AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems announced yesterday that it has successfully completed an unmanned flight demonstration of a Small Sense and Avoid System (SSAASy) on a Shadow 200 UAS. The Shadow system has clocked up more than 600,000 flight hours, the majority of which have taken place in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Category Archives: Electronic Sub-Systems
Trident Systems Wins $50M Small UAS Contract from US Navy
Trident Systems has won a $49.5 million contract from the U.S. Navy to run the small UAS component of the Special Surveillance Programme (SSP) to detect and target terrorist forces engaged in planting improvised explosive devices (IEDs), sabotage, and attacking U.S. and allied military bases.
Rockwell Collins Clocks Up 1M+ Flight Hours
Rockwell Collins announced at IDEX that its Athena family of flight control and navigation systems recently exceeded 1 million flight hours on several UAS performing surveillance operations primarily in the Middle East.
MicroPilot Launches Triple Redundancy UAV Autopilot
MicroPilot has combined three of its premier MP2128g autopilots into the first commercially available triple‐redundancy unmanned aerial vehicle autopilot. The MP21283X is now available.
Flir Systems Reports High Demand for UAS Sensors
FLIR Systems, Inc. has reported strong demand for the Cobalt, Star SAFIRE and TALON classes of stabilized multi-sensor airborne systems for integration on UAS across the world. Continue reading
Northrop Grumman Gets $26M for BAMS ‘Sense & Avoid’ System
Northrop Grumman has announced that it has been awarded a $25.6 million contract to develop a UAS sense and avoid capability for BAMS in support of the Navy and U.S. Air Force. The work will be carried out by the Aerospace sector’s Battle Management & Engagement Systems Division.
IAI Reveals Fibre Optic Gyro Navigation System at AeroIndia
IAI's Fibre Optic Gyro Navigation System
IAI presented a new airborne navigation system called TNF-Tamam Navigation FOG (Fibre Optic Gyro) at Aero India. TNF is a lightweight, airborne navigation and attitude heading reference system (AHRS) for use in UAS, target drones, small aircraft, and helicopters.
ATK to Provide Thermal Control Subsystem for DARPA ISIS Airship
DARPA ISIS Airship - Artist's Impression
Lockheed Martin has awarded a contract to ATK to provide the Thermal Control Subsystem for the Integrated Sensor is Structure (ISIS) programme, an integral part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) ISIS Airship. Lockheed Martin leads an industry team in the development of an airship-based autonomous unmanned sensor with unique capabilities to track ground and air targets.