Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance
Pietro Lapiana, President, Eurolink Systems S.R.L. | Dawn of Autonomy | Episode 3
Join us as we continue with "New Tech Month" on Dawn of Autonomy, sponsored by AIBOT, featuring Dawn and Pietro Lapiana Founder & President of Eurolink Systems. Pietro, President and Founder of Eurolink Systems Group, brings over three decades of expertise in embedded processing solutions for real-time, high-reliability applications and unmanned/robotics platforms. With a background in Analog Devices and Ermes Technologies, Pietro's visionary approach has shaped the company's success, notably contributing to major defense and aerospace programs.
AUVSI Presents: Uncrewed Systems & Strategic Competition
Date/Time: Wednesday, March 22, 2023 at 3:00 - 4:00 pm EST
Webinar Description:
While the U.S. has a military advantage over its adversaries, competition is growing. As the government funnels more resources into strategic competition, uncrewed systems will be at the forefront of U.S. competitiveness.
Join AUVSI to learn how uncrewed air, maritime, and ground vehicles help set the stage for future combat, and gives the U.S. a competitive, strategic edge.
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FLIR Systems wins contract from U.S. Army to deliver its FLIR Black Hornet 3 PRS
FLIR Systems Inc. has won an additional $20.6 million contract from the U.S. Army to deliver its FLIR Black Hornet 3 Personal Reconnaissance Systems (PRS).
As part of the Army’s Soldier Borne Sensor (SBS) program, FLIR's advanced nano-UAS will support platoon- and small unit-level surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.
“Black Hornet has proven to be a game-changing technology – a small package that can deliver a big edge on the battlefield,” says VP and General Manager of the Unmanned Systems & Integrated Solutions business line at FLIR, Roger Wells.
InstantEye Robotics to provide small UAS to PMA-263
InstantEye Robotics will provide 32 InstantEye Mk-3 GEN5-D1 small UAS (64 aircraft) to the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) Program Office, after securing a contract with the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) in support of PMA-263.
According to InstantEye Robotics, the new InstantEye Mk-3 GEN5-D1 platform not only expands mission scope, but it also provides additional Reconnaissance, Surveillance, and Target Acquisition capability to the individual Marine or Sailor.
FLIR Systems' FLIR Black Hornet Vehicle Reconnaissance System features Black Hornet 3 nano UAS
FLIR Systems has announced the launch of its FLIR Black Hornet Vehicle Reconnaissance System (VRS), which features the Black Hornet 3 nano UAS designed for global military, government agency, and first responder vehicle-mounted operations.
Based on an adaption of the Black Hornet Personal Reconnaissance System (PRS), which is the world’s smallest combat-proven nano UAS according to FLIR, the Black Hornet VRS provides the warfighter with the ability to maintain situational awareness, threat detection, and surveillance for battle damage assessment, pre-deployment and route and point reconnaissance, and targeting information. All of this can be done without warfighters having to leave the vehicle.
Army Research Laboratory and Bell Helicopter seek to advance development of micro UAS
In June, researchers from the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL) and Bell Helicopter met to further advance the development of a micro UAS.
Described as a “miniature, lightweight reconnaissance vehicle,” the UAS is designed to be carried onto the battlefield by soldiers, and deployed in a confined space.
The relationship between Bell and ARL has roots dating back to November 2016, when Bell representatives attended ARL's open campus event. The two entities spent a year and a half building their relationship and sharing information before signing a five-year cooperative research and development agreement (CRADA) in March 2018.
Northrop Grumman and U.S. Navy celebrate commencement of MQ-4C Triton UAS flight operations
On May 31, Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy officially welcomed the MQ-4C Triton UAS to the fleet during a ceremony to celebrate the commencement of flight operations at Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu.
Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Point Mugu in California is home to the maintenance detachment of Unmanned Patrol Squadron (VUP)-19 DET Point Mugu, which is the Navy’s first unmanned patrol squadron. Maintainers are currently conducting training and tests on the Triton UAS before it deploys to Guam later in 2018.
Point Mugu has also completely refurbished an existing hangar that will house up to four Triton UAS. The first two Triton UAS are located at Point Mugu.
Northrop Grumman's Global Hawk UAS celebrates 20th anniversary of first flight
Northrop Grumman is celebrating the 20th anniversary of the first flight of its autonomous Global Hawk high altitude long endurance aircraft, which occurred at Edwards Air Force Base in California on Feb. 28, 1998.
The flight occurred after a pilot in a nearby ground control station clicked the take-off button on their control console, sending the Global Hawk into the desert sky. The UAS completed a 56-minute flight before landing safely and stopping itself on the runway, just six inches off the painted centerline.
The first Global Hawk aircraft, named Air Vehicle 1, or AV-1, was built by Teledyne Ryan Aeronautical—which Northrop Grumman would go on to acquire in 1999— at the Ryan factory near San Diego’s Lindbergh Field.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection to test small UAS in Arizona, Texas and Vermont
As a part of a pilot program starting this month, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has announced that the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) will begin evaluating small UAS (sUAS) in the operational environment.
During the pilot, three series of fixed-wing and rotorcraft sUAS—the Puma, Raven, and InstantEye Quadcopter—will be operationally tested in three USBP sectors, starting in Tucson, Arizona, and then transitioning to Rio Grande Valley, Texas, and Swanton, Vermont later this year.