What's new in Unmanned Aircraft Systems in 2008.

List of items added from JAN to DEC 2008

- 2008 JAN 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.

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January

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]
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: 13 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]
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: 27 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]

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