Unmanned Technology News

The latest technology news for Autonomous and Unmanned Systems. Articles on integrated and embedded systems, payloads, product launches and technological advances for drones, UAV, UGV, USV and UUV

Austrian Armed Forces Evaluates Rheinmetall Counter-sUAS system 

The Austrian Armed Forces will test the C-sUAS solution at several locations in Austria, gaining expertise and experience by simulating air base protection, integration into military units, and providing C-sUAS protection in urban areas

May 23, 2022
New Industry Standard for Underwater Wireless Acoustic Communication

Subsea Wireless Group’s new standard aims to improve communication between offshore vessels and the autonomous vehicles used in underwater inspection, maintenance and repair

May 23, 2022
Liteye Systems Awarded US DoD Counter UAS Contract

The company will develop and integrate its counter UAS and ground surveillance products to detect, identify, track, and defend from Class 1 and 2 UAS while providing ground defense capabilities in a variety of environments

May 19, 2022
Vision-Enhanced RTK-GNSS Positioning System for Autonomous Vehicles

The Vision-RTK 2 combines high precision RTK-GNSS with deeply fused inertial and visual sensors

May 18, 2022
Fourth Edition of LiDAR for Drone Hosted by YellowScan

The event will host an extensive program of more than 30 technical sessions, workshops, live demos and training sessions that can help users’ current and future LiDAR strategies

May 18, 2022
Arm-Based Computer-on-Modules Achieve SystemReady IR Certification

The modules are certified under Arm's Project Cassini, which provides a seamless cloud-native software experience for devices on Arm Cortex-A

May 18, 2022
New Partner Program Launched to Accelerate IoT Industry Growth

Inmarsat ELEVATE will bring together a development program, partner ecosystem and an online marketplace to enable businesses around the world to harness industrial Internet of Things (IoT) success

May 17, 2022
UAS Business Accelerator Program Accepting 2022 Entries

Applications are being accepted for the GENIUS NY business accelerator program through May 31, 2022 from tech startups focused on uncrewed systems, Internet of Things (IoT), big data and robotics

May 17, 2022
In-Water Hull Service Robot Launched 

Armach Robotics’ Hull Service Robot is man-portable at under 66lbs and around 34 inches long, which greatly reduces deployment costs and increases convenience

May 16, 2022
United Electronic Industries Wins BAE Systems Gold Tier Supplier Award

The company was honored at a virtual ceremony and was selected from the pool of suppliers that worked with BAE Systems in 2021

May 13, 2022
sUAS Payload for Laser Target Designation Launched 

Teledyne FLIR Defense’s StormCaster-DX payload is designed to manage target areas using a Laser Spot Tracker while affecting the terminal guidance of laser guided munitions

May 13, 2022
First F&B Drone Delivery Service Piloted in Sports & Entertainment

Throughout the pilot, drones delivered orders of hot dogs, bottles of water, and chips to prepare and pressure-test the delivery experience for higher fan volume at future events.

May 13, 2022
Benefits of Fiber Optic Armoring for UAS

Alker outlines the benefits of armored cabling for unmanned aerial systems

May 13, 2022
Precision Optics & Optical Components for UAVs & Unmanned Systems

Knight Optical offers a varied catalogue of COTS components as well as custom options

May 13, 2022
Stereoscopic Desktop Monitors for Military Geospatial Display

Schneider-Digital’s 3D PluraView monitor series is established as the de-facto standard in the military sector and is by far the market leader for military 3D-stereo desktop displays.

May 12, 2022
RIEGL to Present LiDAR Sensors at RotorTech 2022

RIEGL’s small, lightweight LiDAR sensors can be easily and quickly mounted on rotary or fixed wing drones, allowing fully autonomous mapping in areas where crewed operations may be too expensive or impractical

May 12, 2022
Autonomous Flight Technologies Evaluated in Tests Over Brazil

Embraer worked with Eve Urban Air Mobility (UAM), and partners Iris Automation, Daedalean and Near Earth Autonomy to conduct a series of flights with the goal of enabling safe autonomous operation in complex urban environments

May 12, 2022
HerePro DGNSS Wins iF DESIGN AWARD 2022

CubePilot's HerePro Multi-band RTK/PPK DGNSS won over the 132-member jury with it’s functionalized RTK & PPK centimeter-level positioning accuracy

May 11, 2022
New Collaboration Supports Next Generation of Unmanned Military Technology 

Orbital UAV and Anduril Asia Pacific will work on concepts, products and technical solutions in the uncrewed domain

May 11, 2022
New Partnership Simplifies External Antenna Selection Process 

Dejero’s new partnership with Taoglas simplifies the selection of the appropriate external antennas in broadcast and media, public safety, and other government agency applications

May 11, 2022
Tickets Now Available for INTERGEO 2022 

INTERGEO will welcome back visitors 18-20 October 2022 at Messe Essen for face-to-face meetings and exchanges with international companies, innovative start-ups and the leading minds in the industry

May 10, 2022
New Collaboration Offers Drone Collision Mitigation Services in Switzerland

INVOLI and the Swiss Federation of Civil Drones (SFCD) will promote the use of drone Remote ID trackers among SFCD members for safe, efficient, and scalable drone operations in Switzerland

May 10, 2022
AI-Enabled Visual Detection and Ranging Solution Launched

Sentient Vision Systems’ Visual Detection And Ranging (ViDAR) Surface is a next generation surface lookout providing a day and night autonomous ocean surface surveillance

May 10, 2022
Flight Stabilization & Navigation IMUs for Multistage Space Launch Vehicles

EMCORE has been awarded two contracts following the company's acquisition of the L3Harris Space and Navigation business

May 09, 2022
New HPS-1000 Embedded System Launched

Vecow’s rugged HPS-1000 combines workstation-grade performance, reliable connections and low power consumption to optimize enterprise deployment across a wide range of industrial applications

May 09, 2022
5G Outdoor-Rated Omnidirectional Antennas Released

Fairview Microwave’s small form factor omni antennas are designed for high performance in extreme weather conditions and rural areas for broad coverage of wireless networking needs

May 09, 2022
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