![]() ![]() In the past five years, Ascendant Engineering Solutions has engaged in designing, analyzing and building several small-gimbal systems to meet these challenges and has undertaken a number of trade studies to investigate techniques to achieve optimal performance within the inherent limitations mentioned above. The limited size and weight of these gimbaled devices result in design challenges unique to the small-gimbal design field. ![]() Until now, these markets have been served by traditional/larger gimbals however, the latest class of small UAVs demands much smaller gimbals while maintaining high-performance. ![]() ![]() Many of these require sensors/payloads such as cameras, laser pointers/ illuminators/rangefinders and other systems that must be pointed and/or stabilized and therefore require a precision miniature gimbal or other means to control their line-of-sight (LOS). Originally, these applications were predominately military in nature but now include law enforcement/security, environmental monitoring/remote sensing, agricultural surveying, movie making and others. Anyone involved in pointing system design for vehicle-mounted applications with radar, lasers, and camera/sensor tracking, especially cameras for drones and driverless vehicles, will learn how to produce better images based on LOS stabilization.The proliferation of small Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs) in the past decade has been driven, in part, by the diverse applications that various industries have found for these platforms. degree in industrial engineering from Lehigh University and has been a licensed professional engineer in New Jersey since 1976.Įngineers, engineering managers, engineering students, and educators involved in the design of pointing systems for optical transceivers and antennas will benefit from this presentation on LOS control and stabilization design. degree in mechanical engineering from Lafayette College and an M.S. Army Electronic Warfare Laboratory and Naval Engineering Center. He has worked for Northrop Grumman Electronic Systems, ITT Exelis Electronics Systems, Scitec Inc., ATT Bell Laboratories, and the U.S. Specifically, Kennedy’s experience includes the design and development of electro-optical EOIR systems for airborne platforms and ground vehicles, and the design and evaluation of several stabilized point-and-track systems. Peter Kennedy, a systems engineer at Northrop Grumman Mission Systems, has more than 40 years of experience in precision pointing and stabilization control system design and analysis infrared system design and analysis and IR tracking techniques. Many topics critical to LOS design, such as component selection, control system design, and detailed disturbance analysis, are beyond the scope of the webinar, but they will be identified as required for design implementation.Īll attendees will be registered in a drawing to receive a free copy of Stabilizing the Line of Sight by Peter and Rhonda Kennedy - the best guide available to effective LOS control and stabilization design. The objective of the webinar is to provide attendees with a firm grounding in LOS stabilization, so that they will be able to address the detailed design tasks required to perform an actual design. He will provide a general methodology for LOS stabilization system design and identify critical algorithms for analyzing stabilization techniques. Presenter Peter Kennedy will introduce attendees to LOS pointing, tracking, and stabilization, with a focus on LOS definition, performance, architecture, and basic theory. This webinar, presented by the author of Stabilizing the Line of Sight (Photonics Media Press, 2018), will provide an overview of the issues and topics that must be addressed to successfully implement Line of Sight (LOS) control and stabilization design. ![]()
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