, materials and support for flight testing for the Vulture programme flight demonstrator (FD) air vehicle.
L-3 Link Partners with University of North Dakota on UAS Training Centre
L-3 Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) announced yesterday that it has signed agreements with the University of North Dakota to jointly establish a UAS training centre at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota.
UVS International Partners with ICAUV Bangalore, India Feb 2012
UVS International has been invited, for the second consecutive time, by the Indian Ministry of Defence, Aeronautical Defence Organisation, Defence Research Development Organisation (ADE) to team with them for the organisation and promotion of the ICAUV 2012 conference & exhibition, which will take place at the Eagleton Golf Resort (outside of Bangalore) in India in February 2012.
GE Produces Rugged Computers for UAS
GE Intelligent Platforms is introducing a family of rugged, off-the-shelf Embedded Computing systems for unmanned aircraft systems and unmanned ground vehicles.
Maritime Surveillance Expanding Electronic Systems Opportunity from UAS – New Report
Strategy Analytics has just published a new 7 page report entitled “Maritime Surveillance Expanding Electronic Systems Opportunity from UAS.” The author is Asif Anwar and the report is available to clients only. Here is the abstract and here is the pitch:
Textron’s AAI & Overwatch Develop Secure Cellular Network Hosted by UAS
FASTCOM is a mobile, secure battlefield cellular network that can be hosted on manned and unmanned aircraft, aerostats, masts or ground vehicles. It has been co-developed by two Textron Systems’ companies – Overwatch and AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems – in partnership with ViaSat Inc.
MIT uses Kinect for Autonomous Flight and Mapping
Students at MIT have developed a real-time visual odometry system that can use a Kinect to provide fast and accurate estimates of a vehicle’s 3D trajectory.