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Gimbals

Whether you’re a customer, a systems integrator or a manufacturer, gimbals are a hard product to get right. These tightly-integrated systems are designed at the confluence of multiple different technologies, including cameras...

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AI

There are many different types of AI framework, from convolutional neural networks used for deep learning to transformers that are used for large language models and, increasingly, for vision processing...

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Electric motors

In the uncrewed space today, electric motors are essential to a growing majority of vehicles’ propulsion, whether as VTOL rotors, starter-generators or otherwise. However, movements and happenings in electric motor r&d are marked...

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Sense and avoid

The ability to detect and avoid other aircraft is a key requirement for uncrewed aerial systems (UAS). Enhancements to the design of transponders now mean these devices can be as light as 15 g, allowing them to be used in the majority of platforms...

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Composites

The world of composites, much like the rest of the world, is undergoing particular upheaval with respect to its relationship with uncrewed systems. Conflicts around the planet have awoken defence forces everywhere to the revolutionary...

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AI certification

The latest developments in AI are putting more focus on how to enable transparency, validation and certification of autonomous systems operating in the air, on the ground and at sea. While AI is widely seen as a ‘black box’ with a series of inputs...

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Machine tools

Across military and civilian industries, the world of uncrewed systems is growing fast, with tenders and orders for intelligent vehicles being announced more rapidly than ever. OEMs, both small and large, together with their subsystem suppliers...

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Performance monitoring

Monitoring the performance of uncrewed systems is becoming increasingly important to ensure their safe operation. Whether that be monitoring the health of UAVs making deliveries, underwater vehicles that would be difficult to recover...

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Video systems

The combination of AI and video encoding is transforming the development of uncrewed systems. Autonomous systems equipped with high-quality cameras can capture large amounts of video data; however, transmitting and storing such data...

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ECUs

It wasn’t so long ago that suppliers of ECUs and other control electronics solutions were in something of a tight spot. Pre-COVID ramp-ups in their customers’ production targets had filled ECU makers’ books with contracts, but the sudden freezes that happened...