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

UAS Plaza debuts at ILA 2012

A new section at the International Air Show ILA 2012 reflects current global developments in civil and military aviation. From...

Sep 09, 2012
QinetiQ North America’s Small Multi-Spectral Imager Takes First Flight

QinetiQ North America (QNA) today announced the successful demonstration of its Small Multi-Spectral Imager (sMSI) during its first flight test...

Sep 05, 2012
Aeryon Labs Integrates Advanced GIS Solution into Scoutâ„¢ sUAS

Aeryon Labs Inc. is pleased to announce the launch and immediate availability of an integrated GIS solution for its class-leading...

Aug 30, 2012
SAIC Wins Contract to Provide Remotely Piloted Aircraft Ground Control Station to US Air Force

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today it was awarded a prime contract by the United States Air Force Special...

Aug 30, 2012
Moog Acquires Tritech International Limited

Moog Inc. has acquired Tritech International Limited for approximately £21 million. Tritech, founded in 1991, is a leading designer and...

Aug 29, 2012
TE Connectivity Nanominiature Connectors Offer Critical Size and Weight Savings for Rugged Environments

Nanominiature connectors from TE Connectivity combine appealing size and weight with desired performance attributes such as high reliability, low contact resistance...

Aug 28, 2012
MicroStrain Introduce Plug-and-Play Wireless Environmental Monitoring on a Scalable, Cloud-Enabled Platform

MicroStrain has introduced ENV-Link -Mini, which simplifies and streamlines remote environmental monitoring, alerting & reporting. This long-range, low-power environmental sensing...

Aug 28, 2012
LynuxWorks Announces LynxSecure Support for Curtiss-Wright Controls VPX3-1256 SBC

LynuxWorksâ„¢, Inc, a world leader in the embedded safety and security software market, today announced LynxSecure support of the Curtiss-Wright...

Aug 28, 2012
Drones Provide Growth for Satellite Companies

Unmanned aircraft have gained far greater public attention as the Obama administration has made drone strikes a key part of...

Aug 27, 2012
Analytic Systems Develops products for Unmanned Vehicle Systems

Analytic Systems has recently been involved with a number of companies involved in Unmanned Vehicle Systems: land, marine and aviation...

Aug 25, 2012
VectorNav Technologies Named in the Marine Technology Reporter 100

VectorNav Technologies has been named in the Marine Technology Reporter 100 (MTR 100), a list of the 100 leading companies...

Aug 24, 2012
Sonardyne Underwater Tracking System on AUV Aids Search for Earhart Plane

Acoustic positioning technology from Sonardyne Inc, Houston, was selected to play a key role in a recent expedition aiming to...

Aug 24, 2012
Cubic Wins Contract to Produce Compact Digital Data Link for MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter

Cubic Defense Applications, a defense systems business of Cubic Corporation, received a $3.7 million contract from Northrop Grumman Corporation to...

Aug 21, 2012
Researchers Receive Grant to Add Robotic Arms on to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), such as those used by the military for surveillance and reconnaissance, could be getting a hand...

Aug 17, 2012
Unmanned Aircraft Launchers Market to Reach $1.3 Billion by 2018

Worldwide markets are poised to achieve significant growth as the launchers for unmanned aerial systems provide a way to automate...

Aug 16, 2012
Eaton Provides Hydraulic System Support for X-47B UAV

Eaton Hydraulics Group Australasia is a key supplier to Northrop Grumman, the US Navy’s prime contractor for the Unmanned Combat...

Aug 16, 2012
Boeing Delivers Smaller, Lighter Radio Relay for Small UAVs

Boeing has delivered production units of a smaller, lighter version of its Tactical Compact Communications Relay (TCCR), which allows a...

Aug 15, 2012
OxTS Showcases New Lightweight GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System at AUVSI

OxTS has successfully launched the new GPS-aided inertial navigation system xNAV200 at this years’ AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America conference...

Aug 14, 2012
MicroPilot Launches XTENDERvalidate, a Design Life Cycle Management Tool for UAVs

MicroPilot, leader in autopilot solutions for miniature unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), released the world’s first available design life cycle tool...

Aug 09, 2012
LynuxWorks Showcases Industry Leading Operating System for UAVs

LynuxWorks, Inc., a world leader in the embedded software market, will demonstrate its LynxOS-178 v 2.2.2 safety-critical real-time operating system...

Aug 08, 2012
Parvus Launches Rugged Mission Computer Subsystem for Unmanned Vehicle Applications

Eurotech subsidiary, Parvus, announces the DuraCOR 80-40, a rugged Commercial-Off the Shelf (COTS) tactical mission computer subsystem based on the...

Aug 07, 2012
UTC Aerospace Systems Unveils High-Resolution Snapshot SWIR Camera at AUVSI 2012

UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., will introduce its next generation Sensors Unlimited shortwave infrared (SWIR) digital...

Aug 07, 2012
FreeWave Announces New Series of Long Range Wireless Radios for Unmanned Systems

FreeWave Technologies, manufacturer of the most reliable, high-performance spread spectrum and licensed radios for critical data transmission, has announced the...

Aug 07, 2012
Air Robotics Launches New Rugged Small UAS

Air Robotics has introduced the Im IV-Dâ„¢ (Four Deltaâ„¢), a hand-tossed, small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) capable of carrying a...

Aug 07, 2012
Integrated Microwave Technologies and Leptron form Technology Partnership

Integrated Microwave Technologies, LLC, a Business Unit within the Vitec Group’s Videocom Division, and a leader in advanced digital microwave...

Aug 06, 2012
Composiflex Introduces RAPIFLEX to Provide Composite Prototypes in Short Lead Times

Composiflex, a global supplier of highly-engineered composite products, has introduced the RAPIFLEX prototype program which enables delivery of real advanced...

Aug 06, 2012
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