Logos Technologies has announced that its Redkite wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) sensor was successfully tested aboard the Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation (NASC) developed tactical UAS called TigerShark.

The flight, which was conducted on behalf of the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), once again showcased the versatility of Redkite to be mounted on, and successfully operated from, a plethora of airborne platforms.

“We’ve had Redkite on planes and helicopters, and just recently we tested an integrated version of the WAMI sensor inside the payload bay of a Group 3 unmanned aircraft system (UAS),” says John Marion, president of Logos Technologies.

“Now we’ve integrated a Redkite pod to the underside of a TigerShark wing.”

During the demonstration with the UAS, Redkite was used by sensor operators to collect real-time wide-area motion imagery, geo-register it, and stream it down to the tablets of mobile users on the ground without any issues.

Carl Engelbert, Vice President for Airborne Systems and Logistics at NASC, was very pleased with the performance of Redkite on the TigerShark.

“This is the first time that we’ve put WAMI on one of our unmanned aircraft,” Engelbert says.

“It’s an amazing capability to have on a Group 3 UAS and under the control of the tactical commander.”