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  28 janvier 2022

  Tyto Robotics distribue la technologie de test de drones ‘WindShape’ en Amérique du Nord

  Tyto Robotics distribue la technologie de test de drones ‘WindShape' en Amérique du Nord 26 janvier, 2022 Gatineau, Canada : WindShape Ltd a signé un accord de distribution exclusif avec Tyto Robotics, une société canadienne spécialisée dans les équipements de test de drones. Tyto Robotics facilitera l'achat de la technologie « WindShaper » pour les entreprises nord-américaines, un outil utilisé pour réaliser des tests dynamiques en vol de drones de toutes tailles. WindShape a été fondée en 2016 à Genève par deux anciens élèves de la Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse occidentale (HES-SO). La technologie WindShaper a été conçue comme une solution à de nombreux problèmes de test de drones, notamment la gestion de l'environnement de test et la réplicabilité des expériences. Cette solution révolutionnaire facilite les essais en vol et offre une alternative aux souffleries traditionnelles. Le partenariat avec Tyto Robotics vise à étendre la disponibilité de cette technologie aux secteurs de l'aérospatiale au Canada et aux États-Unis. Le WindShaper lui-même peut être plat ou incurvé, petit ou grand, inclinable et peut inclure des caractéristiques supplémentaires tels que le suivi de mouvement, les effets météorologiques et des filtres de turbulence. Chaque ventilateur est contrôlé indépendamment via une interface graphique en ligne ou un script personnalisé via une API de contrôle Python. La programmation 3D du flux de vent permet à l'utilisateur de simuler n'importe quel environnement de vent, y compris la turbulence, les obstacles, les rafales et les conditions d'atterrissage. En tant que distributeur nord-américain exclusif, Tyto Robotics conseille ses clients et aide à déterminer la taille du WindShaper ainsi que les options nécessaires au respect du cahier des charges de tests. Le partenariat arrive à un moment idéal alors que de plus en plus de pays s'engagent à soutenir l'innovation et l'infrastructure des drones. Les installations WindShape joueront un rôle important dans cette évolution pour les institutions de recherche et les entreprises privées, avec une croissance accrue gr'ce à ce nouvel accord de distribution. Contact Lauren Nagel Spécialiste en marketing technique lauren.nagel@tytorobotics.com 514-603-2706 À propos de Tyto Robotics Tyto Robotics est une entreprise aérospatiale canadienne spécialisée dans le développement d'outils de test professionnels pour la conception des drones et véhicules aériens électriques. Fondée en 2014, la société fabrique plusieurs variétés de bancs d'essai qui caractérisent pleinement les moteurs et hélices brushless pour drones et avions eVTOL. L'équipement de test et le logiciel mesurent avec précision la poussée, le couple, la puissance et l'efficacité afin que les concepteurs de drones puissent optimiser leurs systèmes de propulsion pour des performances maximales. https://www.tytorobotics.com/ À propos de WindShape WindShape développe une technologie de simulation météorologique intérieure pour tester les drones dans des conditions de vol contrôlables et reproductibles. Fondée en 2016 en Suisse, la société a inventé un générateur de vent innovant, appelé WindShaper, capable de générer une variété infinie de profils de vent à travers des milliers de pixels de vent (ventilateurs). Avec sa conception de section de test ouverte, cette technologie permet d'étudier les drones en vol libre, tout en surveillant leur comportement et en évaluant leurs performances dans diverses conditions, y compris les rafales, la pluie et même la neige. L'objectif de WindShape est d'améliorer les capacités actuelles de test et de certification des drones pour permettre des applications autonomes et évolutives. www.windshape.com

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  21 juillet 2020

  Startups Need Free Data To Work With Army: Venture Capitalists

  Because open-source software lacks the same kind of cyber certification that comes with more sensitive information, it is fertile ground for start-ups looking to work on military data, provided each service makes an open-source library available. By KELSEY ATHERTONon July 20, 2020 at 7:01 AM ALBUQUERQUE: Venture capitalists want the Pentagon to be a good market. But for an industry that makes many unsuccessful bets in the promise that just a few pan out spectacularly, marketing software exclusively to the Pentagon poses an almost unacceptable risk. To ease startups into contracting, investors suggest the Army should provide unclassified, open-source data as the Air Force already does. Near the top of his investors' wishlist, says Stu Solomon, CTO of intelligence provider Recorded Future, is removing “a lot of the friction necessary to get innovation into the government without having to be directly aligned or affiliated with the big solution integrators.” Hitching new technology to a company already firmly ingrained in the Pentagon's ecosystem is a popular way to shepherd new software through the acquisitions process. It is also partly explains how, despite hundreds of millions of dollars in military contracts going to Silicon Valley companies, tech adoption seems as slow from the Valley as elsewhere. Solomon's remarks came during a panel at AFCEA's 2020 AFCEA Army Signal conference. Recorded Future was founded in 2008, received early funding from IN-Q-TEL, received a contract from DIU in 2017, and a contract from Cyber Command in 2020. Much of Recorded Future's product is built on ingesting open-source information and offering analysis. As a feature, that meant the company could sustain itself in the commercial market, selling enterprise software, while still planning long-term to contract with the military, DHS, and intelligence services. “If you think this is eventually going to be a market that matters to you, you're not going to be able to wait four years for the procurement process to mature as your product matures,” said Elizabeth Lawler, founder of Founder of AppLand. If a startup's focus is solely on processing classified data, the capital investors need to be aligned directly with that goal to fund it since getting certified to handle classified material is one of the major sources of cost and friction. “My current startup, focused on providing real-time up-to-date software images, works on things that are less sensitive as a starting point,” said Lawler, “for example, some of the code bases in the Air Force's open source code repository.” Because open-source software lacks the same kind of cyber certification that comes with more sensitive information, it is fertile ground for start-ups looking to work on military data, provided the service makes an open-source library available. “When it comes to this Valley of Death, I really view what we do when we start companies as an awful lot like a really difficult special forces mission,” said Andy Palmer, co-founder and CEO of data management company Tamr. “When you go in, you drop onto the ground to start a company, with a small team of people, and limited resources, and what oftentimes feels like an unreasonable objective. It's hand to hand combat for much of it, it's not pretty. The goal is survival.” So, if the Army wants to bring new data tools to the battlefields of the future, it could start by creating open-source environments that allow companies to solve problems, at a smaller scale and without the hurdles of classification, suggested several panelists. https://breakingdefense.com/2020/07/startups-need-free-data-to-work-with-army-venture-capitalists/

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  10 juillet 2020

  Additive Technologies For Future UK Air Power Advance

  Tony Osborne July 10, 2020 Bidders pushing for a role to build a technology demonstrator for the UK's Lightweight Affordable Novel Combat Aircraft (LANCA) are waiting to see if their design proposals will be approved for the next phase of the initiative. Three industry teams were selected last summer (AW&ST July 29-Aug. 18, 2019, p. 18) to take forward development of the LANCA air system, an unmanned air vehicle that could act as additive capability accompanying future combat aircraft into operations. LANCA would perform a range of tasks, including serving as a loyal wingman, gathering intelligence or acting as a weapons carrier. The Royal Air Force envisions a platform costing 1/10th of current combat aircraft and developed in one-fifth of the time. The idea is like that of the Kratos XQ-58 Valkyrie for the U.S. Air Force's Skyborg program, Australia's Boeing-led Airpower Teaming System and remote carriers for the French, German and Spanish Future Combat Air System. Since then, the industry teams—which include Boeing Phantom Works International, working with Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group and Cranfield University; consortium Team Black Dawn, Callen-Lenz and Bombardier Belfast; and Northrop Grumman UK with Team Avenger, led by Blue Bear Systems Research and yet to be disclosed partners—submitted their proposals for the £4.8 million ($6 million) Phase 1. The LANCA program is being led by the UK Defense Science and Technology Laboratories in conjunction with the Royal Air Force's Rapid Capability Office. The UK Defense Ministry is evaluating proposals in readiness for the second phase of the project, called Mosquito, which is worth £30-50 million. Mosquito would see one, possibly two of the candidates being matured into a full-size flightworthy demonstrator potentially undertaking a flight-test program. Aviation Week has been told there was stiff competition for the LANCA program: Some 45 bidders entered Phase 1 and were subsequently scaled down to nine. Around eight bids were then tendered, of which three were chosen. Few details have emerged about the proposals, although Boeing Australia confirmed through social media that it had secured a “first-of-type permit” from the Australian government to share design material for its Airpower Teaming System with the UK, suggesting the Boeing proposal may borrow heavily from that platform. Progress is also occurring on a drone swarm system announced by former Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson in February 2019: Demonstrations in March using five unmanned air vehicles proved a collaborative capability between the platforms, people close to the program told Aviation Week. https://aviationweek.com/ad-week/additive-technologies-future-uk-air-power-advance