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

Exelis Introduces New CorvusEye Sensor With Night Surveillance Capabilities

A new Exelis CorvusEye™ 1500 visible color and infrared (IR) sensor provides day and nighttime wide area airborne surveillance coverage...

Oct 14, 2014
iRobot Unveils its First Multi-Robot Tablet Controller for Defense, Security and First Response Systems

iRobot has developed the uPoint Multi-Robot Control (MRC) system, a universal control system for the company’s line of defense and...

Oct 10, 2014
Applanix Introduces GNSS-Inertial System for High-Accuracy Directly Georeferenced Mapping from UAVs

Applanix, a Trimble Company that provides products and solutions for mobile mapping and positioning, has introduced a new solution that enables...

Oct 08, 2014
Techaya’s MILTECH 912 Offers Unparalleled Advanced Network Features to Ethernet-Equipped Mobile Platforms

MilSource, a U.S. distributor of military-grade Ethernet connectivity solutions, announced availability of Techaya’s MILTECH 912 rugged, 12-port, MIL-STD managed gigabit...

Oct 07, 2014
Icaros Unveils Digital Oblique Aerial Mapping System

Icaros Inc., a leading provider of advanced aerial remote sensing and 3D visualization solutions, has unveiled the IDM 1000 digital...

Oct 07, 2014
Vanguard Space Technologies Selects Ascent Solar’s PV Modules for UAV Solar Arrays

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer and developer of state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules, was selected by Vanguard Space...

Oct 07, 2014
OxTS Releases Compact GNSS/INS Board Set

OxTS has announced the latest addition to the OEM line of inertial navigation systems aimed at system integrators. The xOEM500...

Oct 06, 2014
ROBOTEAM to Launch Command and Control System With All-User Real-Time ISR Feed Sharing

ROBOTEAM – a leader in the design, development, and manufacturing of innovative, highly intuitive, ruggedized unmanned systems for Defense, Homeland...

Oct 06, 2014
Rockwell Collins Demos Distributed Flight Management System With Optionally Piloted Vehicle

Rockwell Collins’ Pro Line Fusion has been selected for 17 aircraft, including military, rotary wing and business jet flight decks....

Oct 02, 2014
Northrop Grumman Developing New Unmanned Systems for Naval ISR Missions

Northrop Grumman Corporation is developing new, advanced unmanned systems to support the Department of Defense’s capability to deploy global persistent...

Sep 30, 2014
Moog, Inc: High Performance Guidance, Navigation & Control Solutions for Unmanned Vehicles

Moog, Inc has a new supplier profile on UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com, which highlights the company’s expertise and capabilities within the unmanned systems...

Sep 16, 2014
Orbital Delivers First ScanEagle UAV Engine to Insitu

Orbital Corporation Limited (Orbital) has delivered the first purpose-built ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) propulsion system to Insitu Inc, a...

Sep 16, 2014
Airware and NASA to Develop UAS Traffic Management System

Airware has partnered with NASA to develop a UAS Traffic Management (UTM) system that will enable safe and efficient low-altitude...

Sep 16, 2014
Navy Integrates Common Control System Software Into UCLASS System

NAVAIR engineers recently installed new software for the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) system’s control station at...

Sep 14, 2014
Curtiss-Wright Introduces New Central-Switched and Pass-Through Backplanes for Harsh Environments

Curtiss-Wright Corporation has announced that its Defense Solutions division has expanded its industry leading family of 40Gbps Gen3 OpenVPX™ backplanes...

Sep 10, 2014
Delair-Tech Partners With PIX4D and Releases New UAV Packages

Delair-Tech is excited to announce their partnership with Pix4D and the release of seven new UAV system packages. Each of...

Sep 09, 2014
SBG Systems Launches Ellipse Series Miniature Inertial Sensors

SBG Systems has released the Ellipse Series, a brand new range of miniature inertial systems replacing the IG-500 Series. For...

Sep 03, 2014
Velodyne Breaks LiDAR Sensor Price Barrier with Sub $8k 3D Real-Time ‘LiDAR Puck’

In a bid to dramatically expand the use of 3D LiDAR sensors in robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles and automation applications,...

Sep 03, 2014
FLIR Unveils New “Muon” OEM Thermal Imaging Core

FLIR Systems, Inc. has launched its latest thermal imaging core, Muon, which is designed specifically for volume OEMs capable of...

Sep 02, 2014
GA-ASI Radar Detects Maritime Targets from Airborne Reaper UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, a leading manufacturer of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optical and related mission systems...

Sep 01, 2014
SimActive Releases New GPU-Based Orthorectification Module

SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce Correlator3D™ version 5.3, with significantly faster orthorectification. The...

Aug 28, 2014
INL Selects RT Logic to Demo Common Data Link for SUAS

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that its RT Logic subsidiary has been selected by Idaho National Laboratory...

Aug 28, 2014
Drone Aviation Delivers ISR Systems to U.S. Army

Drone Aviation Corp, a wholly owned subsidiary of Drone Aviation Holding Corp, a developer of specialized tethered drones and lighter-than-air...

Aug 27, 2014
BAE Developing Smart Skin Technology to Detect Damage on Aircraft

Work is underway at BAE Systems to give aircraft human-like ‘skin’, enabling the detection of injury or damage and the...

Aug 22, 2014
Northrop Grumman Developing DARPA’s XS-1 Experimental Spaceplane Design

Northrop Grumman Corporation with Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic is developing a preliminary design and flight demonstration plan for the...

Aug 19, 2014
API Technologies Unveils New Rugged Multi-Octave Broadband Amplifier

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

Aug 14, 2014
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