Airborne Innovations will be exhibiting at AUVSI 2010 in Denver CO, August 24th-27th. Come see us in booth 525,
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We now offer fast SATA solid state drive storage options integrated with the RaptorEye II, currently available in 128GB, 256GB, or 512GB variants (a 1 Terabyte option is coming soon). Contact us for more information. The RaptorEye / RaptorEye II systems now support acquisition from Resonon Hyperspectral cameras. As a standalone metadata source one ready to go option is the Microbotics MIDG II GPS/INS. Please contact us for more information. Airborne Innovations’ RaptorEye II Ultra Compact Aerial Imaging Payload Enables Digital Imaging for Small UAVs
Hood River, OR, August 6, 2009 – Airborne Innovations LLC will introduce the RaptorEye II Ultra Compact Aerial Imaging Payload at the AUVSI 2009 show in Washington DC, August 10-13, Booth#573. The system integrates a high performance / low power Intel Atom processor, high speed Expresscard interface for large capacity storage (currently available up to 128GB), and an optional one watt broadband radio link for image and metadata transmission, in a very small form factor. It provides small UAVs and manned aircraft with a compact rapid imaging solution supporting multiple digital cameras.
“The new RaptorEye II will allow smaller classes of unmanned aircraft to carry high performance large format cameras up to 16 megapixels,” said Jon Becker, President of Airborne Innovations. “Multiple digital and analog cameras can be connected to a single RaptorEye II for rapid imaging applications, with imagery transmitted over an integrated broadband datalink or via satcomm systems like Iridium. This is the first compact and powerful solution available which can for example support multiple digital imagers in a gimbaled day/night camera system.”
RaptorEye II is an aerial imaging system designed for high performance, small size, and low power consumption, with configurations as small as 1.2”x3.1”x5.9” (30×79x150mm). It is designed to accept multiple digital and analog cameras, and can store large amounts of image data and transmit it via the onboard or external datalinks.
The system is also suitable as a general purpose high performance small form factor x86 based payload computer for high performance processing and image transmission, for applications such as multispectral imaging, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), and other uses.
In addition it contains multiple interfaces for payload integration, including dual Gigabit Ethernet,dual analog video inputs, RS232 x 2, USB2 x 4, CAN Bus, GPIO, and 12V regulated power output for payloads, along with internal SATA expansion for more high speed large capacity storage. Interfacing Firewire and Cameralink based sensors is also possible.
Airborne Innovations, founded in 2004, is a provider of advanced aerial imaging systems and other UAV payloads and software services. Jon Becker, the founder, has 17 years of experience in UAV hardware and software systems. Customer successes include Idaho National Laboratory’s Rapid Airfield Damage Assessment System implemented for the Air Force Research Laboratory using the RaptorEye in 2008, and over the horizon imaging missions with the Aerosonde UAV in 2006.
For more information, stop by AUVSI 2009 Booth #573, and visit the RaptorEye II Product page at www.airborneinnovations.com NASA post mentioning the sensor, used on the SIERRA UAV: http://wiki.nasa.gov/cm/blog/CASIE/posts/post_1248112111005.html CASIE (Characterization of Arctic Sea Ice Experiment) main project page is at: Satnews German PressEcho The Idaho National Laboratories RaptorEye RADAS application was featured in the Prosilica Newsletter at: The RaptorEye system is now available with an internal 2.4 GHz, 1 Watt, 30+ megabit radio link. 900 MHz and 5.8 Ghz versions are also possible. This provides a very compact lightweight solution for high bandwidth imagery transmission. Very long range transmission can be achieved by combining this system with a steerable antenna on the ground. Contact us for more details. Onboard internal storage of 64+ GB is also an option. August 2008 Idaho National Laboratory Completes Rapid Airfield Damage Assessment System demonstration with RaptorEye INL used Airborne Innovations’ RaptorEye imaging system combined with a state of the art Prosilica 16 Megapixel GigE camera and the Arcturus T15 aircraft to perform a rapid acquisition and transmission demonstration for the Air Force Research Laboratory. 16 megapixel images were acquired every few seconds, automatically triggered based on aircraft flight plan location, and transmitted via broadband datalink to the ground for mosaicing.
courtesy INL Case study of INL RADAS RaptorEye configuration
See also the Sample Imagery June 2008
The new RaptorEye and IceWarning brochures can be downloaded at: October 2007 Visit us at UVS Canada in booth 10 as part of the Raven Project
Case study of Raven Project See and Avoid research using the RaptorEye (now using broadband 2.4 / 5.8 GHz datalink)
August 2007
We are proud to release RaptorEye, our newest UAV imaging system payload! Product brochure is available at: UVS 2006 article describing Satcam missions in the Torres Strait Case study of satcomm imaging configuration with current generation RaptorEye system
Airborne Innovations FlightMosaic software v0.9.5 released Aerosonde successfully deploys Airborne Innovations’ Satcam imaging system for Coastwatch Australia trial Australian UAV company Aerosonde was awarded a $600,000 contract to undertake UAV surveillance and detection trials for Coastwatch in the Torres Strait in 2005-06. Airborne Innovations supplied Aerosonde with Satcam systems to allow near-realtime satellite transmission and archiving of daylight, low light, and large format digital still images. The Satcam system is an enabling technology for beyond line of sight imaging for small long-endurance UAV’s such as the 15 kg, 3 meter wingspan Aerosonde. Case study of satcomm imaging configuration with current generation RaptorEye system
UAV MegaCam and Satcam Now Support Automatic Georeferencing and Image Mosaicing Airborne Innovations imaging systems now feature automatic georeferencing, image mosaicing, orthocorrection, and realtime map mosaic display! The system obtains aircraft data from a Piccolo UAV avionics or standard NMEA source via a secondary serial port. Aircraft metadata including GPS data and attitude are attached to the image, and the ground-based imagery application georeferences the images and displays and mosaics the georeferenced images on a map display as they arrive in realtime. The system outputs georeferenced images, aircraft metadata, and raw images for a high degree of flexibility. An aircraft-view image simulator is also provided to test the system on the ground.
Realtime image mosaic zooming capability: The MegaCam system is a multi-megapixel imaging payload for UAVs, optimized for low bandwidth datalinks. MegaCam enables realtime extremely high resolution image transmission over standard UAV datalinks. New image compression technology smashes the idea that you need megabit datalinks to send multi-megapixel images. *The system can also send multi-megapixel images over ultra low bandwidth satellite links such as Iridium or Globalstar. A continuous mapping mosaic can be created in near realtime over satcomm, with excellent quality multi-megapixel images transmitted over satcomm in as little as 25 seconds. It is a stunning, practical capability which did not exist before.* This system is compatible with the Cloud Cap Technology Piccolo avionics, and allows multi-megapixel images to be transmitted over the Piccolo’s standard datalink. The system can also be operated standalone with a transparent datalink. Power consumption: 3W avg SatCam is a miniature satellite communications imaging solution, compatible with the Iridium and Globalstar satellite networks. This system enables remote imaging anywhere in the world, anytime. This system is also compatible with the Cloud Cap Technology Piccolo avionics, and allows images to be transmitted over the Piccolo’s standard datalink, over an Iridium datalink connected to the Piccolo, or as a standalone device connected only to an Iridium or Globalstar transceiver. The system now supports near one-frame-per second video over Globalstar(!), and makes it possible for a small UAV to send gimballed video over satcomm! Carbon Fiber PC/104 Boxes for UAV Payloads Now Available |
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