Latest Unmanned aerial vehicle Stories
WASHINGTON, Oct. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ever increasing threats and the need for force protection by systems that provide constant situational awareness of one's surroundings prompted Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to add a persistent surveillance option to its Dragon series of ISR systems. The latest member of Lockheed Martin's Dragon Family of Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) is Dragon Sentinel(TM), an option that includes aerostats and/or tower systems for a...
MANASSAS, Va. and MENLO PARK, Calif., Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Aurora Flight Sciences and SRI International Sarnoff today announced the integration of the SRI Sarnoff DL Micro(TM) digital data link and video processor into the Aurora Skate® Small Unmanned Aerial System (SUAS). This pairing maximizes the real-time delivery of quality video from the SUAS. Small, unmanned aerial systems are critical for military and law enforcement, where on-board cameras deliver intelligence,...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The TerraSight® EX video exploitation system, a compact, lightweight expeditionary version of the proven TerraSight platform, was introduced today by SRI International Sarnoff. Housed in a ruggedized Windows® laptop, TerraSight EX brings advanced video exploitation to forward operators. The system can process standard video feeds from an unmanned aerial system (UAS) and convert them into real-time, integrated tactical information that can...
FORT WORTH, Texas, October 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd. will present an array of cutting edge solutions designed to enhance the capabilities of the United States Armed Forces at the upcoming Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting and Exposition (AUSA), (booth #839, Hall A) set to take place in the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Washington DC from October 22-24, 2012. With...
HANNOVER, Germany, Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Trimble (NASDAQ: TRMB) introduced today a new version of its Inpho® software products for aerial photogrammetry and laser scanning data production. Inpho 5.5 includes Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) data processing and LPMaster, a new software product specifically designed for the production of Trimble Harrier aerial LiDAR and imaging data. The announcement was made today at INTERGEO 2012, the world's largest conference on geodesy,...
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Office of Naval Research has awarded a $13.5 million contract to an industry team led by Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] to explore highly advanced autonomous technologies aboard an unmanned vertical take-off and landing aircraft. Under the contract, Lockheed Martin and a team of industry, government, and academic partners will develop a technology that will enable aircraft to operate under supervisory control. A human operator will interact...
GRAND FORKS, N.D., Oct. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A joint team of government, a not-for-profit research and development organization and academia has completed two weeks of flight testing "sense and avoid" technology that could some day help unmanned aircraft better integrate into the national air transportation system. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The MITRE Corporation and the University of North Dakota (UND) developed automatic sense and...
INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Indiana's latest economic development initiative is already producing results. The National Center for Complex Operations (NCCO) announced today that BAE Systems' Unmanned Aircraft Programs Group (UAP) in Tucson, AZ has signed on as its first customer, tapping into a multi-billion dollar industry that is expected to skyrocket in the next decade and create hundreds of jobs. The NCCO integrates state, federal, military and academia's...
HAMPTON, Va., Sept. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A NASA talk here will explore how Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) - known primarily for their military applications - have a small but growing civilian side that includes firefighting, police and security work, pipeline surveillance and atmospheric research. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) On Tuesday, Sept. 11, at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., Steven Sliwa will present,...
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Sept. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AME Unmanned Air Systems (AME UAS) announced today that the Fury 1500 UAS has become the first truly tactical UAS to downlink live video over Satellite Communications (SATCOM). A Fury® aircraft transmitted full-motion video to a ground terminal over a high bandwidth commercial SATCOM link. Fury 1500 was developed at AME's UAS facility in San Luis Obispo, California. The Fury® is operated and controlled by AME's UAS Mission...
