Tuesday, December 20, 2011

AGI STK Sensor Coverage Tool

AGI STK Sensor Boresight View

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Sustaining GPS for National Security


U.S. House Armed Services Committee Hearing on "Sustaining GPS for National Security - September 15, 2011

If you have a chance, listen to all or parts of this hearing:

Testimony is given by:

General William L. Shelton, Commander, U.S. Air Force Space Command

Ms. Teresa M. Takai, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Defense

Mr. Karl Nebbia, Associate Administrator, Office of Spectrum Management, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce

Mr. Anthony J. Russo, National Coordination Office, Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Training, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Mr. Julius Knapp, Chief of the Office of Engineering Technology, Federal Communications Commission

Realistic Ultra-Wideband Radar Signal Generation Using Agilent SystemVue

Friday, September 23, 2011

Первый и единственный провальный полет БЛА "Аист"


Crash of first Russian Vega Stork UAV Test Flight - Predator on Vodka. 18 Jan 2010

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Civilian media members are captured through the lens of the universalthermal monocular (UTM) during Trident Warrior 2011

The UTM™/ StalkIR™ from OASYS Technology, LLC., is the first palm sized 640x480 [307,200 pixel] hybrid thermal mono-sight. Has 4 times the resolution of the typical competitor system [of similar size], dual-band pointing/aiming lasers, and thermal sensitivity exceeding that of many rival systems. With an operational runtime of more than 5.5 hours using (2) DL123 batteries and a system weight of 0.8 lbs the UTM™/ StalkIR™ provides long lived performance in a small lightweight package. The UTM™/ StalkIR™ is easy to use, since it has a simple menu function featuring a single button press allowing for essential operation eliminating the need to remember locations on the device for different functions while operating the system in darkness.

OASYS UTM/ StalkIR Universal Thermal Monocular

Two Navy autonomous experimental boats that can operate autonomously orby remote


Textron CUSV also known as AMN demonstrates Multi-Mission Capability at Trident Warrior 2011

Sailors set up satellite communications equipment during Trident Warrior 2011

Sailors test communications equipment during Trident Warrior 2011

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Militaire UAV 2011 03 10 UAV Pterosaur


Anybody missing General Atomics' retiring Predator family of unmanned air vehicles might find solace in a UAV from AVIC. Chinese Pterodactyl UAV looks a lot like the GA-ASI Reaper MQ9. Appears to have a satellite dish for communications, as well as weapons and a fairly sophisticated GCS. The Chinese aerospace corporation is displaying a small model of the distinctly Predator-like Wing-Loong, which it describes as a medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) vehicle with autonomous take-off and landing capability and the ability to carry "small-sized air-to-ground strike weapons" at the Paris Air Show. The Wing-Loong is within a few millimetres in any direction of the Predator A. It has a 14m (46ft) wingspan, 9m length and a maximum take-off weight of 1,100kg (2,420lb), but it boasts the good looks of the larger Predator B's V-shaped rear end. It has ceiling of 16,400ft and a range of 2,160nm (4,000km), said AVIC.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

DARPA tries to automate marching orders for unmanned vehicles


ISR is important, and tasking them and bringing all the sensor data together is key. In order to do this, the military imposes standards to make the pieces fit together more easily. This was the concept behind the Tactical Data Links (TADILS) and NGA Common imagery formats.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Automated Multi-Camera Vehicle ID System


ALPR Automated Vehicle License Plate Recognition Identification system -Those Canadians are smart, eh!? Of course it is not a radar but a multi-camera system with OCR and pattern recognition for vehicle identification and classification. Similar to technology used in red light cameras and automated toll systems such as the bay area fastrak. I wonder if it can tell if the vehicle has stolen plates which don't match the vehicle, or the registration has expired.

Synthetic aperture radar video (sequences of images)


Imagery created from data gathered during the GOTCHA exercise, from a continuous circling aircraft using a multifrequency waveform to illuminate the parking lot at Air Force Research Labs in Dayton Ohio

Video: Synthetic Aperture Radar and Moving Target Indicator (SARMTI) sol...