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9 UTC Aerospace Systems (UTCAS) has launched the first real-time tool that can run in a standard web browser for handling the complex imagery acquired from unmanned systems anywhere in the world. Using a browser means the SCI (Simplifying Complex Information) Toolset can be used on any terminal to access and search a federated network of libraries of images or data, including real-time feeds, which could be anywhere in the world. The tool can then combine any location and time information automatically or manually, and integrate these into reports quickly and easily, simplifying document flows in enterprise systems. “The reason you fly is to answer a question, and we give that from the software,” said Richard Glyn-Jones, business development manager for the UK at UTCAS, “You have a thumbnail for the overview, then you stream the still image so you only pull down the pixels you want.” This allows the imaging to be used in a standard web browser using the JPEG 2000 image standard. For example, a remote assessor working offshore in the Shetland Islands can upload still and video image data from a UAV, annotate and measure the key features and have the data available in real time at head office in London, or anywhere else in the world, without needing to rely on a complex IT infrastructure. Head office can then find Danish start-up Little Smart Things has been awarded 8.5m kroner ($1.3m) by the Danish Innovation Fund to develop new GPS navigation sensors and more accurate mathematical models to enable its small unmanned system to land on the deck of a ship. The project uses the 2 kg Kevlar- based Cumulus One hand-launched fixed-wing aircraft. This can currently handle automated landings on the and access the information purely from the map location. UTC Aerospace Systems has also developed an exploitation tool called SCI-X that is hosted on a local machine or local server rather than being browser based. This is able to annotate and measure details on the images and save snapshots to library, as well as create reports from the images. The next stage is to support multi- spectral imaging alongside SAR (synthetic aperture radar) and electro- optic imaging. “We are looking at a simplified version in a browser, for example, with the most popular features but that depends very much on the customer requirements,” Glyn-Jones said. ground with a precision of 10-20 m, so the company is working with the Technical University of Denmark and Aalborg University to develop the new sensor technology by 2017. The project starts in March 2015. Worldwide web of access Sea change in deck landings UTS software UAV software Unmanned Systems Technology | Spring 2015 The browser-based system can handle complex imagery in real time We are looking at a simplified version in a browser, for example, with the most popular features but it is customer dependent