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72 durations and at high altitudes, and is modularly configurable for a wide range of operations. “Its first adopters were those in the cinematography market, who remain our core customers to date,” said Matt Isenbarger. “They use it because it can safely carry huge camera packages while performing highly dynamic flight manoeuvres. It also has very robust vibration isolation, so that even during its most extreme manoeuvres and power outputs the video still looks pristine. “It has very large props as well, so they can spin at a relatively low speed, reducing noise, which is enabling filming of wildlife in a way that wasn’t possible before. It’s also important for a lot of sports, with Red Bull for instance being a key customer for filming the sports and athletes they sponsor in golf, motorsport and elsewhere.” To succeed in the cinematography market, a UAV must be long-lasting and robust, or it could crash and destroy a $200,000 camera or lens. Isenbarger’s colleague Tabb Firchau said one customer has used an Alta X to take shots of crewed aircraft flying at 200 knots, as well as to inspect more than 8000 miles of power lines. Freefly Systems is now working with a range of potential customers who are exploring ways to use the Alta X in firefighting and logging, particularly in the high-speed transport of critical tools or supplies across difficult terrain. “The Alta’s proprietary Activeblade technology is designed around pushing the prop size as large as we can go, with the blades ‘flapping’ slightly to equalise the centre of pressure across the disc during forward flight,” added Firchau “That reduces vibration to a similar level of helicopters’ tail rotors, making it desirable for customers besides just film crews.” Honeywell Aerospace attended the show to launch and promote a range of new products for the autonomous world, for applications including navigation, collision avoidance and power. The first was the Honeywell HGuide o360, a GNSS/INS developed as a single-card OEM version of the company’s previous and more ruggedly housed n380 INS. The o360 is RTK- and dual antenna-compatible, with horizontal position accuracy to 1 cm and vertical position accuracy to 2.5 cm under RTK processing, as well as giving heading readings to within 0.06 º and pitch and roll accurate to 0.015 º . “It’s a very similar sensor package in the o360 as to the n380, including our i300 MEMS inertial sensor system and a GNSS on the card, to help UAV and other uncrewed systems engineers perform straightforward board installations of their navigation system in as flat a package as possible,” said Andrew Bundermann. “We’re also launching our new g080, which is a GNSS-only system. It’s a similar enclosure-less OEM design, and Honeywell’s first foray into single-card receivers.” The g080 is compatible with GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, IRNSS and QZSS signals, with options for L-band correction inputs and full ROS support. GNSS data is output at 10 Hz as standard, but higher rates are available on request. Honeywell also showcased its low- SWaP Resilient Nav system, which is designed to enable multiple layers of navigational safety for UAVs working in GPS-denied or -degraded conditions. The first layer of resiliency is an anti- jamming system – GPSdome – which provides protection to GPS signals while operating in low-power jamming environments. The second layer in the system is Honeywell’s Compact INS (HCINS), which provides accurate positioning during intermittent GNSS disruptions. Finally, Honeywell’s Radar Velocity System (HRVS) is the last layer of protection, for longer GPS disruptions. HRVS in combination with HCINS & GPSdome will provide position with an accuracy of 1-3% of distance travelled error, to allow UAVs to navigate BVLOS autonomous missions without GPS. Honeywell also showcased a UAV that integrates the first version of its IntuVue RDR-84K band radar system, which has been designed as an airborne collision avoidance system. The RF antenna, algorithm, and tracker technology from the company’s radars used on Boeing 747s have effectively been miniaturised into a form factor that Part 107-compliant UAVs could carry to detect non- cooperative UAVs that fail to broadcast transponder codes or ADS-B information. Flight trials of the system consisted of August/September 2022 | Uncrewed Systems Technology Honeywell’s 1200u 1200 W PEM fuel cell