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

BBSR Demonstrates Autonomous 3D Radiation Mapping at NPL

Nine months of collaboration between the University of Bristol, Blue Bear Systems Research (BBSR) and Createc, funded by the UK’s...

Oct 11, 2013
RTI Data Distribution Service Products Expand UCS Application Marketplace

Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the real-time distributed infrastructure software company, today released extensive support for the Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) Control...

Oct 10, 2013
WLANmall Introduces Four Port Ruggedized Military Ethernet Switches

WLANmall, a leading supplier of IP video, wired and wireless connectivity solutions has announced the availability of the two lower-port...

Oct 10, 2013
ELTG Inertial Aerosystems Introduces New Surface Mount Accelerometer

ETLG Inertial Aerosystems, a manufacturer and supplier of tilt sensors, accelerometers and gyroscopes, has announced a brand new, high performance...

Oct 09, 2013
Bluefin Acquires SeeByte, Adds New Software Capabilities to Maritime Robotics Portfolio

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), has acquired SeeByte, Ltd., a leading provider of autonomous platform...

Oct 08, 2013
Roboteq Launches I/O Expansion Card for Raspberry PI

Roboteq, Inc. has introduced the most versatile and capable I/O expansion card ever made for the ultra-popular Raspberry PI Single...

Oct 08, 2013
Elbit Systems to Supply Heli-borne EO Surveillance Payloads to Asian-Pacific Customer

Elbit Systems Electro-optics – Elop Ltd. (Elop), has been awarded a follow-on contract to supply its advanced Digital CoMPASS® electro-optical...

Oct 08, 2013
Simlat to Deliver UAS & ISR Training, Simulation Classroom to Northland Community & Technical College

Simlat Ltd. has been selected to provide a UAS & ISR Training & Simulation Center for the Northland Imagery Analysis...

Oct 08, 2013
MilSource Introduces New Four Port Versions of Ultra-compact, Ruggedized Military Ethernet Switches from Techaya

MilSource, a newly-formed U.S.-based distributor of miltary-grade Ethernet connectivity solutions, today announced the availabilty of the two lower-port versions of...

Oct 06, 2013
Curtiss-Wright Launches New Rugged T2080 Quad-Core Power Architecture® 3U OpenVPX™ Single Board Computer

Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions, a business unit of Curtiss-Wright Controls, has introduced the new VPX3-133, a rugged 3U OpenVPX™ single...

Oct 04, 2013
AeroVironment Receives $20m U.S. Army Order for RQ-11B Raven UAS Gimbaled Sensor Payloads

AeroVironment, Inc. today announced it has received an order from the U.S. Army for the company’s Mantis™ i23 gimbaled sensor...

Oct 02, 2013
AMREL Launch New Lightweight ROCKY DF6 Rugged Handheld Platform

American Reliance, Inc. (AMREL), announced the launch of ROCKY DF6, a fully rugged handheld that’s small on Size, Weight, and...

Oct 02, 2013
Curtiss-Wright Introduce High-Speed Fabric40 OpenVPX Switch Card

Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls, has introduced the newest member of its recently announced industry-leading...

Oct 01, 2013
NovAtel Inc. Awarded FAA Contract to Supply WAAS G-lll Reference Receivers for 3rd Gen. SBAS System

NovAtel, an OEM provider of high precision Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning products today announced it has been contracted...

Oct 01, 2013
TAG Issued U.S. Patent Award for Field-Upgradable CPU Technology

Technology Advancement Group, Inc. (TAG®) has been issued a US patent (8,537,540) for a Field Serviceable CPU Module. TAG has...

Oct 01, 2013
SeeByte Presented with VIPS Innovation Award

SeeByte, creators of smart software for unmanned maritime systems, was awarded the Marcus Kolb prize for Innovation at last week’s...

Oct 01, 2013
AUVSI 2014 Call for Technical Papers is Now Open

AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems 2014, being held 12-15 May in Orlando, Fla., will highlight the most important technological advancements, cutting edge...

Oct 01, 2013
CUVR Announces the Formation of The Rising Talent Expo

The Cluster for Unmanned Vehicles and Robotics (CUVR, Inc.) has announced the launch of the Rising Talent Expo Program in...

Sep 30, 2013
DUALOBE Connectors Deliver Superior Performance in Harsh, High-Temp Mil/Aero Environments

TE Connectivity’s (TE) DUALOBE connectors are designed to help withstand extreme temperatures in harsh environments within the military and commercial...

Sep 30, 2013
Omnetics Unveils Complete Range of Surface-Mount Nano-Connectors for Rugged PCBs

Omnetics Connector Corporation has completed a full line of Nano-D shaped connectors designed for automatic and hand assembly for densely...

Sep 27, 2013
Schiebel CAMCOPTER® S-100 UAS Completes Inspection Demonstrations Using FLIR Corona 350 Sensor

Schiebel, FLIR and Transpower are proud to announce the successful demonstration of the Schiebel CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS)...

Sep 26, 2013
UAV Solutions, Inc. to Provide Engineering Support Services to JHU for Unmanned Vehicle Development

UAV Solutions, Inc. has announced the company received a Master Service Agreement from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory...

Sep 26, 2013
Raytheon’s AI3 Intercepts & Destroys UAS Target

In a first-of-its-kind test for Raytheon Company’s Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative system, AI3 destroyed an unmanned aerial system (UAS) in...

Sep 26, 2013
Velodyne Launch Visualization and Recording Software for LiDAR Sensors

Velodyne Acoustics Inc.’s LiDAR division has announced the release of VeloView, a new visualization and recording software for Velodyne’s real-time,...

Sep 24, 2013
NuWaves expands into the UK and Ireland with the signing of Castle Microwave

NuWaves Engineering, an international Radio Frequency (RF) and Embedded Systems solutions provider, has added Castle Microwave as an authorized representative...

Sep 24, 2013
Prodrive Appoints Aerospace Specialist to Grow Aviation Composites Business

Dominic Cartwright has joined UK-based Prodrive Composites as managing director. Cartwright, who was previously managing director at Banbury-based CTG, part of...

Sep 21, 2013
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