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

New SOSA-Aligned SBC Features Advanced Cybersecurity

Aitech Systems has launched the U-C8770, a single board computer (SBC) designed in accordance with the Modular Open Systems Approach...

Oct 21, 2020
Harxon Introduces Two New GNSS Antennas at InterGeo Digital

HARXON has virtually announced the addition of one autonomous antenna HX-CVX603A and one mini choke ring HX-CGX611A to its autonomous...

Oct 16, 2020
Alker Provides Fiber Optic Technologies for Unmanned Systems & Robotics

Alker, a leading provider of fiber optic technologies for defense, aerospace and space, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”)...

Oct 15, 2020
High-Resolution VIS-SWIR Camera Wins Photonics Industry Award

Raptor Photonics’ Owl 1280 VIS-SWIR (visible & shortwave infrared) camera has been recognised as a Gold honouree at the 2020...

Oct 15, 2020
Routing Methods for PCB Design

San Francisco Circuits (SFC), a provider of PCB (printed circuit board) fabrication, assembly and test services for unmanned systems and...

Oct 15, 2020
Ophir MWIR Zoom Lens Wins 2020 Innovators Award

Ophir Optronics Solutions LTD has received the GOLD INNOVATORS AWARD from Laser Focus World magazine for its SupIR 50-1350mm f/5.5, an ultra-long Medium-Wave...

Oct 15, 2020
Whitepaper: Point Cloud Generation for UAV Mapping and Scanning

Inertial Labs has released a whitepaper outlining the generation of point clouds with a LiDAR or other laser scanner for...

Oct 15, 2020
GESAR Develops Long-Range & Autonomous Unmanned Systems

GESAR Inc is a developer and manufacturer of customized robots and unmanned systems. In addition to a number of off-the-shelf...

Oct 14, 2020
New Mil-Spec DC-DC Converters Launched

SynQor has expanded its Mil-COTS (military commercial-off-the-shelf) DC-DC product range with two new full-brick DC-DC converters based on the company’s...

Oct 14, 2020
NVIDIA Turing-Based GPGPU Card Introduced for AI Applications

Aitech Systems’ C530 GPGPU (General-Purpose Graphics Processing Unit) 3U VPX board is now offered with GPUs based on NVIDIA’s Turing...

Oct 14, 2020
Case Study: High-Accuracy Drone LiDAR Mapping with INS

OxTS has released a case study detailing how the company’s xNAV250 miniature inertial navigation system (INS) was used to provide...

Oct 13, 2020
The Autonomous Network to Power Robotics on Land, Air & Sea

Rajant has released the following article detailing the way in which its Kinetic Mesh wireless network can provide the continuous mobile...

Oct 13, 2020
Multi-Sensor Positioning Solution Launched for Drones & Robotics

Fixposition has launched the Vision-RTK, a centimeter-accurate positioning solution that uses a unique sensor fusion algorithm to integrate GNSS, camera...

Oct 12, 2020
Wi-Fi-Free Secure GNSS-INS Enclosure Introduced

NovAtel has launched the PwrPak7Q-E2, the latest addition to its family of PwrPak7 combined GNSS-INS enclosures. With no Wi-Fi chip...

Oct 10, 2020
GNSS-Aided INS Integrated into Autonomous Tractor

SBG Systems’ Ellipse2-D dual-antenna GNSS-aided INS (Inertial Navigation System) has been integrated into a self-driving tractor developed by South Korean...

Oct 05, 2020
StreamCaster MANET Radio Selected for US Army Tactical Network

Silvus Technologies has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to provide its StreamCaster commercial mobile ad hoc network...

Oct 05, 2020
Sensonor Develops High-Precision MEMS Inertial Sensors for Unmanned Systems

Sensonor, a leading developer of miniature tactical-grade gyroscopes and IMUs (inertial measurement units), has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”)...

Oct 04, 2020
Magnetometer Calibration for Inertial Systems

Inertial Labs has released a technical article outlining the role of magnetometers in inertial navigation systems (INS) and the various...

Oct 03, 2020
Successful Naval Defense with MIMO & MANET Radios

Triad RF Systems has released a tech brief that details the use of MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) MANET (Mobile-Ad-Hoc...

Oct 03, 2020
Connected vest feat. Fischer LP360™ wins Platinum Innovators Award

A connected vest by Wearin’ which features the Fischer LP360™ Connector, has received a Platinum rating, the highest recognition awarded...

Oct 01, 2020
DARPA Conducts Fourth OFFSET Autonomous Swarm Experiment

DARPA has recently conducted the fourth field experiment for its OFFSET (OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics) program, during which swarms of autonomous...

Sep 27, 2020
New 4G LTE Antennas Launched for Embedded Applications

Southwest Antennas has released two new omni-directional 4G LTE antennas designed to be easily hidden from view where required either...

Sep 27, 2020
SBG Systems Releases Firmware Upgrade for Inertial Sensors

SBG Systems has released firmware updates for the company’s Ellipse, Ekinox and Apogee inertial systems, its Navsight motion and navigation...

Sep 26, 2020
CRP USA Gains AS9100 Certification for Aerospace 3D Printing

CRP USA has been awarded AS9100 Rev. D certification for the manufacture of 3D printed aerospace products, such as UAV...

Sep 26, 2020
Rugged Display and Controller Introduced for MANET Smart Radio

Persistent Systems has unveiled a Rugged Display and Controller (RDC) for the company’s MPU5 mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) smart...

Sep 24, 2020
OpenIMU ROS Driver Released for Robotic Navigation Systems

ACEINNA has released a Robotic Operating System (ROS) driver for its family of OpenIMU sensors, allowing robotic application developers to...

Sep 24, 2020
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