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

LORD MicroStrain Launches New Wireless High-Speed Vibration Monitoring Node

LORD Corporation MicroStrain® Sensing Systems – a global leader in developing embedded sensing systems for aerospace and industrial markets –...

May 05, 2014
HoodTech Vision Delivers 1200 Cooled MWIR Stabilized-Imaging UAV Payloads

HoodTech Vision, a leading manufacturer of stabilized imaging payloads for small and mid-sized unmanned and manned systems, celebrates the benchmark...

Apr 29, 2014
Energid to Develop Actin Software for Robotic Drilling

Energid Technologies has announced a new phase of development with Norway’s Robotic Drilling Systems AS (RDS), which secured significant follow-on...

Apr 28, 2014
Engility Wins ISR Contract for USAF Sentinel RPA Program

Engility Holdings, Inc. has been awarded an $11 million contract to provide a range of operational and technical support services...

Apr 28, 2014
NuWaves Engineering Awarded Contract for Rapid Development of Custom Radio Frequency Upconverter for Satellites

NuWaves Engineering, an international Radio Frequency (RF) and Microwave solutions provider, announced today that the company has been awarded a...

Apr 25, 2014
Meller Introduces Optics for Gimbaled Systems and Outboard Protection on Unmanned Vehicles

Meller Optics, Inc. of Providence, Rhode Island, has announced availability of custom fabricated sapphire, germanium, and zinc selenide optics for...

Apr 24, 2014
TDK-Lambda Introduces High Reliability Low Voltage Power Supplies

TDK-Lambda has introduced 12V and 15V models to its ZWS300BAF series of high reliability power supplies. Operating from a universal...

Apr 23, 2014
Draganfly Innovations Integrates New UAS Multispectral Camera Payload

Multispectral imaging has long been used to collect data-rich images which reveal things not visible to the naked eye, but...

Apr 22, 2014
Airbus Defense and Space’s New WorldDEM Offers Improved Accuracy for Military Applications

Airbus Defense and Space has commercially launched WorldDEM, a Digital Elevation Model (DEM) that provides pole-to-pole coverage of unprecedented accuracy....

Apr 17, 2014
Velodyne Launch Next Generation Visualization and Recording Software for LiDAR Sensors

Velodyne’s LiDAR division has released version 2.0 of its free and open-source VeloView visualization and recording software. The software is...

Apr 17, 2014
Orbital Completes First On-Engine Test of New “Argon” Electronic Control Unit

Orbital Corporation’s “Argon” ECU (Electronic Control Unit) under development with the support of the Australian Federal Government ANMP (Automotive New...

Apr 16, 2014
ING Robotic Aviation Selects FLIR Camera for Advanced Infrared Inspections

FLIR Systems, the world leader in thermal imaging systems, is pleased to announce that ING Robotic Aviation, leader in its...

Apr 16, 2014
Cardwave Launches New Range of mSATA Modules for Unmanned Systems

Cardwave Services Ltd, a UK-based independent supplier of embedded flash memory, has added a new range of mSATA modules to...

Apr 16, 2014
HoodTech Launch Ultra-Stabilized EO Imaging Payload with Ultra-Low SWaP for Small UAS

HoodTech Vision, a leading manufacturer of stabilized imaging payloads for small unmanned and manned systems, has launched the new Alticam...

Apr 14, 2014
NovAtel: GPS & GNSS Navigation Systems for Unmanned Vehicles

NovAtel, who supply high precision Global Positioning Systems and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) OEM positioning technology to the Unmanned...

Apr 10, 2014
‘Streambox Drone’ Mobile Video Encoding Device Debuted at NAB 2014

Streambox, Inc has debuted Streambox Drone, a miniature video device for security and streaming, at NAB 2014. Weighing just 3...

Apr 09, 2014
Toshiba Imaging Launches New HD 3CMOS Video Camera with Enhanced Infrared Imaging Capabilities

Toshiba Imaging Systems Division, a division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc., and leading manufacturer of ultra-compact high definition (HD)...

Apr 09, 2014
Kratos Receives $4 Million Unmanned Aerial Drone System Award

Micro Systems, Inc., a subsidary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc’s Advanced Drones and Target Systems Division recently received a...

Apr 09, 2014
Video: AAI, Overwatch Intelligence Demonstrate UAS

Teams from AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Overwatch Intelligence recently demonstrated unmanned aircraft systems and technologies to high-ranking officials from...

Apr 08, 2014
DARPA’s Mobile Hotspots Program Looks to Integrate Wireless Networks on UAVs

Missions in remote, forward operating locations often suffer from a lack of connectivity to tactical operation centers and access to...

Apr 08, 2014
SimActive Unveils New One-Click Solution for UAV Imagery

SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, has announced a new one-click solution for UAV imagery. The new Correlator3D™...

Apr 07, 2014
SPH Engineering’s Universal Ground Control Software Enhances NjordWorks USV

Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) manufacturer NjordWorks, who debuted the Pioneer USV in February this year, has formed a technical partnership...

Apr 07, 2014
Lockheed Martin to Integrate Neya Systems’ VERTI System into K-MAX VTOL UAS

Neya Systems‘ Mission Planning and Management System (MPMS) has been in development for the past three years and is tailored...

Apr 07, 2014
CONTROP to Showcase New HD EO/IR Stabilized Payload Surveillance Package at LAAD 2014

CONTROP Precision Technologies Ltd. will showcase the newly expanded line of High Definition (HD) Electro Optical InfraRed (EO/IR) stabilized payloads...

Apr 07, 2014
TE Connectivity to Acquire the SEACON Group

TE Connectivity Ltd. has announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the SEACON group, a leading provider...

Apr 03, 2014
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