Microflown AVISA earned the DEFENDER Prize award at MSPO 2014, and MT asked the company what it means in this market today:
“Microflown AVISA was awarded the DEFENDER Prize at the 22nd MSPO Defender Award competition for the development of an unprecedented lightweight UAV payload to acoustically locate Sniper and artillery firing positions up to kilometres. The patented in-house Acoustic Vector Sensor technology made this development possible, which is not only considered a game changer by the Polish expert commission, but also by the Dutch Forces which fund the development of this ground-breaking technology. Once a threat on the ground is located, the EO payload can be pre-cued in 3D towards the shooter location and an ‘acoustic waypoint’ is placed on the ground control station.
The AVS technology has an extremely small Size, low Weight and Power (SWAP) which allowed the development of a smart payload with just around 110 grams, covering the complete frequency range of battlefield threats. In cooperation with WB Electronics / FLYTRONIC this payload has been integrated onto the FlyEye platform which is used by the Polish Forces.
Obviously, hand launched UAVs, such as the FlyEye, can only be fitted with lightweight and small payloads to ensure necessary flight time and range. Traditional microphone systems simply cannot be successfully applied to mini and micro UAV platforms to accurately locate low frequency threats, due to physical constraints on their size and weight.”
“Microflown AVISA was awarded the DEFENDER Prize at the 22nd MSPO Defender Award competition for the development of an unprecedented lightweight UAV payload to acoustically locate Sniper and artillery firing positions up to kilometres. The patented in-house Acoustic Vector Sensor technology made this development possible, which is not only considered a game changer by the Polish expert commission, but also by the Dutch Forces which fund the development of this ground-breaking technology. Once a threat on the ground is located, the EO payload can be pre-cued in 3D towards the shooter location and an ‘acoustic waypoint’ is placed on the ground control station.
The AVS technology has an extremely small Size, low Weight and Power (SWAP) which allowed the development of a smart payload with just around 110 grams, covering the complete frequency range of battlefield threats. In cooperation with WB Electronics / FLYTRONIC this payload has been integrated onto the FlyEye platform which is used by the Polish Forces.
Obviously, hand launched UAVs, such as the FlyEye, can only be fitted with lightweight and small payloads to ensure necessary flight time and range. Traditional microphone systems simply cannot be successfully applied to mini and micro UAV platforms to accurately locate low frequency threats, due to physical constraints on their size and weight.”
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