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

Orbital Designs UAV Propulsion System for Insitu

Orbital has announced that it has successfully completed the design phase of its design, development and validation program for the...

Feb 28, 2014
New Profile for San Francisco Circuits: PCB Fabrication & Assembly for Unmanned Vehicles

San Francisco Circuits, an industry leader in PCB fabrication and assembly for unmanned vehicles, has a new profile on Unmanned...

Feb 25, 2014
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates JAGM Dual-mode Guidance Section

Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) dual-mode guidance section engaging a laser-designated moving target during an internally...

Feb 25, 2014
SimActive’s UAV Software Selected by Korean Firm DongWon

SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, has announced that Korean firm DongWon Survey Consultants Co., Ltd has purchased...

Feb 24, 2014
Clearpath Robotics Demonstrates UGV Gesture-Control Technology

Kitchener based companies and University of Waterloo startups, Thalmic Labs and Clearpath Robotics have joined forces to prove gesture controlled...

Feb 21, 2014
Singapore-Israel Cooperation Leads to World’s First Civilian Fuel Cell UAV

Horizon Energy Systems of Singapore has produced an ultra-light fuel cell power system that has led to a new flight...

Feb 21, 2014
Lockheed Martin to Conduct Autonomous Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition Experiment

Lockheed Martin has received a contract from the U.S. Army Robotics Technology Consortium to conduct a fully autonomous reconnaissance, surveillance...

Feb 19, 2014
CRP USA rethinks Additive Manufacturing with Windform materials

Creating a prototype is always a challenge, but CRP USA has greatly increased the capabilities of 3D Printing and Additive...

Feb 16, 2014
Insitu Updates ICOMC2 Common Command and Control System for UAS

Insitu has announced the 2.0 release of ICOMC2, the company’s innovative, small-footprint common command and control system. Since its introduction...

Feb 14, 2014
U.S. Air Force Award Navigation System Contract to Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force for purchase and sustainment of its embedded...

Feb 14, 2014
UAV Factory Announce Electronic Fuel Injection Upgrade for Penguin B

UAV Factory has released an EFI engine upgrade for the Penguin B UAV platform. The upgrade includes addition of a temperature...

Feb 13, 2014
DARPA’s ARES Program Aims to Provide Front-Line Units With VTOL Capabilities

U.S. military experience has shown that rugged terrain and threats such as ambushes and Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) can make...

Feb 12, 2014
SeeByte Launch Sonar Mosaic Tool for ROVs

SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software for unmanned maritime systems, has announced the launch of a new Multibeam...

Feb 11, 2014
Sensors Unlimited Introduce Mil-Rugged, High Resolution, Extended Sensitivity Shortwave Infrared Camera

UTC Aerospace Systems has introduced the newest high definition (HD) camera in its Sensors Unlimited MiniSWIR™ product line: the GA1280JSX....

Feb 11, 2014
Kratos Receives U.S. Navy UAV Command and Control System Contract

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., has announced that its Micro Systems, Inc. subsidiary of its Advanced Drone and Targets...

Feb 11, 2014
Callen-Lenz announce formal collaboration with SkyCircuits

Callen-Lenz Associates, a leading UK-based UAS service provider in the fields of remote sensing, R&D, trials and operations, has announced...

Feb 11, 2014
Commtact Presents AMLS Advanced Mini Link System for Manned and Unmanned Platforms

Commtact ltd. – a leader in advanced data link and communication solutions for defense, HLS, Law Enforcement, Public Safety, Commercial and...

Feb 10, 2014
RIEGL Launch World’s First Survey-grade LiDAR for Unmanned Aircraft

RIEGL, a leading supplier of laser scanning systems, has introduced the world’s first survey-grade UAS LiDAR sensor, the VUX-1. The...

Feb 06, 2014
Elbit Awarded Israeli Contract to Operate and Maintain Simulators

Elbit Systems has been awarded a $23 Million Israeli Ministry of Defense contract for the operation and maintenance of its...

Feb 05, 2014
Raytheon to begin Phase 3 on DARPA Persistent Close Air Support program

Raytheon is beginning Phase 3 of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program. DARPA has...

Feb 04, 2014
DoD Issues AIMS Certification To Sagetech Transponder

Following intensive testing in collaboration with the US Navy, the DoD AIMS Program Office has granted AIMS Mark XA certification...

Feb 04, 2014
SBG Systems Launch Ekinox Subsea Series Inertial Systems

SBG Systems has launched the Ekinox Subsea Series, a product family of survey-grade inertial systems designed for underwater applications –...

Feb 04, 2014
Successful Test Flight of Professional Grade Civilian Mapping UAS

Applanix Corp and American Aerospace Advisors Inc have completed a successful series of test flights of AAAI’s RS-16 platform equipped...

Jan 31, 2014
Oceanology International and Unmanned Systems Technology Media Partnership

Unmanned Systems Technology, the leading publication dedicated to technical innovation in the field of unmanned systems and robotics, is pleased...

Jan 31, 2014
GKN Aerospace Extends Supply of Predator UAS ‘Fit and Forget’ Fuel Bladders

GKN Aerospace has signed a long term agreement with General Atomics covering the supply of a ‘fit and forget’ fuel...

Jan 31, 2014
Fischer Connectors publishes ‘Rugged Connectors’ White Paper

Fischer Connectors has published a White Paper titled “Rugged connectors”, which details the essentials of this type of connector for...

Jan 28, 2014
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