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    Northwest UAV’s NW-88 Heavy-Fuel Engine Soars into 2022 with New Customers and Challenging Mission Sets

    Northwest UAV’s NW-88 Heavy-Fuel Engine Soars into 2022 with New Customers and Challenging Mission Sets The best solution for powering the expeditionary surveillance mission in harsh environments, NWUAV’s NW-88 Engine now supports five new air vehicles, tasked with challenging and ground-breaking missions beyond the horizon of today’s fight.  McMinnville, OR: Integrated on five separate aircraft,... Continue reading

    Velodyne Lidar Signs Five-Year Sales Agreement with QinetiQ

    Velodyne Sensors Provide Mapping and Autonomy Capabilities to Robotic Defense Vehicles SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLDR, VLDRW) today announced a five-year sales agreement for its lidar sensors with QinetiQ Inc. (QinetiQ), a leading defense and security company. QinetiQ selected Velodyne’s sensors to provide perception and mapping capabilities across its unmanned ground vehicle... Continue reading

    Stratom selected by CACI to support its DTRA Decisive Action Task order award win

    BOULDER, Colo. — (Nov. 02, 2021) — Stratom, a leading developer of autonomous ground vehicles and robotic systems for logistics and operational applications, today announced it has been chosen to support CACI International Inc., a leading provider of expertise and technology to government enterprise and mission customers, in providing the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s (DTRA)... Continue reading

    Echodyne Announces New Longer-Range 4D Radar, EchoShield

    SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Echodyne, the radar platform company, announced today the newest addition to its market-leading portfolio of radars - EchoShield. Designed from the ground-up to set a new price-performance standard for mid-range radars, EchoShield is an advanced software-defined multi-mission radar for a wide variety of commercial, defense, and government use cases. “Radar is a fundamental sensor... Continue reading

    RedTail Delivers LiDAR System to DoD’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Community

    The RTL-450 integrated onto the Teledyne FLIR SkyRaider Fairmont, WV, October 4, 2021 -- RedTail LiDAR Systems, a leader in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) mirror-based light detection and ranging (LiDAR) technology, has delivered six LiDAR systems to the 707th Ordnance Company stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. These systems will provide Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) technicians an... Continue reading

    Kaman Unveils New Medium Lift UAV: the KARGO UAV Is a New Solution for Expeditionary Logisitics

    BLOOMFIELD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kaman Corporation (NYSE: KAMN) today unveiled the KARGO UAV, the newest addition to its family of purpose-built, autonomous unmanned systems designed to be the new standard for expeditionary logistics. Built with the U.S. Armed Forces future operating concepts in mind, the KARGO UAV offers a rugged design for easy transport and deployment. The... Continue reading

    Sierra-Olympic Technologies, Inc. launches 10 µm LWIR with USB and GigE interfaces

    Adding to its growing list of long-wave infrared (LWIR) imaging solutions, Sierra-Olympic Technologies, Inc. recently released two new camera models designed around an industry-leading VGA resolution 10µm pixel pitch microbolometer. The Viento-10 USB and Viento-10 GigE provide end-users and integrators universal compatibility and out-of-the-box functionality, thanks to the two standard interface options (USB 3.0 UVC... Continue reading

    Diamond Aircraft’s DA62 MPP Now Available with SKYTRAC SDL-350 Satcom for Broadband Iridium Certus Connectivity

      KELOWNA, BC, June 22, 2021 -- SKYTRAC, a leader in satellite communications (Satcom) and intelligent connectivity solutions, today announced that Diamond Aircraft, a leading Austria-based general aviation aircraft manufacturer, will feature SKYTRAC’s SDL-350 Satellite Communications (Satcom) solution as a customer option for broadband Iridium Certus connectivity and onboard server capabilities.The SDL-350, which utilizes the... Continue reading

    Military minds discuss ways to ensure solid integration of unmanned systems that increasingly come from different developers

    Bringing unmanned systems into service for the U.S. military increasingly requires integrating complex hardware, software, algorithms and other elements from different vendors and developers. Five experts on the challenges of safe, effective integration offered their insights Wednesday in a panel discussion called, “Advancing Autonomy Through Platform Integration.” Moderator Kevin Hagan, unmanned systems account executive for... Continue reading

    The Use of AI in Industrial Application Inspection

    From small drones for retail sales to larger maritime vessels for public safety uses, specification requirements for manufacturers of unmanned systems vary as widely by the types of systems being made, materials and methods employed, and the sites of production.  TeledyneDALSA, part of the Teledyne Imaging Group, is a leading provider of technologies for industrial... Continue reading

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