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

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
Neya Systems Releases UxAB Autonomy Hardware and Software Module

Neya Systems has announced the release of its UxAB™ Autonomy hardware and software stack. As a part of Neya’s growing...

Aug 14, 2014
Omnetics’ Ruggedized Strip Connectors Proven in Extreme Environments

The Omnetics range of high reliability strip connectors feature ruggedized insulators and military quality Flex Pin® technology, and have proven...

Aug 14, 2014
Headwall Releases New High Resolution Hyperspectral Sensor for UAVs

Headwall has announced the availability of a new hyperspectral imager targeting very high resolution spectral measurements of 0.1 nm over...

Aug 12, 2014
New UST Profile: Unmanned Systems Source – Supplier of Unmanned Systems, Components and Accessories

The new Unmanned Systems Source profile is now live on the Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) website. The ‘Gold‘ profile highlights...

Aug 12, 2014
Cubic Wins Contract to Supply Common Data Link for Small UAS

Cubic Corporation has announced that it has been awarded a contract valued at $1.8 million from Idaho National Laboratory to...

Aug 12, 2014
QinetiQ Launches New Airborne Communications Surveillance System

QinetiQ, building on its heritage of providing high end strategic communications intelligence systems (COMINT) for large platform operators, has developed...

Aug 11, 2014
DJI Selects Vicon’s T40S Motion Capture System for Phantom 2 Vision+ Quadcopter

OMG plc, the technology group providing image capture products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries, announces its...

Aug 05, 2014
Ocean Optics Introduces Spectral Sensing Development Kit for Robotics and Unmanned Vehicles

Ocean Optics has introduced a new set of spectral sensing tools for developers and others who want to deploy spectroscopy...

Aug 04, 2014
API Launches New Configurable Frequency Synthesizers for Unmanned Systems

API Technologies Corp. (“API” or the “Company”), a provider of high performance RF/microwave, power, and security solutions for critical and...

Aug 04, 2014
All-HD TASE500 Payload with SWIR Technology Unveiled

UTC Aerospace Systems (now Collins Aerospace) announces a new TASE500 camera system configuration. This optimized system brings capabilities of much...

Aug 01, 2014
Elbit Introduces DCoMPASS Infrared Sensor Payload for UAVs

Elbit Systems has unveiled the latest generation of its CoMPASS family of payloads, the DCoMPASS™ FHD iMEP, an all-in-one, integrated...

Aug 01, 2014
UAV Factory Delivers New UAV28-EFI Turnkey Fuel Injected Engine for UAVs

UAV Factory, a high tech company specializing in the design and manufacture of unmanned aircraft platforms and subsystems, has started...

Jul 25, 2014
SBG Systems’ Inertial Sensor Selected for New UAV-based Remote Sensing Solution

Headwall a designer and manufacturer of high performance hyperspectral imaging sensors for harsh environments has selected SBG Systems’ Ekinox-N INS/GPS...

Jul 23, 2014
Phoenix Aerial Systems Launches LiDAR Mapping Technology for Small UAVs

Phoenix Aerial Systems, a manufacturer of LiDAR mobile mapping systems, has launched the world’s first survey-grade LiDAR system for small-unmanned...

Jul 22, 2014
Simlat deliver Small-UAS Training & Simulation Systems to Prioria Robotics

Simlat Ltd. has provided an advanced UAS Simulation and Training System to Prioria’s Maveric Small UAS platform. The simulator was...

Jul 21, 2014
OxTS xNAV Inertial Navigation Systems not subject to Export Control

The body responsible for issuing licences to control the export of strategic goods from the UK has confirmed that Oxford...

Jul 17, 2014
Thales and Finmeccanica – Selex ES to Develop UCAS Sensing Systems

Thales and Finmeccanica – Selex ES welcome the signature of the FCAS Arrangement between the United Kingdom and France. Within...

Jul 15, 2014
Navy’s SM-6 Successfully Destroys Target UAV During Test

The USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) used a Raytheon Company Standard Missile-6 to destroy a supersonic high altitude target...

Jul 15, 2014
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