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Listing of the items added between January and December 2008

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 2008: 9 items

 

sense and avoid

 

Collision avoidance using an FMCW RADAR unit [27 December 2008]

UAV market

 

EC funded Frost & Sullivan UAS Study [14 December 2008]

data processing

 

The CRAY CX1 Personal Super Computer [6 December 2008]

miscellaneous

 

Using an Unmanned Helicopter to monitor volcanoes [5 December 2008]

ground control

 

Lightweight, low cost, laptops with solid state disks [4 December 2008]

Calendar

 

Calendar updated with 2009 events [4 December 2008]

DSLR

 

The 24.5 MPixel Nikon D3X DSLR camera [4 December 2008]

presentations

 

Copy of BML presentation given at SEG 2008 [4 December 2008]

site info

 

Update on site in November 2008 [2 December 2008]

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November 2008: 2 items

 

geosurvey IP

 

Fugro patent on UAVs for geophysical applications [17 November 2008]

site info

 

Update on site in October 2008 [15 November 2008]

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October 2008: 8 items

 

heli cameraships II

  Spectra-G helicopter [28 October 2008]

heli cameraships II

 

Vario Benzin Trainer helicopter [26 October 2008]

heli intro 3

 

Henseleit Maxi Joker 2 helicopter [26 October 2008]

4 stroke

 

SAITO 4 stroke, 36 cc, petrol engine [26 October 2008]

large models

 

Telemaster nearly wins Outback Joe Competition [25 October 2008]

tilt wing

 

NASA tilt wing Unmanned Aircraft prototype [8 October 2008]

atlantic crossing

 

Photographs of the Aerosonde Enya engine assembly [8 October 2008]

site info

 

Update on site in September 2008 [5 October 2008]

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September 2008: 1 item

 

site info

 

Update on site in August 2008 [15 September 2008]

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August 2008: 3 items

 

GC_finale_2

 

The MoD Grand Challenge 2008: Part 2 [23 August 2008]

GC_finale_1

 

The MoD Grand Challenge 2008: Part 1 [23 August 2008]

site info

 

Update on site in July 2008 [5 August 2008]

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July 2008: 2 items

 

heli_intro_3

 

Robbe Helicommand [22 July 2008]

site info

 

Update on site in June 2008 [1 July 2008]

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June 2008: 3 items

 

sea planes

 

Warrior Aero Gull36 seaplane UAV heads for the sea [7 June 2008]

extreme weather

 

Remote controlled planes to explore hurricanes [4 June 2008]

site info

 

More than 10,000 visits to this site in May 2008 [3 June 2008]

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May 2008: 23 items

 

flight management

  Paparazzi Tiny 2.11 autopilot [29 May 2008]

Progress 2

  DIY camera platforms for Unmanned Helicopters [27 May 2008]

IMU sensors

  Honeywell HMR3300 tilt compensated magnetic compass [24 May 2008]

medical

 

Medical applications of Unmanned Aircraft [24 May 2008]

UAV market

 

Pilotless aircraft tested in Arizona [22 May 2008]

tech challenges

  Technical barriers: the Air4All Consortium view [20 May 2008]

UAV market

 

Roadmap for UAV introduction: Air4All Consortium view [20 May 2008]

Sense and Avoid

  The Proposed MIDCAS Sense and Avoid Project [19 May 2008]

3D software

 

Plug-in 3D objects [18 May 2008]

motion deblur

 

Ferroelectric shutter from DISPLAYTECH [17 May 2008]

heli camera ships

 

Helicopter camera mounts [16 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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