GPS World, January 2018

WATCH MARKET UAV 2 Ready for Take off In a little over an hour the SkyOne flew 102 kilometers beyond visual line of sight controlled from 3000 kilometers away Photo SkyX Systems Drone Completes 100 Kilometer Flight for Oil and Gas Market 40 GPS WORLD WWW GPSWORLD COM JANUARY 2018 Harxon Modem Offers Anti Jamming Security S kyX Systems Corporation has successfully completed an unmanned data collection flight of 100 kilometers km one of the longest journeys in its class The firm flew its SkyOne unmanned aerial system UAS on an autonomous data mission over more than 100 km of gas pipeline in Mexico The robotic flight was programmed and monitored remotely from the companys Greater Toronto Area SkyCenter mission control with a support crew of engineers on the ground in Mexico Using high resolution imagery the longest of multiple flights identified more than 200 potentially significant anomalies along the remote pipeline ranging from unauthorized buildings and cultivation to a fissure possibly caused by seismic activity More than 38 billion is spent annually monitoring oil and gas pipelines using less efficient means The SkyX System flight gathered data in a little more than an hour that would have taken a person well over a week It identified more than 200 georeferenced anomalies the customer was unaware existed pinpointing precise coordinates for rapid investigation and remediation The SkyX System consists of a vertical takeoff and landing VTOL drone the SkyCenter control room which allows for real time and secure mission monitoring from remote locations and the companys proprietary SkyBoxes that enable SkyOne to recharge and continue long range missions without having to return to home a factor that limits many drones Using the system a client doesnt need a trained pilot to operate a remotecontrol unit the entire mission is programmed and carried out autonomously from takeoff to landing Plus the VTOL drone eliminates the need for runways launchers or capture devices H arxon has launched the HX DU2017D a frequencyhopping OEM modem designed to provide strong anti jamming and signal receiving capability for complex data intensive applications HX DU2017D is a miniature dualfrequency software selectable 840 MHz and 900 MHz data link modem It provides power switching of 05 W 1 W and 2 W and a 20 ms 30 ms 40 ms 50 ms frequency hopping interval and supports point to point point to multipoint networks Its full duplex mode ensures secure data transferring and stable long range communication the company said HX DU2017D also provides short latency of data transmission and communication recovery at the millisecond level According to Harxon HX DU2017D allows fast and secure simultaneous data communication for missioncritical applications especially in the fields of precision agriculture and UAVs including unmanned plant surveys UAV plant protection and automatic mowers The modem could be placed on a UAV with its extremely small footprint for tight OEM integration and design flexibility Meanwhile its frequency hopping transmission ensures data security and flight stability The frequency hopping OEM modem HX DU2017D by Harxon