ASC Signal Corporation has been awarded a $3.8 million sub-contract by L-3 Communications Systems-West to build a dual-band antenna system to support global data collection and dissemination worldwide for the U.S. Navy MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) programme. Continue reading
Category Archives: Data Links & Communications
Northrop Grumman Gets $91M MQ-5B Hunter Upgrade Contract from US Army
The U.S. Army has awarded Northrop Grumman‘s technical services business a $91,218,878 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. Continue reading
AAI UAS Universal Ground Control Station Orchestrated MUSIC
Textron Systems announced that the company’s operating unit, AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems has completed the US Army’s 2011 Manned Unmanned System Integration Capability (MUSIC) exercise. Continue reading
Cobham Introduces Mini HD Video Transmitter for Unmanned Aircraft
Cobham has introduced a new high definition (HD), dual stream video transmitter, called M2TE (Messenger 2 Transmitter Enhanced), for use on unmanned aircraft. Continue reading
Information Overload
Photo: US Air Force
UAS already beam thousands of hours of video to intelligence analysts manning multiple screens and send information directly to soldiers in the field. This dramatic growth is leading to information overload.
Progress Report at UK ASTRAEA National Conference
The aerospace industry’s Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation & Assessment (ASTRAEA) programme is about to test wireless communication system designed to allow a UAS to securely send video footage and other information to its ground-based operator at the highest possible speed, even when it is out of direct range, and is also developing a device for sensing and avoiding aircraft in commercial airspace that is also undergoing testing. Continue reading
Northrop-Grumman’s Unmanned Combat Air System Incorporates 1394 Fire Wire Standard
The FireWire has been established as an aircraft vehicle management (VMS) network in the X-47B developed by Northrop-Grumman Group. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Launches HART in Europe
Northrop Grumman has introduced an unmanned aircraft data management system to the European market, to allow troops on the ground to “eliminate the tunnel-vision of the battlefield”. Continue reading