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Aerosonde corporate site
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Crossbow Technologies
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UAV directory
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Earth mapping by Google
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Federation of American Scientists
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Flight International magazine
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Israeli Aircraft Industries
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Model engine corporation of America
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Model aeronautics site
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Model planes and UAVs
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Model shop
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National Geophysical Data Center
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Nellis Air Force Base, USA
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Pulse jets
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RCV Engines
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Sander Geophysical Limited
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Silvertone Electronics
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Small gas turbines
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Small rockets
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Small rockets
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TAM 5 and Maynard Hill
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UAV applications
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UAV components
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UAV components
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Wankel engines for UAV use
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Yamaha autonomous helicopter series
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http://www.yamaha-motor.co.jp/global/industrial/sky/index.html |
| Acronyms used |
Next is a table of the most commonly used acronyms in the areas of Unmanned Aircraft Systems.
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ADSL |
Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line, as used in broadband Internet access |
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ADC |
Analog-to-Digital Converter, typically in integrated circuit form |
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ATC |
Air Traffic Control |
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BW |
Bandwidth in Hertz (Hz) |
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CCD |
Charge Coupled Device, used as the imaging element in a digital camera |
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CCTV |
Closed Circuit TeleVision, as used to monitor security in buildings |
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DEM |
Digital Elevation Mapping |
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DoD |
US Department of Defense in Washington, D.C. |
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DWDM |
Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (of optical wavelengths) |
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FAI |
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale is the world's air sports federation |
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FSO |
Free Space Optics in which light beams are used to transmit signals |
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GCS |
Ground Control System |
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GPS |
Global Positioning System, using satellites to determine an exact location |
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GSM |
Global System for Mobile communications, as used by mobile phones |
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IMU |
Inertial Measurement Unit containing gyros, accelerometers & inclinometers |
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ISM |
Instrument, Scientific and Medical (band) |
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KE |
Kinetic Energy, the energy of motion = 0.5mv 2 |
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LAN |
Local Area Network, as used in a computer network |
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LED |
Light Emitting Diode, basically, a small semiconductor lamp |
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LIDAR |
Light Direction finding And Ranging = laser based RADAR |
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mm wave |
millimetre wavelength, typically for microwave frequencies above 30 GHz |
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MTBF |
Mean Time Between Failures, as a measure of reliability, usually in hours |
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NASA |
National Aerospace and Space Administration |
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nT |
nanoTesla, a measure of magnetic field strength |
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PC |
Personal Computer |
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PCM |
Pulse Code Modulation, widely used in telemetry and model radio control |
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PE |
Potential Energy = mgh |
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R+D |
Research and Development |
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RADAR |
RAdio Direction finding And Ranging |
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rms |
Root Mean Square, an accurate measure of the average power of a signal |
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RoHS |
Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances in EE equipment |
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TV |
Television |
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UA |
Unmanned Aircraft |
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UAV |
Unmanned Air Vehicle |
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UWB |
Ultra Wide Bandwidth, typically from 3.1 … 10.6 GHz |
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VSAT |
Very Small Aperture Terminal, as used to receive signals from a satellite |