To complement the Millswood failsafe device Andrew Dunlop has started work on a new GCS for all Atto versions, very much in Beta testing as Andrew states, “The GCS intrinsically supports the Failsafe – sending out heartbeats and reading a joystick to control pan, tilt and zoom outputs, but the absence of a Failsafe will not affect operation. If...
Its been a long time coming but heres a great sUAS story recently some were used as fairies in a A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Texas A&M University Amy Hopper, the play’s director, cast one autonomous, military-grade flying robot and five smaller remote control devices as fairies in Shakespeare’s comedy. “To see them flying, spinning and bouncing through the...
AAI Corporation, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that it has entered into a licensing agreement with Carter Aviation Technologies LLC, giving AAI exclusive access to Carter’s Slowed Rotor/Compound (SR/C) technology for all unmanned aircraft applications. AAI will provide guidance, support and resources to Carter for continued development and maturation of...
AeroVironment’s Raven Small Unmanned Aircraft System Receives Military Aircraft Type-Classification Certificate from the Netherlands Military Aviation Authority Certification Permits Operation of Raven in Dutch National Airspace by the Military MONROVIA, Calif., Nov. 3, 2009 – AeroVironment, Inc. (AV) (NASDAQ: AVAV) today announced that the Military Aviation Authority of the Netherlands (MLA-NLD) has issued a Military Type Certificate (MTC) for...
