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
UK fuel cell manufacturer Intelligent Energy (IE), and South Korean partner Hogreen Air have signed a manufacturing license agreement for hydrogen fuel cell manufacturing in South Korea
MKS, Ophir Optics, will introduce new extended-range IR thermal imaging zoom lenses for long-range observation systems and C-UAS, along with new low-SWaP IR zoom lenses for UAVs and drones, at the Eurosatory defense expo, Paris
New CEO Raymond Søderholm has had a long career in the Norwegian Armed Forces and in the defense industry, coming directly from the role as Senior Director at Teledyne FLIR
A new merger with DST Control will enable Beesense to enter the gyro-stabilized gimbal market and provide end-to-end solutions for maritime and aerial surveillance applications
Leveraging the company’s radar solutions, optical technologies, and advanced algorithms, the new miniaturized solutions are designed to offer enhanced detection and protection for medium-to-small platforms
Milrem Robotics’ Command and Control (C2) solution integrates different unmanned aerial and ground assets into a composite C2 system and merges sensor and effector data from multiple payloads
The Spoofer is Skylock’s new counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (c-UAS) GPS spoofing solution with a unique patent pending technology that is effective against all UAS platforms equipped with GNSS receivers
Designed, tested, and assembled in the US, Botlink’s XRD2 features a more powerful processor than its predecessor, allowing for onboard video encoding during operations
Harvest Technology has successfully trialled direct to satellite video streaming and control functionality on a Matrice 600 UAV, with streams near real-time at less than 100kbps over the Inmarsat ELERA network via GEO constellation
The integration, to be developed by CarteNav, will deliver low SWaP-C multimode radar capabilities with OEM engineering support and expertise provided by IMSAR for crewed and uncrewed ISR surveillance platforms
C-Astral has integrated infiniDome’s GPSdome into its SQA eVTOL aircraft to protect them from jamming attacks and add resiliency in GPS challenged environments
LEMO’s new M series HY connectors offer ultra-low leak rate coupled with a wide operating temperature range to allow for unmatched performance in optical enclosures or high-altitude applications
uAvionix’s new Link Executive Manager (LEM) will enable multiple Command & Non-Payload Communication (CNPC) links from different radios to function in parallel on a UAV platform, ensuring optimal connectivity and link stability
The unique characteristics of drones – decentralized control, wireless operation across remote vicinities, GNSS dependency, physical vulnerability and the absence of cloud security – all contribute to their cyber vulnerability
The R&S ARDRONIS counter drone solution and the new R&S ADD557SR direction finding and monitoring antenna from Rohde & Schwarz can detect commercial drone activity across the complete frequency range
Ophir’s continuous zoom lenses enable longer detection, recognition and identification ranges for advanced thermal imaging applications such as counter UAV systems
The addition of a near-infrared sensor to the PAS 880 and PAS 280 solutions expands their utility in applications related to agricultural monitoring, environmental preservation, and land use/land cover programs
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