Rajant Corporation, an exclusive provider of Kinetic Mesh wireless networks, is showcasing its high-performance, low-latency connectivity solutions, connecting industrial wireless networking with the aerospace industry, at the 53rd International Paris Air Show.
Rajant has an engineering, support and manufacturing facility in Morehead, Kentucky and works closely with neighboring Morehead State University in the development of robust, mobile communication systems for drones, small satellites, and other equipment. Due in part to this collaboration, Rajant will be among fellow members of the Kentucky Aerospace Industry Consortium (KAIC) and Kentucky’s State Cabinet for Economic Development exhibiting the state’s #1 export – aerospace.
Rajant, at the event, has on hand two autonomous drones at their booth located in Hall 3, B94 (Commonwealth of Kentucky). One is an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with Rajant’s BreadCrumb Drone Module. The other is Ghost Robotics’ Ghost Vision 60, a mid-sized foldable teleoperated and autonomous all-terrain Quadrupedal unmanned ground vehicle (QUGV) for industrial inspection and perimeter security. It can cover 7.8 miles on a single charge or the approximate equivalent of 3.5 hours of continuous walking operation while carrying up to 25 lbs. Ghost Robotics and Rajant have collaborated on many projects, their latest being for DARPA.
For the last few years, Rajant has been opening up commercial opportunities for drone manufacturers. Their Kinetic Mesh wireless network, powered by InstaMesh, equips unmanned systems with wireless mobile broadband to provide instant, uninterrupted connectivity for continuous operation in the air, on land and at sea.
Rajant’s Kinetic Mesh networking capability brought them to the attention of Ghost Robotics as a strategic partner for deploying small unmanned aerial vehicles (sUAV’s) with their ground-based robot. Specific to DARPA, each robotic system (in air and on land) acts completely independent to explore and locate assets. The sUAV’s are able to fly into vertical stops and other hard to navigate voids, while the Vision 60 QUGV’s can transverse rugged terrain akin to a dog’s four-legged capability.
The 53rd International Paris Air Show is taking place from June 17th-23rd, 2019 and brings together all the players in the global aerospace industry.
