Data Device Corporation (DDC) has introduced its latest and most advanced generation of solid-state power controllers (SSPC) featuring on-board DC-to-DC converters to simplify power supply requirements, a new command interface to reduce bus traffic, and enhanced digital discrete control capability designed to improve system integration. Continue reading
Category Archives: Electronic Sub-Systems
Miniature Radar Altimeter Supports Sea-skimming UAV Test
Roke Manor Research Ltd (Roke) supplied its Miniature Radar Altimeter (MRA) in a successful flight test of a sea-skimming UAV designed to mimic the threat of an incoming missile. Continue reading
Curtiss-Wright Introduces Rugged Computer for Radar Processing in UAS
Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions in High Wycombe, England, is shipping an enhanced version of its MPMC-9335 multi-platform mission computer (MPMC) for demanding compute-intensive applications such as image, data and radar processing in space-, weight-, and power-constrained uses such as unmanned aircraft and ground vehicles. Continue reading
Thermacore Heat Sink Breakthrough Results from DARPA MACE Programme
Thermacore, Inc. is offering a new generation of compact, custom-built, high-performance air-cooled heat sinks, the result of a multimillion-dollar development contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), which ended on September 30, 2012. Continue reading
Xsens MTi-G GPS/INS in Mini-Boeing Unmanned Aircraft
The MTi-G-700 GPS/INS is a GPS-aided, IMU-enhanced Inertial Navigation System that outputs a wide range of data, such as drift free 3D orientation data, 3D position and velocity data, 3D calibrated acceleration, rate of turn, magnetic field data and pressure data. Continue reading
UAV Navigation Tests ‘Sea-Skimming’ Flight Control
UAV Navigation, a developer of flight-control avionics and motion sensors for unmanned aircraft, said it demonstrated its LCAPautopilot system in a “sea-skimming” target UAS designed to mimic the threat of an incoming missile. Continue reading
China’s Low Key UAS Presentations at Zhuhai Show
Wing Loong
China’s biennial air shows in Zhuhai offer a rare glimpse into Beijing’s efforts to develop capabilities such as unmanned aircraft, military jet engines and advanced weapons. Continue reading
Roke’s Miniature Radar Altimeter Becomes Standard Fit on Saab Skeldar
Roke Manor Research Ltd (Roke), a Chemring Group company, has worked with Saab to successfully integrate its Miniature Radar Altimeter (MRA) into Saab’s Skeldar UAS for which it is now a standard fit. Continue reading