Fixed Wing Aerial Surveillance

CP CCX-19 LCD in Quest Kodiak Aerial Surveillance Aircraft

In addition to UAV (drone) surveillance, there is a wide need for man-in-the-loop on-site fixed-wing surveillance. A manned aircraft can be flown in controlled airspace that is prohibited to a UAV. Manned aircraft can fly in close proximity to other aircraft such as near airports. Or budgetary limitations preclude the use of long-duration UAVs such as a General Atomics Predator. Potential applications are wide-ranging and include law enforcement, aerial intelligence and observation, aero-medical, wild-fire management, and search and rescue.

 

Chassis Plans provided our CCX-19 rugged rackmount lcd keyboard to be installed in a Quest Aircraft Kodiak airframe.  This is a turbo-prop aircraft configured with two operator workstations in addition to a FLIR camera, Hawkeye Wide Area Motion Imagery camera array and other support equipment.

 

The installed CCX-19 is particularly well suited for these environments.  It has been tested to MIL-STD-810G and is very rugged and reliable.

 

For more information, see the Engineered Solutions Aerial Surveillance.pdf application note.

 

Fixed Wing Aerial Surveillance

Leadership in Engineering Scholarship - Fall 2015

Engineering Student Designing a Wind Turbine Courtesy of the University of Ottawa

The Chassis Plans Leadership in Engineering Scholarship is awarded twice each year to a student in either a lower division program or pursuing a Master’s degree or PhD in an engineering field.

 

This is a $1,500 scholarship that can be applied to any school-related expense.

 

Our Winter, 2015, Scholarship was won by Grace Bushnell who is a second year PhD student in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Michigan.

 

The Chassis Plans’ Leadership in Engineering Scholarship was founded to assist future engineers in pursuing their degree in an effort to continue America’s leadership in innovation.  As an engineering-driven company providing rugged computing solutions to industry and the military, we recognize that today’s engineering students will be the driving force for continued leadership in the future.

 

We ask the applicants to prepare an essay of 1,000 to 1,500 words about one of the following topics:

• As technology advances, new sub-disciplines of engineering emerge. What do you see as the next new major type of engineering?


• How could engineering education be improved to produce the best engineers possible?


• The FAA is limiting use of UAVs (drones) in US airspace.  What are the ramifications of limiting this technology?


• Besides personal photos and videos, what could a UAV be used for in domestic airspace?

 

Leadership in Engineering Scholarship - Fall 2015