Fri, Mar 17, 2006
Company Completes Next Stage in On-Going Project with US
Navy
Geneva Aerospace has
successfully completed six consecutive auto landings of a Dakota
UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) at the United States Army Yuma
Proving Grounds in Yuma, Arizona. This flight test was the next
phase under Geneva's current contract with the Naval Air Systems
Command (NAVAIR) and the United States Air Force Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle Battlelab (UAVB). The test served as the precursor to
flying the Berkut UAV which will utilize Geneva's proven integrated
avionics technologies, as well as the auto landing capability. The
Berkut test flight is tentatively scheduled for early 2006.
Geneva personnel, in
conjunction with NAVAIR, conducted the test using a Dakota UAV that
weighs approximately 200 pounds and has a wingspan of 16 feet. The
vehicle was outfitted with Geneva's proven command, control and
communication (C3) solutions which consists of missionTEK ground
control station, flightTEK flight control computer, and linkTEK(TM)
data link computer. Geneva's C3 product suite coupled with the auto
land capability delivers affordable and reliable solutions for
autonomous flights.
"The auto landing technology that we have developed can bring
precision landing capability to a wide variety of UAVs, but at an
order of magnitude less than existing systems," said Dave Lleras,
program manager for Geneva.
"The next stage of our program will involve demonstrating this
technology on a 2000 pound class vehicle." While the demonstrations
are land-based, future objectives will also include shipboard
landing.
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