GPS World: Drone developments: Avionics, Fuel cells and Swarms

uAvionix in California focuses on equipping aircraft, offering transponders and sensors for integration into UAS and for manned aircraft. Their latest ADS-B offering is a small, lightweight, low-power transponder for unmanned aircraft. uAvionix recently achieved U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval for this unit. The ping200S is designed to meet the requirements of TSO-C199 as a Class A Traffic Awareness Beacon System (TABS).

2017-01-19T12:45:36-06:0001/19/17|Press Release|

Will ADS-B transponders herald the next era for drones?

The skies of the future are going to be busy – with a mixture of manned and unmanned vehicles sharing increasingly crowded skies. Whether it’s Amazon Prime Air, ZipLine, or a professional cinematographer with a DJI drone high in the sky, there are going to be more things flying in this “integrated” airspace than ever before.

2017-03-23T21:34:04-05:0012/31/16|Press Release|

New ADS-B transceiver is smallest

August 3, 2016 By Mike Collins The newest Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) transceiver on the market also is the smallest and lightest. Palo Alto, California-based uAvionix Corp. has been miniaturizing ADS-B hardware for use on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and is now offering that technology in a non-technical standard order unit [...]

2017-03-23T21:34:04-05:0008/05/16|Press Release|

Google targets low-cost ADS-B Out avionics market

FLIGHT GLOBAL   24 MARCH, 2015   BY: STEPHEN TRIMBLE    MONTREAL Two companies – L-3 Aviation Products and FreeFlight – have recently unveiled automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) transceivers for general aviation priced under $2,000, hoping to entice aircraft owners to install the mandated precision-locating equipment. Google’s unmanned aviation venture now plans to beat [...]

2017-03-23T21:34:05-05:0007/25/16|Press Release|

uAvionix ADS-B Solution Weighs 2.5 Ounces

uAvionix echo ATU20 By Rob Mark - Flying Magazine With the FAA’s ADS-B deadline looming 41 months from now, some aircraft operators are hoping the agency deadline will slip, offering everyone more breathing time to schedule the work. Contrary to the laws of supply and demand, many of those same [...]

2017-03-23T21:34:05-05:0007/21/16|Press Release|