Barnard Microsystems Limited

Developing Unmanned Aircraft Systems to benefit Mankind

List of items added from APR to DEC 2007 - 2007 APR to DEC

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.

December 2007: 26 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]

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: 17 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]

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]

2 rotor helicopter

Dual rotor helicopter from Dragonfly Pictures [4 October 2007]

meetings

Meeting with I-SPY Team and with staff from MBDA... [3 October 2007]

site info

Updated site statistics showing growing number of site visits [2 October 2007]

solar UAV

Solar UAV breaks endurance record... [1 October 2007]

Sacramento

Sacramento police have a new UAV... [1 October 2007]

Quadrotors

Quadrotors from MicroDrones. [1 October 07]

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September 2007: 9 items

altimeters

New Roke Manor Type 2 miniature altimeter [24 Sept 2007]

flying saucer

Unmanned Flying Saucer [14 Sept 2007]

solar_uav

Endurance record for solar powered UAV [14 Sept 2007]

Payload_I

Omni-directional viewing system [13 Sept 2007]

turbine

Turbine engine section added [7 Sept 2007]

business dev

Copy of article in Ham and High Broadway newspaper. [7 Sept 2007]

business dev

Barnard Microsystems to use MBDA NEMESIS software. [6 Sept 2007]

contact

Added contact details for BML Managing Director. [2 Sept 2007]

site info

Updated site statistics, showing growth in number of site visits. [2 Sept 07]

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August 2007: 15 items

MoD Grand Challenge

More information on participants in the MoD Grand Challenge [26 Aug 2007]

business dev

BML to supply literature & hardware to Defence Capability Centre [20 Aug 07]

IMU sensors

MEMSIC MXR6400Q accelerometer [20 August 2007]

SAR

The Brigham-Young University YINSAR SAR system [18 August 2007]

MoD Grand Challenge

Teams participating in the MoD Grand Challenge [13 August 2007]

IMU sensors

PNI MicroMag3 three axis magnetometer module [10 August 2007]

FMU sensors 2

Melexis thermopile sensor [10 August 2007]

FMU sensors

Intersema, Freescale and VTI air pressure sensors [9 August 2007]

business dev

BML and Alliance establish a business relationship [9 August 2007]

altimeters

Laser Technology Inc non-contact laser rangefinder [9 August 2007]

IMU sensors

Data on the new Freescale MMA7450L 3 axis accelerometer [8 August 2007]

site info

Updated site visit statistics, showing small increase in July [7 August 2007]

thermal

Miricle thermal imaging cameras from Thermoteknix Systems Ltd [5 Aug 2007]

preparations

Coverage of BML preparations for the MoD Grand Challenge [3 August 2007]

MoD Grand Challenge

More coverage of the kick off of the UK MoD Grand Challenge [2 August 2007]

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July 2007: 7 items

MoD Grand Challenge

BML wins funding and a place at the UK MoD Grand Challenge [31 July 2007]

countryside

Coverage of the use of UAVs in forest fire fighting [13 July 2007]

sense and avoid

New information on sense and avoid capabilities [13 July 2007]

what we do

Paper on the use of UAVs in oil, gas and mineral exploration [12 July 07]

what we do

Copy of presentation given at UAV 2007 Conference in Paris [4 July 07]

www.smalluas.com

Establishment of a Small UAS (< 150 kg) Special Interest Group [3 July 07]

site info

Updated site statistics, showing growth in number of visits [2 July 07]

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June 2007: 14 items

image processing

Microsoft Photosynth [29 June 07]

large models

SIG Rascal 110 [27 June 07]

Air traffic control

When will UAVs be able to fly in non-segregated air space [5 June 07]

Control Station

Matrox TripleHead2Go Digital Edition triple Hi-RES display driver [4 June 07]

Antarctica

UAVs over Antarctica: use of UAVs by the British Antarctic Survey [4 June 07]

image processing

Free image autostitching software to form large composite image [3 June 07]

FMU sensors 2

Use of an optical mouse sensor IC to detect X and Y "optic flow" [3 June 07]

avionics software

Expanded section on Microsoft Robotics Studio software [2 June 07]

electric gliders

TopModel CZ 3 m WS Thermik Dream powered glider for UAV R+D [2 June 07]

electric gliders

TopModel CZ 2.55 m WS Electra Pro powered glider for UAV R+D [2 June 07]

gps unit

Added information on SiRF III GPS IC [2 June 07]

Terrorism

Suggested security measures, including data link security [2 June 07]

Air worthiness

Info on ASTM, EuroCAE and RTCA; download NATO STANAG 4671 [1 June 07]

site info

Updated site statistics, showing exponential growth in visits [1 June 07]

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May 2007: 23 items

IMU sensors

Small digital compass [28 May 07]

Oil pipelines

Leakage detection in oil and gas pipelines [28 May 07]

FMU sensors

Sensors for a Flight Management Unit [18 May 07]

large models

Telemaster Senior with 2.4 m wingspan [18 May 07]

large models

Sig Kadet Senior plane with 2m wingspan [18 May 07]

UAV market

View from a Venture Capitalist [18 May 07]

Aerial security

UK police force research and current view on the use of UAVs [15 May 07]

UAV Analysis

UAV Analysis Utility: runs an HTML script [14 May 07]

GeoSurvey

Airborne geological survey planning utility: runs an HTML script [11 May 07]

Sea Plane

Sea Plane from Oregon Iron Works [10 May 07]

UAV Design

UAV Design Utility: runs an HTML script [9 May 07]

Wankel engine

O.S. Engines 49_PI Type II Wankel engine [7 May 07]

4 stroke engines

ENYA and Saito four stroke engine information [7 May 07]

avionics control units

Cirrus Logic EDB9302A-Z controller and QWERK system unit [4 May 07]

CropCam

information on the CropCam UAV as used to photograph farmlands [2 May 07]

RMAX helicopter

information on Yamaha RMAX helicopter UAV

reference

units converters

UAV test sites

NEAT site in Sweden and White Sands Missile Site in New Mexico, USA

site info

web site visitor statistics

batteries

notes on Lithium Polymer ("LiPo") batteries

Darpa Challenge

info on Darpa Urban Challenge

Darpa Challenge

Darpa Urban Challenge date to Calendar

MoD Grand Challenge

info on UK MoD Grand Challenge

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April 2007: 16 items

Shadow 200 data

data for AAI Shadow 200 UAV

Hermes

data for Elbit Systems Hermes 450 UAV

Hermes

data for Elbit Systems Hermes 1500 UAV

all weather

information on the weather conditions that a UAV might need to cope with

2 stroke engines

Desert Air 100 cc and 150 cc engine information

electric motors

notes on the interesting AXI brushless motors

navigation systems

mention of the Astroplanes Inertial Navigation System (INS)

avionics software

a news item on InSitu selecting Real Time Innovations software

air frame makers

a section on Blue Bear Systems Research

UAV design guidelines

a page on UAV design guidelines using trend data from existing UAVs

LIDAR payload

notes on the LiteMapper LIDAR system

magnetometer

a clipping on the very small Cesium magnetometer from NIST

Predator

data for the General Atomics Predator MQ-1 UAV

UAV markets

some information on UAV markets and expenditure

Solar powered UAV

notes on the Qinetiq Zephyr solar powered UAV

First Atlantic crossing

photo of Dr Greg Holland, then CEO of Aerosonde, and related notes

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