by Carl Borsani | Jun 22, 2018 | Industry News
Ohio may soon be using unmanned aerial systems to communicate with smart vehicles and transportation infrastructure to monitor traffic and roadway conditions. As drone numbers soar, DriveOhio’s UAS Center is investing $5.9 million for a three-year study on how to...
by Carl Borsani | Jun 20, 2018 | Industry News
SAN DIEGO, March 1, 2017 — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has begun flight testing of the MS-177 sensor payload with a successful inaugural flight on an RQ-4 Global Hawk high altitude long endurance autonomous aircraft system. The flight tests mark the...
by Carl Borsani | Jun 20, 2018 | Industry News
The University of Dayton Research Institute has won a $72 million contract with the U.S. Air Force. As part of the six-year deal, UDRI will conduct research and development for the Quick Reaction Evaluation Materials and Processes program, which is run by the Air...
by Carl Borsani | Jun 20, 2018 | Industry News
FITCHBURG, Mass – Headwall Photonics Inc. in Fitchburg, Mass., is introducing advanced sensor payloads consisting of hyperspectral sensors and laser radar for deployment on unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Space Daily reports. Continue reading original article The...
by Carl Borsani | Jun 20, 2018 | Industry News
WASHINGTON: Northrop Grumman was pushed aside today by Lockheed Martin as it picked Raytheon to build perhaps the F-35’s most important sensor, theDistributed Aperture System. “It’s a major upset,:” Richard Aboulafia of the Teal Group said when I asked him to discuss...
by Carl Borsani | Jun 20, 2018 | Industry News
A Detect and Avoid (DAA) avionics system developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) was the key technology that enabled an unmanned aircraft flight through the National Airspace System (NAS) after taking off from southern California on Tuesday....