Australian tech start-up Emesent announced at the International LiDAR Mapping Forum (ILMF) in Denver-CO, the commercial availability of their revolutionary Hovermap drone payload, which dramatically improves the value of drone-based asset inspection and mapping. Continue reading
Category Archives: Payloads
New Drone Payload Offers Recognition Range of 5km
Shilat Optronics is an Israeli HiTech company specializing in electro-optics, which focuses on developing innovative technologies for defense and homeland security applications. The company is based on proprietary technologies and innovation. Continue reading
FLIR Systems Launches Three Cooled Neutrino Family Thermal Camera Cores
FLIR Systems, Inc. has announced three Neutrino midwave infrared (MWIR) camera cores: the small, lightweight FLIR Neutrino LC and two FLIR Neutrino Performance series cores, the SX12 and QX. The latest models expand the FLIR Neutrino cooled camera core family for commercial, industrial, and defense original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and system integrators. Continue reading
Innovative UAS Solution for BAF RF Measurement
The Benefield Anechoic Facility tests installed radio frequency systems. But testing in the BAF has some operational limitations: duration can be dominated by setup and calibration time; there are RF coverage limitations over the backbones of large aircraft; and dynamic antenna transmission restrictions. Continue reading
USAF Asks Raytheon to Upgrade Electro-Optical AN/DAS-4 Multispectral Sensor
U.S. Air Force electro-optical surveillance experts needed next-generation multispectral targeting sensor systems for the MQ-9 Reaper attack unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and other reconnaissance aircraft. They found their solution from the Raytheon Co. Continue reading
AgilePod Flies on US Air Force MQ-9
In March 2018, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Sensors Program Office, working jointly with the AFLCMC Medium Altitude Unmanned Aerial Systems Program Office, sponsored three demonstration flights of an MQ-9 Reaper with AgilePod. Continue reading
Headwall Integrates Hyperspectral and LiDAR on UAS
Headwall has introduced advanced sensor payloads consisting of hyperspectral sensors and LIDAR for deployment on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platforms. Through the fusion of spectral imaging data and 3D LIDAR output, Headwall continues to provide new capabilities for addressing critical remote sensing applications ranging from civil and military infrastructure inspection to crop science applications requiring discrete solutions for crop monitoring. Continue reading
Shilat Optronics Introduces Thermal Payload for Drones
Shilat Optronics – an electro-optics company that offers several proprietary technologies for defense and homeland security applications – will launch two innovative night vision products at EUROSATORY 2018. Continue reading