Category Archives: Electronic Sub-Systems

Velodyne Lidar Announces Multi-Year Agreement with AGM Systems Russia

AGM-MS3 from AGM Systems is equipped with Velodyne’s Ultra Puck lidar sensor

Velodyne Lidar, Inc. has announced a multi-year agreement with AGM Systems LLC, which provides state-of-the-art hardware and software technology for the collection, processing and analysis of air and mobile mapping data. AGM Systems will utilize Velodyne’s Ultra Puck lidar sensor in their new AGM-MS3 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) mapping solution. Continue reading

Kongsberg Geospatial and Sentient Vision Partner on AI Sensor Analysis

This video still frame demonstrates how Sentient Kestrel can detect and track multiple targets based on motion

Kongsberg Geospatial, developer of the TerraLens Geospatial SDK, announced that it has partnered with Sentient Vision Systems to enable real-time analysis of sensor video data from drone-based sensors, using Sentient’s Kestrel, an AI–enabled computer vision system that provides automated object detection. Continue reading

American Aerospace to Integrate Sagetech Avionics Detect and Avoid System

Sagetech Avionics, an aerospace technology company providing situational awareness solutions for Unmanned Aerial Systems, and American Aerospace ISR (AA ISR) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to integrate Sagetech’s Detect and Avoid (DAA) system into the AA ISR AiRanger unmanned aircraft. Continue reading

GA-ASI’s New Centerline Avionics Bay Increases MQ-9A Capability

MQ-9 with Centerline Avionics Bay

For the first time on Feb. 3, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) flew a company-owned MQ-9A Block 5 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) equipped with a newly developed Centerline Avionics Bay (CAB). The CAB provides space to incorporate critical new capabilities for GA-ASI customers. Continue reading

Sagetech Avionics Receives DoD AIMS Certification for Mode 5 Micro IFF Transponder for Drones

Sagetech Avionics, an aerospace technology company providing situational awareness solutions for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), announced that on February 5th the DoD AIMS Program Office issued the world’s first 17-1000 Mark XIIB certification to Sagetech for its MX12B micro Mode 5 Identify Friend or Foe (IFF) transponder. Continue reading