UTC Aerospace Systems has announced the introduction of the Cloud Cap Technology Piccolo Nano UAS autopilot, the smallest addition to Piccolo family of flight management systems.
Piccolo Nano has been designed to meet the size and cost requirements of small unmanned aircraft systems, whilst offering all the capabilities and features required by the most sophisticated UAS.
Fully compatible with the software amd feature capabilities of other products within the Piccolo autopilot family, the Piccolo Nano autopilot provides a small, lightweight, flexible architecture to support the myriad of designs in small hand launched or uniquely configured UAS. This unenclosed, distributable autopilot system provides maximum installation flexibility to the system integrator and is a perfect fit in small UAS where the vehicle structure provides the enclosure and the autopilot components need to be distributed within the airframe’s available space.
The Piccolo Nano UAS autopilot is expected to be priced in the $1,000 range, addressing the requirement for economy within small UA systems.
Piccolo Nano is a professional grade, fully supported UAS autopilot and, as with the Piccolo SL and Picccolo II, can be upgraded to provide DGPS precision auto land, moving baseline landing support and VTOL support.
Source: Press Release