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silicon.com > White Papers > Networking and Communications > Mobile and Wireless

A Method of Mobile Base Station Placement for High Altitude Platform Based Network With Geographical Clustering of Mobile Ground Nodes

A Method of Mobile Base Station Placement for High Altitude Platform Based Network With Geographical Clustering of Mobile Ground Nodes

High Altitude Platforms (HAPs) such as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) which can be deployed as stratospheric infrastructures enable a sort of new... Read more

Nov 27, 2009

silicon.com > Technology > Networks

Photos: Tech wins big in US Army 'best inventions' awards

Photos: Tech wins big in US Army 'best inventions' awards

...real-time surveillance image and geospatial data directly from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other aircraft. The OSRVT displays not only video from cameras aboard... Read more

Sep 30, 2009

silicon.com > Technology > Software

Photos: There's no business like RoboBusiness

Photos: There's no business like RoboBusiness

There's been a lot written in recent months about UAVs, or unmanned aerial vehicles. Get ready to start hearing more about UGVs... Read more

Apr 20, 2009

silicon.com > Management > CIO Insights

Photos: Unmanned 'spy in the sky' passes first test

Photos: Unmanned 'spy in the sky' passes first test

...moment, tests of Watchkeeper are being conducted in Israel, as flights of UAVs are prohibited in UK civil airspace. Photo credit: Thales UK Read more

Nov 26, 2008

silicon.com > Management > Public Sector

Photos: Robot warriors engage in battle

Photos: Robot warriors engage in battle

...with portability in mind. A handheld PC is used to program the UAVs with waypoints and threat detection is performed by the operator. Here, Ant... Read more

May 6, 2008

silicon.com > White Papers > Networking and Communications > Mobile and Wireless

Lessons Learned Constructing a Wireless Ad Hoc Network Test Bed

Lessons Learned Constructing a Wireless Ad Hoc Network Test Bed

...at fixed sites, on ground vehicles, and in small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). Laptop computers, PDAs, and special-purpose ad hoc radios running the Dynamic... Read more

Apr 3, 2009

silicon.com > White Papers > Software and Web Development > Software Development Tools

A Middleware Architecture for Unmanned Aircraft Avionics

A Middleware Architecture for Unmanned Aircraft Avionics

...dangerous and repetitive situations. With the advent of UAV's civil applications, UAVs are emerging as a valid option in commercial scenarios. If it must... Read more

Jan 3, 2009

silicon.com > White Papers > Networking and Communications > Network Technologies

Test Bed for a Wireless Network on Small  UAVs

Test Bed for a Wireless Network on Small UAVs

Small (10kg) UAVs are low-cost low-risk candidates for emerging UAV applications. Examples include... Read more

Aug 1, 2007

silicon.com > Technology > Mobile

Robot stealth jet gets £124m boost

...computer-generated image below) will be one of the world's largest UAVs - about the size of a Hawk jet - and will integrate stealth technology... Read more

Dec 12, 2006

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Software Engineer

Software Engineer

...and/or network protocols would also be of interest. Domain knowledge of UAVs, ground control stations, air traffic control (ATC) and/or C2 systems will... Read more

Dec 31, 2009