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unmanned air systems

2007 APR to DEC 
 

What's new!

On this page you will find a listing of the items that have recently been added to this web site. The items are not necessarily in chronological order in which they were announced: rather, in the order in which they were added to this site.

   

 

 

 

May 2008

 

heli camera ships

 

The Airfoil Mini-Pro 1 camera mount [14 May 2008]

UAV Roadmap

 

Frost and Sullivan win EC UAV Study [14 May 2008]

sense and avoid

 

NATO Sense and Avoid document just released [12 May 2008]

speculative apps

 

Unmanned Aircraft to Study Southern California Smog [12 May 2008]

MoD GC 2008

 

Update on UK MoD Grand Challenge Team backgrounds [11 May 2008]

air traffic control

 

UAV Operations in Malaysian Airspace [10 May 2008]

air traffic control

 

First meeting of ICAO UAS Study Group [10 May 2008]

air traffic control

 

Joint JAA / EUROCONTROL UAV Final Report [10 May 2008]

UAS market

 

European UAS market from presentation by Mike Strong [10 May 2008]

air traffic control

 

Latest April 2008 copy of UK CAP 722 guidance document [9 May 2008]

Progress 1

 

Mini-helicopters, flying saucers... from The Guardian newspaper [3 May 2008]

site info

 

Updated site visit statistics for April 2008 [3 May 2008]

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April 2008: 10 items

 

tilt wing

 

The Tilt Wing Unmanned Aircraft [25 April 2008]

heli intro 3

 

Photographs of the Align T-REX 600 helicopter [23 April 2008]

Progress 1

 

Flying the Align T-REX 600 electric helicopter [23 April 2008]

ground control

 

Virtual Reality stereo glasses [21 April 2008]

payload II

 

UAV based Airborne ElectroMagnetic sensor [16 April 2008]

arctic

  UAV Arctic debut [16 April 2008]

stealth technology

 

Unmanned Aircraft stealth technology [15 April 2008]

Presentations

 

Copy of BML Presentation at Bristol Conference [11 April 2008]

Wankel

 

The Cubewano Sonic 30 Wankel engine [3 April 2008]

site info

 

More than 11,000 visits to this site in March 2008 [2 April 2008]

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March 2008: 20 items

 

Progress Part 1

 

Flight testing the Raptor 50. [30 March 2008]

flight management

 

Ascending Technologies Research Pilot [25 March 2008]

quadrotor

 

Ascending Technologies quadrotor [25 March 2008]

turbine

 

Wren helicopter turbine engine [22 March 2008]

Progress Part 1

 

Raptor 50 acceptance tests. [21 March 2008]

Antarctica

 

Robots fly into Antarctic skies [20 March 2008]

SAR

 

Miniature RADAR for UAVs [19 March 2008]

4 stroke

 

Saito multi-cylinder engines [16 March 2008]

avionics software

 

FreeRTOS Free Real Time Operating System [14 March 2008]

UAV Road Map

 

The Air4All Consortium [13 March 2008]

avionics software

 

Microsoft XP Embedded Windows [12 March 2008]

payload control

 

The Arcom Apollo Single Board Computer [12 March 2008]

payload control

 

The Kontron JRex-PM Single Board Computer [12 March 2008]

fuel cell flight

 

9 hour flight powered by fuel cell technology [12 March 2008]

aerial police

 

British Transport Police using Unmanned Aircraft [11 March 2008]

heli intro 3

 

The Raptor 90 3D helicopter [10 March 2008]

nuclear watch

 

Britain to expand nuclear power plants [10 March 2008]

nuclear watch

 

Nuclear watch using Unmanned Aircraft [8 March 2008]

flight management

 

NXP 2418 microprocessor for use in the FMU [3 March 2008]

site info

 

Site statistics for February 2008 [3 March 2008]

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Febuary 2008: 14 items

 

Wankel

 

The Nitto range of Wankel engines [28 February 2008]

grand challenges

 

Google Lunar X Prize [27 February 2008]

UAV market

 

Salaries in UAV manufacturing companies [26 February 2008]

military apps

 

Israel introduces new UAV designs [25 February 2008]

ground control

 

STANAG 4670: Designated UAV Operator Training [22 February 2008]

command + control

  STANAG 4586 on Command and Control [16 Febrary 2008]

UAV market

 

Updated market predictions from The Teal Group [16 February 2008]

Progress 1

 

Progress in the MoD Grand Challenge 2008 [12 February 2008]

heli dynamics

 

Helicopter control and flight dynamics [11 February 2008]

heli training

 

Helicopter flight training procedures [10 February 2008]

micro turbine

 

Onera micro turbine [10 February 2008]

sense and avoid

 

The Microsoft RingCam [8 February 2008]

heli_intro_2

 

Photographs of flight trials of Blade 400 3D [2 February 2008]

site info

 

Site statistics for January 2008 [1 February 2008]

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January 2008: 28 items

 

heli intro 3

 

The Mikado Logo Bionic 24 helicopter [31 January 2008]

heli intro 3

 

The T-Rex 600 electric helicopter [30 January 2008]

heli_cameraships

 

Introduction to helicopter camera ships [30 January 2008]

heli intro 3

 

The Thunder Tiger Raptor 50 and 60 helicopters [28 January 2008]

heli_intro

 

Our experience with the E-flite Blade CX2 helicopter [27 January 2008]

RC_message

 

Remote Control Message syntax [26 January 2008]

command + control

 

Bandwidth required for UA operations [22 January 2008]

status message

 

Small Unmanned Aircraft Status Message syntax [20 January 2008]

LOS comms

 

Digital modulation efficiencies [18 January 2008]

scenarios

 

UAS communications scenarios [16 January 2008]

command + control

 

Status message syntax [14 January 2008]

comms BLOS

 

Beyond-line-of-sight (BLOS) communications [14 January 2008]

UAV test

 

Tethered small helicopter test stand [13 January 2008]

comms LOS

 

COFDM for digital video transmission [13 January 2008]

comms WLAN

 

The Wireless LAN link between Unmanned Aircraft [12 January 2008]

comms LOS

 

The Canon Canobeam FSO Ethernet link [12 January 2008]

comms LOS

 

The Huber + Suhner SENCITY mm wave Ethernet link [11 January 2008]

comms LOS

 

The Mini-Link WES-2500 Wireless Ethernet link [11 January 2008]

heli intro 2

 

The Blade 400 flight intro helicopters [10 January 2008]

heli intro

 

Blade CX-2 coaxial flight inroduction helicopter [10 January 2008]

quadrotors

 

Crime fighter is taking off [6 January 2008]

compact

 

Images from an aircraft using a compact camera [5 January 2008]

thermal imaging

 

The Foveal view thermal imaging system [3 January 2008]

IMU sensors

 

Honeywell 3 axis digital compass module [3 January 2008]

UAV swarm

 

Real time Multi-UAV System [2 January 2008]

site info

 

Site statistics for 2007 [1 January 2008]

3D software

 

Irrlicht 3D Engine [1 January 2008]

calendar

 

Outback Rescue Challenge 2008 [1 January 2008]

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December 2007: 27 items

 

image processing

 

Google maps software [31 December 2007]

motion deblur

 

Motion de-blur using a hybrid camera [30 December 2007]

sea plane

 

Unmanned sea plane takes off [30 December 2007]

heli cameraships

 

Rotomotion SR20 helicopter cameraship [29 December 2007]

flight sim

 

The Reflex flight simulator [26 December 2007]

DSLR

 

Computer control of the Nikon D40X camera [23 December 2007]

mid-size camera

 

Computer control of the Canon G9 mid-size camera [22 December 2007]

ground control

 

STANAG 4586 UAS command protocols [21 December 2007]

UAS

 

Latest US DoD UAS Road Map 2007-2032 [20 December 2007]

propellers

 

Propellers section added [18 December 2007]

UV sensors

 

UV sensors for fire detection [18 December 2007]

Grand Challenge

 

Results from the US DARPA Urban Challenge [17 December 2007]

heli intro

 

Intro to helicopter flying: the Honey Bee LiPo [16 December 2007]

avionics

 

Small Gumstix computers for use on an Unmanned Aircraft [16 Dec 07]

altimeters

 

Laser based rangefinder based on ACAM TDC IC [14 December 2007]

flight sim

 

Small aircraft flight simulation software [13 December 2007]

multi-spectral

 

The InGaAs short wavelength infra-red camera [11 December 2007]

UAV swarm

 

The flying GridSwarm... [11 December 2007]

line scan

 

Linear CCDs for line scan applications [10 December 2007]

heli camera ships

 

Century Swift 16 electric helicopter [10 December 2007]

heli camera ships

 

Hirobo SST Eagle and JR Voyager GSR 260 heli camera ships [9 Dec 2007]

4 stroke

 

Added RCV engine data [8 December 2007]

2 stroke

 

Added Evolution Engines and Graupner 2 stroke engines [8 December 2007]

papers

 

Presentation on "UAV Command, Control & Communication issues" [5 Dec 07]

flying saucer

 

Royal Saudi Air Force concept flying saucer UAV [4 December 2007]

accidents

 

NTSB releases first Unmanned Vehicle crash report [3 December 2007]

site info

 

Updated site statistics, showing growth in number of site visits. [2 Dec 2007]

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November 2007: 18 items

 

aerial photo

 

The motion deblurring "flutter shutter" camera [30 November 2007]

turbine

 

The EADS tubine powered target UAV [30 November 2007]

ground control system

 

The EADS DRAC Ground Control system [30 November 2007]

reliability

 

Photographs of the twin engine DRAC surveillance UAV [30 November 2007]

calendar

 

Calendar updated with new events in 2008 [30 November 2007]

motion deblur

 

Photography from a moving platform in low light levels [21 Nov 2007]

DSLR camera

 

The Nikon D300 digital SLR camera [19 November 2007]

thermal

 

The FLIR Photon thermal imaging camera [18 November 2007]

ground control

 

SONY VAIO UX1 series computers for operators on the move [18 Nov 2007]

aerial photo 3

 

Aerial photography en route, and at, the Dubai Air Show 2007 [16 Nov 2007]

payload I

 

Spectral response of CCD imagers used in digital SLR cameras [16 Nov 2007]

aerial photo 2

 

Use of Nikon D40X DSLR in photography from a moving platform [8 Nov 2007]

papers

 

Download papers and presentations by BML staff [5 November 2007]

ground control

 

Army fly UAV using Xbox 360 controller [5 November 2007]

site info

 

Updated site statistics showing continued growth in site visits [4 Nov 2007]

payload I

 

Range of suitable Nikon zoom lenses for aerial photography [3 Nov 2007]

fuel cell flight

 

Fuel cell powered UAV flies 500 km [3 November 2007]

aerial photo

 

Aerial photography [2 November 2007]

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October 2007: 27 items

 

UAV Road Map

 

European Civil UAV Roadmap [26 October 2007]

UAV market

 

Predicted UAV production quantities [26 October 2007]

imaging

 

Imaging results for Canon G9 mid size camera [26 October 2007]

fmu GPS

 

GPS NMEA codes for the u-Blox GPS evaluation unit [22 October 2007]

imaging

 

Imaging technology [21 October 2007]

mid size camera

 

Canon mid-size PowerShot G9 camera [19 October 2007]

heli camera ships

 

Bergen helicopter "camera ships" [19 October 2007]

Stik

 

"Ultra Stik" from Hangar 9 [18 October 2007]

delta 90

 

"Delta Fighter 90" delta wing airframe [18 October 2007]

preparations 3

 

GPS measurements and panoramic image sites at Copehill Down [18 Oct 07]

oil and gas pipe

 

Aerostar UAV in oil and gas pipeline monitoring [17 October 2007]

Atlantic crossing II

 

Note from Les Hamilton on Atlantic Crossing II [17 October 2007]

preparations 2

 

Images from second visit to Copehill Down [16 October 2007]

fuel cell flight

 

Fuel cell powered drone flies for 10 hours [11 October 2007]

payload I

 

Webcams for use on small UAVs [10 October 2007]

GPS units

 

The QinetiQ Q20 high sensitivity GPS unit [9 October 2007]

quadrotor intro

 

Silverlit UFO quadrotor [8 October 2007]

preparations 2

 

The Sunday Times coverage of MoD Grand Challenge preparations [8 Oct 07]

FMU sensors

 

Air speed sensor [7 October 2007]

RJX1

 

The robust RJX1 UAV airframe for use in testing [5 October 2007]

compact cameras

 

Compact cameras for small UAV [4 October 2007]