Swiss Army selects Parrot as its micro-UAS provider
As part of the “Swiss Mini UAV Program” (Swiss MUAS) call for tender against major civilian UAS players, Parrot has been selected to provide the Swiss Armed Forces with micro-drones.
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MIT researchers enables soft robotic arm to understand its configuration in 3D space using “sensorized” skin
MIT has announced that for the first time, its researchers have leveraged just motion and position data from the “sensorized” skin of a soft robotic arm to enable it to understand its configuration in 3D space.
Collins Aerospace, NASA entering final stage of project to integrate UAS safely into NAS
Collins Aerospace Systems is entering the final stages of a nine-year project with NASA to facilitate the safe operations of UAS in the National Airspace System (NAS). The project is expected to be completed in September of this year.
UAVOS completes testing of new version of main rotor blades for unmanned helicopters
UAVOS has finished testing the new version of the main rotor blades that will be installed on unmanned helicopters that have a take-off mass of 50 kilograms and a rotor diameter of 2600 millimeters.
Persistent Systems to develop Protected Communications for Manned-Unmanned Teams for U.S. Army
The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command C5ISR Center has awarded Persistent Systems LLC a $5.4M contract to develop Protected Communications for Manned-Unmanned Teams (MUM-T).
Auterion, Quantum-Systems bring Vector and Scorpion small UAS to U.S. Government Defense and Security markets
Auterion Government Solutions Inc (AGS Inc) and Quantum-Systems GmbH have partnered to bring the Vector and Scorpion small UAS (sUAS) to the U.S. Government Defense and Security markets.
Adsys Controls’ XSight 1721 next generation video processor being used for UAS detection/tracking and remote sensing systems
Adsys Controls Inc. has introduced its XSight 1721 next generation video processor, which provides advanced video processing solutions for applications that require reduced Size, Weight, and Power (SWaP).
NASC successfully completes test flight of NASC TEROS UAV; UAV featured in Super Bowl commercial
Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation (NASC) successfully completed a test flight of the NASC TEROS UAV, Technology Demonstrator at the NASC Unmanned Aerial Systems Flight Operations and Training Center at the Griffiss International Airport in Rome, New York.
Boeing, U.S. Navy use Growler as mission controller for two unmanned Growlers
Boeing and the U.S. Navy successfully flew two autonomously controlled EA-18G Growlers as UAS, and used a third Growler as a mission controller for the other two.
Northrop Grumman brings DA/RC view to the modern battlefield
Northrop Grumman makes plenty of intelligent systems, including unmanned ones, and so do many other defense contractors. The company would like to allow them to all work together, seamlessly, while requiring relatively little human oversight: what it calls Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2)