The comment period on the US Federal Register is about to close on a potential navigation backup system for GPS that could be very useful for unmanned systems.
Category Archives: Electronic Sub-Systems
New Collision Avoidance Unit for sUAS
A company in Germany is offering a new solution to the problem of drone collision: a collision avoidance unit which works with different sensors, does not need GPS-positioning and can be fitted into almost any rotary wing or multirotor platform.
US Navy Awards $99M Strike System Contract
The US Navy has awarded nine companies a spot on a maximum $99 million set of contracts to provide software development and other services for the Naval Air Systems Command’s Strike Planning and Execution Systems, which supports a number of air, sea and ground missions.
Successful Flight Tests of Sense & Avoid Radar on Predator B
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced a major technological advancement related to the integration of RPA into international and domestic airspace. GA-ASI successfully flight tested a pre-production Due Regard Radar (DRR), marking the first fully functional air-to-air radar on a RPA that meets the requirements for “Due Regard” operations in international airspace.
Solid State Drives for MQ-9 Reaper Pod System
Mountain Secure Systems (MSS),a subsidiary of Phillips Service Industries (PSI) and supplier of rugged electronic solutions, announced that it has recently shipped an order of removable, ruggedized solid state drives (SSDs) to a leading defence contractor, which will be integrated into a pod system for the MQ-9 Reaper.
MicroPilot Gets US Distributer
UAV Propulsion Tech has signed a representative agreement with MicroPilot (Stony Mountain, Canada) to market their family of autopilots into the US Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) market. Continue reading
Netherlands Army ScanEagles Get Sensor Upgrade
2d3 Ltd has won a contract from the Netherlands MOD yesterday to upgrade the ScanEagle UAS motion imagery exploitation capability.
PrecisionHawk’s Low Altitude Tracking and Avoidance System
PrecisionHawk Inc., Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) manufacturer and Aerial Data Processing and Analysis Company, has announced a solution, known as LATAS (Low Altitude Tracking and Avoidance System,) for the safe integration of drones into the National Airspace.