[SatNews] A long-standoff mini-UAV has debuted...

TiaLinx Inc. of California has debuted a long-standoff mini-UAV that acts as a motion detector and can detect the breathing of people in hiding. The Phoenix40-A unmanned aerial vehicle can be programmed to fly to or land at multiple waypoints and has been integrated with TiaLinx's fine beam ultra-wideband, multi-Gigahertz radio frequency sensor array. The RF Scanner is mounted on a light weight mini-UAV and transmits wideband signals that are highly directional and can penetrate reinforced concrete wall at an extended range. In the receiver, a signal detector circuit is employed to capture the reflections from targets. Amplitude and delay information are processed in an integrated signal processor. TiaLinx's real-time UWB RF Imaging development was sponsored by a SBIR Phase II from the U.S. Army.