Roke Manor Research is behind some of the most innovative technology in the unmanned systems sector.  Roke has a proven track record of working in collaboration with government agencies, consortia and industrial partners to deliver new capabilities.

It is based in Hampshire, UK and employs over 450 people with an annual turnover of approximately £45 million.

Roke is a consortium member of the Systems Engineering for Autonomous Systems Defence Technology Centre -this is a UK industrial consortium looking at issues relating to the adoption of autonomy within a defence context – has on offer a number of products and capabilities relevant to UAVs.

These include: Miniature Radar Altimeter - this product line at less than 500cm³, some 50% the size of some traditional Radar Altimeters, frees up valuable space to maximise UAV payload and it is also the lowest priced radar altimeter on the market; Radar Cross Section Simulation software, Epsilon™ - a software tool designed to predict the Radar Cross Section (RCS) of a target directly from its geometrical description; Autoland - vision based capability to determine the position and altitude of a UAV relative to an intended landing zone, a technology that has been used to land a UAV onto a moving vehicle; Onboard Data Logging - provision of Systems to allow onboard sensor data logging; and UAV Video Analysis - system able to detect and track moving objects on the ground from full motion video taken from an air vehicle.

www.roke.co.uk