Electronic Sub-Systems
Raytheon Company is showcasing its advanced intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) visualization and analytic capabilities system, Sentinel Thunder, during this year's Empire Challenge May 23 to June 3 at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Sentinel Thunder provides a mobile micro-cloud with advanced ISR visualization and analytics that is scalable to
Payloads
DRS Technologies, Inc., has announced that its Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA) business unit has produced an advanced, full-featured thermal camera that consumes less than one watt of power to produce a thermal image. Slightly smaller than a golf ball, the Tamarisk 320 occupies less than 30 cubic centimeters
Events
Arcturus is displaying its new T-20 at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference in Tampa, Florida. The T-20 has a 17-foot wingspan, putting it in the so-called Tier II class of unmanned aircraft. The company claims the device can carry up to 65 pounds of payload, 'in excess of
Electronic Sub-Systems
TiaLinx, Inc. has announced the launch of the Phoenix50-H. The quad coaxial mini-copter system is capable of performing multiple functions such as detecting movement or breathing of a hiding person in a compound from a sloped roof. The mini-copter can be remotely controlled at extended standoff distances of more than
Payloads
Z Microsystems, a provider of field-ready computing systems, announced that NHK, a major Japanese television station, is using the Z Microsystems Image Processor to improve the quality of live video coverage of the earthquake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The Z Microsystems Image Processor is a high performance parallel processing
Testing
The clever chaps at Yale University Grab Labs have developed a robot helicopter integrated with a compliant gripper, able to directly grasp and transport objects while hovering in mid-air outdoors, without need for external motion sensors. The specially tuned elasticity properties of the gripper allow the aircraft to robustly contact
Non-Military & Commercial UAS
Datron World Communications has announced several improvements to its Scout unmanned aircraft, including two new payloads and structural enhancements that make the device more durable and sturdier. Regarding the payloads, the company has added a 10X optical zoom camera, and a 5-megapixel “workhorse” camera, said Chris Barter, Scout product manager.
Military UAS
As part of the us Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Programme, the Air Force Research Laboratory calls for a proposal on the 'Aerial Distribution of Taggants'. OBJECTIVE: Develop and demonstrate innovative methods to unobtrusively distribute taggants onto moving targets for tracking, locating, and identification purposes. DESCRIPTION:
Payloads
Optics and sensors specialist Clear Align introduced its Featherlight line of lightweight lenses optimized for shortwave infrared (SWIR) applications for UAS and man-portable electro-optics applications at the SPIE Defence, Security, and Sensors conference and trade show in Orlando, Florida. The Featherlight family of SWIR lenses builds on the company'
Military UAS
The Raytheon Company was awarded a $7 million contract to serve as a Mission Systems Integrator for Phase I of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Persistent Close Air Support project. Raytheon's proposed PCAS solution will develop technologies that significantly reduce the timeline for close air support through
Non-Military & Commercial UAS
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will use its two small unmanned Manta aircraft to sniff for black carbon, an agent formed through the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels, biofuel, and biomass, in the Arctic. The unmanned aircraft are outfitted with sensors to sample the air over the ice
Military UAS
Raytheon has tested a new warhead for its Small Tactical Munition, a new weapon specifically designed to be employed from UAS. STM is a 13-pound guided munition that is approximately 2 feet long, making it the smallest air-launched weapon in the Raytheon portfolio. The 13-pound STM is designed for the