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14 June/July 2016 | Unmanned Systems Technology Unmanned Global Systems (UGS) & Eurosatory Monday 13 June – Friday 17 June Paris, France www.ugsevent.com/2016/ & www.eurosatory.com Farnborough International Airshow Monday 11 July – Sunday 17 July Farnborough Airport, UK www.farnborough.com AUVSI UK Chapter – Networking Event Tuesday 26 July London, UK www.auvsi.org/auvsiuk/home UAS Summit & Expo Monday 22 August – Wednesday 24 August Grand Forks, ND, USA www.theuassummit.com InterDrone Wednesday 7 September – Friday 9 September Las Vegas, USA www.interdrone.com Commercial UAV Show Asia Tuesday 20 September – Wednesday 21 September Singapore www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/commercial-uav-asia Age of Drones Expo Friday 7 October – Saturday 8 October Dortmund, Germany http://www.ageofdrones-expo.com/ DRONE Berlin Exhibition Friday 14 October – Saturday 15 October Berlin, Germany www.drone-berlin.de Commercial UAV Show Wednesday 19 October – Thursday 20 October London, UK www.terrapinn.com/exhibition/the-commercial-uav-show Unmanned Systems Defense Tuesday 25 October – Thursday 27 October Arlington, VA, USA www.thedefenseshow.org Commercial UAV Expo Monday 31 October – Wednesday 2 November Las Vegas, NV, USA www.expouav.com Unmanned Systems Canada Tuesday 1 November – Thursday 3 November Edmonton, Canada www.unmannedsystems.ca Drone World Expo Tuesday 15 November – Wednesday 16 November San Jose, CA, USA www.droneworldexpo.com Unmanned World Monday 28 November – Wednesday 30 November Doha, Qatar www.unmanned-world.com International Drone Expo Friday 9 December – Saturday 10 December Los Angeles, CA, USA www.intdroneexpo.com XPONENTIAL – AUVSI USA Monday 8 May – Thursday 11 May 2017 Dallas, TX, USA www.xponential.org UST diary Platform one Sagetech, maker of what it says are the world’s smallest transponders, announced its next-generation of units, the MX range, at the Xponential show in May. Sagetech’s Jim Davis remarked that thousands of the existing XP range have been sold, but increased regulatory oversight of drones now demands greater assurances of safety. The range will include models certified by the FAA, as well as the US DoD, to a military specification known as AIMS Mark XIIA, a Mode 5-capable transponder that will soon be required for aircraft used by NATO. The MX line-up includes ADS-B in and out plus support for two antennae, normally top and bottom of the craft for full antenna pattern coverage. An MX unit is 3.3 x 2.5 x 0.75 in, and weighs 5.3 oz. It comes as standard with RS-232. RS-422, and Ethernet interfaces for integration with onboard avionics and, like its forebear, has an integrated pressure sensor and altitude encoder. Safety-certified transponders unveiled Communications