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

3D Robotics Launches X8+ Personal Drone and FPV Kit

3D Robotics, a North American drone company that caters to both consumer and enterprise markets, has announced the launch of...

Nov 19, 2014
API Technologies Power Controller to be Used on US Navy Autonomous Vessels

API Technologies Corp., a provider of high performance RF/microwave, power and security solutions for high-reliability applications, has announced that its...

Nov 18, 2014
Velodyne Demonstrates 3D LiDAR Puck at UAS Mapping 2014

Velodyne LiDAR unveiled its new LiDAR Puck to the UAV market at the ASPRS UAS/UAV Mapping Forum 2014 in Reno,...

Nov 18, 2014
xG Technology Radio Networking to be Used in Commercial UAV Infrastructure

xG Technology, Inc., a developer of patented wireless communications and spectrum sharing technologies, has received an order from Airogistic, LLC,...

Nov 17, 2014
EaglePicher Receives $22m to Expand Lithium-Ion Production

EaglePicher Technologies, LLC has announced that it has been awarded $22 million in funding under the Defense Production Act Title...

Nov 06, 2014
Altavian to Provide Sensor Payloads for US Army RQ-20 Puma UAS

Lockheed Martin’s partner Altavian Inc. has been awarded a $4 million contract to provide gimbaled sensor payloads for the Army’s...

Nov 06, 2014
Rotron UAV Heavy Fuel Engine Begins Test Program

Rotron Power Ltd., a specialist manufacturer of advanced rotary engines for UAV applications, has taken a crucial step in preparing...

Nov 06, 2014
Leica Geosystems Aircraft to Incorporate Headwall Imaging Sensors

Leica Geosystems and Headwall Photonics have announced the establishment of a partnership agreement whereby Leica Geosystems will resell and integrate...

Nov 03, 2014
Trimble Announces Enhancements to UAV Aerial Imaging Application

Trimble has announced the latest enhancements to its Trimble® Access™ Aerial Imaging 2.0 application — making it even more robust,...

Nov 03, 2014
UAV Solutions Announces New Line of Combined EO/IR Sensors

UAV Solutions, Inc. announced a new line of sensors, named Dragon View, at the annual International Association of Chiefs of...

Oct 31, 2014
University of Hawaii Maps Lava Flow with Sensefly UAV

Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo have successfully mapped the active flow front of the June 27, 2014...

Oct 31, 2014
HGH Infrared Systems Provides 360 Degree Thermal Imaging for UGVs

HGH Infrared Systems has demonstrated its Spynel thermal imaging system at the Eurosatory 2014 exhibition. The system was installed onto...

Oct 31, 2014
ING Robotic Aviation Launch Updated Rapid Wide Area Mapping UAV

ING Robotic Aviation, a Canadian provider of robotic aircraft sensing solutions, has announced the launch of the next version of...

Oct 27, 2014
RIEGL Release Video of RiCOPTER UAV Flight Demonstration

RIEGL have released a video of the flight performance of their recently launched RiCOPTER UAV laser scanning system. RiCOPTER is a...

Oct 24, 2014
Presagis and Ryerson University to Partner on UAV Technologies

Presagis, a provider of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) modeling, simulation, and embedded graphics software, and Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, are...

Oct 23, 2014
Headwall Delivers Imaging Sensors to Columbia University for Climate Change Investigation

Headwall Photonics has delivered two high-performance hyperspectral imaging sensors to Columbia University as part of its Air-Sea-Ice Physics and Biogeochemistry...

Oct 23, 2014
Stark Aerospace Introduces HoverLite Tethered Hovering Aerial ISR System

Stark Aerospace, as part of a rapid research and development effort sponsored by the Combatting Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO),...

Oct 23, 2014
UTC Aerospace Systems Imaging Technology to Support US Navy ISR Program

UTC Aerospace Systems, a designer and manufacturer of integrated systems and components for the aerospace and defense industries, has been...

Oct 21, 2014
Phoenix Aerial Introduces New UAV LiDAR Systems

Phoenix Aerial Systems, a manufacturer of unmanned aerial LiDAR products, has announced two new revolutionary LiDAR products, the Scout and...

Oct 20, 2014
Fusion of Manned and Unmanned Aerial Systems Used to Fight California Wildfire

  SkyIMD, a provider of aerial imaging solutions, combined UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and manned aircraft technologies to fight the...

Oct 17, 2014
Alta Devices and Airware to Integrate Solar Power into Small UAVs

Alta Devices has announced cooperation with Airware to enable manufacturers of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to seamlessly integrate solar...

Oct 17, 2014
3D Robotics Launches New UAV 2D and 3D Mapping Platforms

  3D Robotics have announced the launch of their new 3DR Mapping Platforms, consisting of the 3DR X8-M (multi-copter) and...

Oct 17, 2014
DRS Technologies to Launch New Tactical RF Tuner

DRS Technologies Inc., a Finmeccanica Company, announced that its Signal Solutions business has launched Polaris, its newest and smallest tactical...

Oct 17, 2014
Formira Fuel Cell Technology to be Integrated into Silent Falcon UAVs

Neah Power Systems, Inc. will be partnering with Silent Falcon UAS Technologies to integrate formic acid reformer-based Formira fuel cell...

Oct 15, 2014
WAM-V USV Platform to be used in Maritime RobotX Challenge

Students from 15 major universities representing the United States, Singapore, Australia, Japan, and South Korea will compete from October 20...

Oct 14, 2014
Neya Systems Integrates UxAB with QinetiQ TALON V Robot

Neya Systems has successfully integrated its UxAB autonomy hardware and software with the QinetiQ North America (QNA) TALON V platform....

Oct 14, 2014
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