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RSS uavTrek Aerospace and VersaLogic Corp. Soar With New Generation UAV
White Paper Like many OEMs, Trek Aerospace needed an embedded solution with long-term availability and excellent support. VersaLogic's RoHS-compliant Puma platform was selected, as it draws only 5W during operation and less then 800mW in standby mode. [30 Apr 2009]
Photos: Army tech marches into future
Photo The UAV works in conjunction with an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) to identify suspicious activities ahead of an offensive sweep by ground troops. This unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by Blue... [11 Mar 2009]
Photos: Future safety tech on display
Photo This unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) could one day be used to monitor high-profile, large-scale events for safety. The UAV is made by European defence and technology company EADS, which has been showing... [15 Jan 2009]
A Middleware Architecture for Unmanned Aircraft Avionics
White Paper With the advent of UAV's civil applications, UAVs are emerging as a valid option in commercial scenarios. This paper presents a middleware-based architecture specially suited to operate as a flexible payload and mission... [03 Jan 2009]
Photos: Unmanned 'spy in the sky' passes first test
Photo The Ministry of Defence's £800m vision of an unmanned spy plane got a step closer with the first official systems tests of Watchkeeper, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) under development by contractor Thales. [26 Nov 2008]
Photos: Military robot wars
Photo Stellar Research has designed a system that relies on three separate autonomous platforms - an Unmanned Ground Vehicle, up to six medium-height Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and one high-level UAV. The... [21 Aug 2008]
Photos: Unmanned 'spy in the sky' takes off
Photo A ground crew of just two is required to operate the Watchkeeper unmanned air vehicle (UAV). One Watchkeeper operator controls the mission, with the other tracking the information being fed from the UAV... [15 Aug 2008]
Beijing Olympics, Google Earth, BlackBerry Bold and more
Photo This multi-rotored UAV is designed with weight overhead and durability in mind. This month silicon.com editor Steve Ranger visited China for a behind the scenes tour of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and its technology. [30 May 2008]
Photos: Robot warriors engage in battle
Photo Stellar Research has designed a system that relies on three separate autonomous platforms - an Unmanned Ground Vehicle, up to six medium-height Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) and one high-level UAV. This... [06 May 2008]
Photos: Cambridge innovation day abuzz with fresh tech
Photo The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), which is 60cm-diameter, takes off and lands vertically and can fly in winds of up to 10mph. Search and rescue flying saucers, sniffer bees and mobile maps are just some of the... [07 Sep 2007]
Performance Measurement of 802.11a Wireless Links From UAV to Ground Nodes With Various Antenna Orientations
White Paper This paper reports measured performance of 802.11a wireless links from an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to ground stations. By comparing the performance of 32 simultaneous pairs of UAV and ground station... [23 Aug 2007]
Test Bed for a Wireless Network on Small UAVs
White Paper Small (10kg) UAVs are low-cost low-risk candidates for emerging UAV applications. Examples include multi-UAV swarming, flocking, and sensing operations; or, as a communication relay for a network of... [01 Aug 2007]
Toward Efficient Solutions to Resist Mobile Traffic Sensors: How Much Performance Cost Is Paid by On-Demand Anonymous Routing Protocols
White Paper The recent progress in embedded real-time system development has realized mobile traffic sensors, for example, embedded systems carried by palm-size Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). This has great impact on privacy design... [01 Aug 2007]
Robot stealth jet gets £124m boost
News It has awarded a £124m contract to BAE Systems to develop unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology, with BAE Systems leading an industry team including QinetiQ, Rolls-Royce and Smiths Aerospace on Project Taranis. [12 Dec 2006]
