Washington-Maxer Intelligence announced a deal for the supply of its drone-diocese tool for use in Taiwan’s unmanned air-vehicle industry with one of Taiwan’s largest aerospace and defense contractors.
Taiwan’s Aerospace Industrial Development Corporation (AIDC) said it will deploy the Maxor Repter Software in Taiwan’s unmanned air vehicle (UAV) industry in an attempt to improve the credibility of autonomous systems in electronic-ridden environment, where there is no access to GPS or other navigation satellite systems.
Maxer’s rapter is a vision-based software suit that enables the autonomous drone to navigate and remove the exact ground coordinates in the absence of GP. This provides an area-based position system for drones in the GPS-Charan environment, taking advantage of a detailed 3D model made from Maxer’s satellite imagery.
Instead of using the satellite signal, a drone equipped with a rapter compare its real -time camera feed with the 3D area model already existing to determine its position and orientation.
Maxer said that the rapter can work in low altitude flight operations at night and without the need for any additional hardware.
Concern about GPS Jaming
The partnership declared on 18 September comes in the form of military and civic aircraft operators worldwide, which is accompanied by increasing sophistication of GPS jamming and spoofing capabilities, which may not provide traditional satellite navigation during unreliable or completely unavailable operations.
According to Maxer, the agreement follows a successful field performance of the raptor software in Taiwan earlier this year, in which the test platform was only able to maintain accurate navigation under GPS-revolving conditions using its original camera and Maxu’s software.
“Taiwan is rapidly creating one of the world’s most advanced UAV industries,” said Anders Linder, General Manager of the International Government in Maxu Intelligence.
The AIDC, which creates UAV for both military and civil markets in Taiwan, is deployed to serve as a major distribution channel for technology.
Maxer said that AIDC Taiwan’s UAV suppliers will adopt raptors and Taiwan Excellence Drone Drone International Business Opportunity will promote the use of software in the International Business Alliance, an organization that is an AIDC chairs. This industry consists of Taiwanese drone manufacturers, component suppliers and technology developers to coordinate export strategies and technology sharing in the consortium.
AIDC President Chin-Ping TSAO said, “We will jointly build a Taiwan-centered integration and test center, highlight GPS-gaming flexibility as a core differential, and unlock opportunities in the Taiwan and comprehensive Asia markets.”
The Maxu Intelligence, located in Westminster, Colorado, operates a fleet of high-resolution imaging satellites that provide basic data for its terrain-mentoring capabilities. The partnership with AIDC expands the defense technology of Maxu beyond the traditional satellite imagery services.
