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www.highpowermedia.com Unmanned Systems Technology 88 Issue 07: April/May 2016 Issue 08: June/July 2016 Launch & recovery Options for release and retrieval Electric motors Reliable, efficient propulsion www.unmannedsystemstechnology.com www.ust-media.com Navya ARMA 100% autonomous, driverless & electric UST 07 :APRIL/MAY 2016 UK £15,USA$30,EUROPE e 22 Back at base Focus on ground control systems Come to light Solar power’s day is dawning Up above Alti Transition VTOL hybrid UST 08 : JUNE/JULY 2016 UK £15,USA$30,EUROPE e 22 Platform one: Mission-critical info Mass-market centimetre-level satnav module announced, Volvo trucks demonstrate platooning, Rolls-Royce unveils onshore control concept for unmanned shipping, and more Dossier: Navya ARMA We look at the technology that went in to building this public driverless mass-transit system Focus: Launch and recovery systems The industry is happy to borrow techniques and technologies from other sectors and adapt them to its own needs Dossier: AIE 225CS UAV rotary An innovative cooling system allows this four-stroke to benefit from lower wear and higher efficiency. We chart its development Insight: AUVs Autonomous underwater vehicles are going through some major developments Focus: Electric motors We explain the workings behind this established technology and the options for unmanned systems propulsion Insight: Lethal autonomous weapons Is it too late to try to ban autonomous weapons systems, and do we understand where the real risks lie? Dossier: Alti Transition We chart the development path of this clever VTOL fixed-wing hybrid UAV Focus: Ground control systems GCS technology is growing in sophistication to match the growing complexity of unmanned craft Show report: Xponential 2016 Our wide-ranging review of the pick of the technologies on display at the world’s biggest unmanned systems exhibition Dossier: Insitu Orbital N20 Teamwork proved to be the key element in the successful development of this two-stroke UAV engine Insight: UAVs In the continuing quest to improve range and lifting capacity, UAV developers are beginning to turn their attention to new, system-wide technologies Focus: Solar power Sun-powered propulsion systems have developed to a point where they look set to become a feature on commercial craft PS: The Robotic Hummingbird Is it a bird, is it a UAV? It’s both, and its capabilities are such that we could see a lot more of them in the future