Logos Technologies has announced that it has successfully conducted advanced flight testing of its Redkite wide-area sensor aboard the Insitu Integrator UAS. 

Testing confirmed that the Redkite was capable of capturing stabilized, wide-area motion imagery (WAMI), and could successfully stream it to multiple handheld devices on the ground from the payload bay of the UAS. 

This latest demonstration, which was the second successful airborne test with the Integrator, took place in Boardman, Oregon. 

“Back in February, we worked with Insitu to demonstrate that Redkite could handle the launch and in-flight characteristics of Integrator,” says Logos Technologies’ President John Marion. 

“Now, we confirmed that Redkite captures, renders and stabilizes imagery in real time with its compact, on-board processor, streaming it to the users.” 

Capable of storing up to eight hours of geo-tagged mission data for forensic analysis, the Redkite is compact and lightweight, and comes in two configurations, one being a platform-agnostic pod for manned and unmanned aircraft, and the other being an integrated payload module. 

Both versions image over 12 square kilometers at once, and while doing so, can detect, track, and record all significant movers in real time within the scene. 

Combined with the Integrator UAS, the WAMI system provides the tactical commander with new intelligence and surveillance resources, as it delivers real-time imagery straight to their mobile device. 

“Integrator with Redkite delivers WAMI surveillance on a scale previously available only on Group 4 or 5 platforms,” says Suzanne McNamara, VP of Business Development and Strategy for Insitu. 

The next goal to accomplish with the Redkite on the Integrator will be to further reduce the system weight, which will allow for full endurance flights.