| Address | P.O.
Box 720 72067 Road 8E, Sturgeon Road Stony Mountain, MB R0C 3A0, Canada |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Employees | 15 |
| Annual revenues | $1.5 million |
| Flight facility | 40 acre flight facility, with a 10,000 square foot production facility |
| Owner | |
| President/CEO | Howard Loewen |
| Business dev | Dave Wakeman |
| Phone/fax | (204) 344-5558 / (204) 344-5706 |
| Website | www.micropilot.com |
| Markets | USG: 50%, Commercial: 25%, Foreign: 25% |
| Products | MicroPilot is the leading manufacturer of miniature autopilots for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and micro aerial vehicles (MAV). MicroPilot is internationally recognized for its MP2000 and successfully unveiled its next generation autopilot. Weighing only 28 grams, the MP2028g is the world’s smallest full functional autopilot. Capabilities include airspeed hold, altitude hold, turn coordination, GPS navigation, plus autonomous operation from launch to recovery. Extensive data logging and manual overrides are supported, as is a highly functional command buffer. All feedback loop gains and flight parameters are user programmable and adjustable in flight. HORIZONmp ground control software offers a user friendly point and click interface for mission planning, parameter adjustment, flight monitoring and mission simulation. HORIZONmp can support multiple UAV’s, can display multiple video streams and supports video indexed telemetry. MicroPilot offers a full compliment of autopilot accessories including a Compass Module, ADC module, Configuration Wizard and xTender Software Developer’s Kit. |
| Products | Miniature UAV Autopilots and Accessories: MP2028g, Horizonmp, Compass Module, ADC Module, Configuration Wizard |
| Program manager | Paul Chambers, Senior Technician |
| Status | Full production |
| No. manuf'd | Over 500 autopilots |
| Price | $5,000 US |
| Customers | Academic - MIT, Georgia Tech, Brigham Young University, Purdue University, Louisiana State University, University of Maryland NASA – Ames Research Center, Goddard Space Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory Institute of Technology, Wallops Flight Facility OEM Manufacturers and end users – BAI, MASS, TRW, Lockheed Martin |
| Recent activities | (Sept. 30, 2003) SCRAB Aerial Target goes into Production Using a MicroPilot Autopilot - Based in Madrid Spain, Sistemas de Control Remoto, S.L. (SCR), has signed a contract with the Spanish Army, to deliver 12 production units of its turbine powered target, called the SCRAB. The SCRAB is a turbine powered aerial jet target that flies at a subsonic speed, options include, smoke generator, IR flares, laser reflective strips and radar augmentor lenses. The Spanish Army evaluated the SCRAB target last year during a real fire exercise of the Mistral ground-to-air missile. Its high speed, capability of fully autonomous flight and man-machine user interface, makes the SCRAB a very competitive product. With respect to the flight control system, the SCRAB uses an autopilot produced by MicroPilot. Dave Wakeman, MicroPilot Business Development Manager stated: “MicroPilot is pleased to be an integral part of the success of SCRAB. Furthermore our autopilot performed flawlessly and aerial targets are another important market for us.” The Spanish Navy has also approved SCRAB, and is currently preparing a contract to be signed by the end of 2003. About
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Updated October 21, 2003