IMSAR/Textron demo SAR on the Aerosonde UAS
Textron Systems and IMSAR engineers performed the mechanical integration of the NSP-3 radar system into the Aerosonde aircraft, with radar electronics in the fuselage payload bay and an externally mounted…
South Africa Emerging Player in the UAV Market
South Africa is well on its way to entering exclusive defence industry terrain through Milkor. The company’s unmistakeable dominance at the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) exhibition in 2018 has…
China Aerospace Develops Radiation-enabled synthetic-aperture radar
Researchers at the Beijing Institute of Radio Measurement, affiliated with the China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp, said they have developed the country’s first terahertz radiation-enabled synthetic-aperture radar and they…
China Makes Progress on SAR Drones
The Beijing-based Beihang Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Technology is now seeking the first international order for its export-specific BZK-005E multirole medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (MALE UAV), following the successful…
Poland Orders 40 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
The Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland has ordered 40 Orlik PGZ-19R tactical short-range unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for a range of support operations. The deal, announced by Polish Ministry of Defense on 30 November,…
BRIGHT SPARK SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR
Bright Spark Synthetic Aperture Radar Bright Spark is the project name (or codename) for an experimental airborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR). The project started life as a radar pod for…
Bright Spark Ku SAR Data Pushes the Envelope
Ultra-high resolution Coherent Change Detection SAR image from the Thales BRIGHT SPARK Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensor. The inset shows two sheep, and their tracks in a field. BRIGHT SPARK…
China Shows off SAR Drones. Nervous?
Chinese companies have set their sights on the Asia-Pacific region as a potential market for their burgeoning line of armed unmanned aircraft, with the appearance of two such platforms at…
SAR to Revolutionize SAR!
"There's definitely no radar like this that's this tiny, and can see the range that these see," said Joshua Hintze, IMSAR Vice President. IMSAR is a Utah based company that…
VA001 unmanned aerial system (UAS) from Vanilla Aircraft
NASA WALLOPS FLIGHT FACILITY, Va. The VA001 unmanned aerial system (UAS) from Vanilla Aircraft (Falls Church, Virginia) set a record when it landed at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on Monday,…