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

NORBIT Selects NovAtel SPAN for Integration into the NORBIT iWBMS Compact Bathymetry Sonar

NovAtel announced today at Oceanology International (Oi) China, that NORBIT has selected NovAtel’s Synchronized Position Attitude Navigation (SPAN) product for...

Sep 03, 2013
Mainstream Engineering Awarded USAF Contract for Hybrid Electric UAV Propulsion System

Mainstream Engineering Corporation, a 27-year-old Brevard County research and manufacturing company, has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air...

Sep 03, 2013
PX4 and 3D Robotics Launch New Pixhawk Autopilot for UAVs

The PX4 Project and 3D Robotics have announced the arrival of Pixhawk — an advanced open-hardware autopilot design for multirotors,...

Aug 30, 2013
FLIR Systems Wins $137m Contract to Supply BRITE Star Imaging Systems to U.S. Navy

FLIR Systems, Inc. has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract from the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane...

Aug 30, 2013
UAV Navigation to Supply Attitude and Heading Reference System for AvMap’s EKP V Aeronautical GPS

UAV Navigation, a leading developer of flight control avionics and motion processing solutions, has announced that it will be supplying...

Aug 28, 2013
Panacis Granted Patent for Battery Connection Failure Detection System

Designers and manufacturers of advanced, lithium powerpack systems for the defense and aerospace markets, Panacis Inc, has been granted a patent...

Aug 27, 2013
Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar System Demonstrated by Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman has demonstrated the AN/TPS-80 radar system to 40 members of the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps and the...

Aug 27, 2013
Integrated Informatics Uses senseFly’s eBee UAS to Improve Data Capture Capabilities

Integrated Informatics Inc. now offers a complete aerial data solution, from data capture to analysis and data management, using senseFly’s...

Aug 26, 2013
Orbital Corp. Wins Contract to Develop New Heavy Fuel Engine for SUAS Platform

An innovative Australian company designing engines for unmanned aerial vehicles is carving out a successful niche in the global aviation...

Aug 26, 2013
AUVSI 2013 – the UST Round-Up

More than 8,100 attendees and nearly 600 exhibitors attended the annual Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) convention last...

Aug 22, 2013
Video: Real-Time Visible/IR Video Transmission from a Quadcopter

SRI participated in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Demonstration at AUVSI 2013. The demonstration featured a quadcopter equipped with SRI’s DL...

Aug 20, 2013
Roke Demonstrates Wide Area Man-Portable Military Base Station

Roke has announced that SmartLink, the world’s only man-portable, 15km range, private 3G basestation for military, security and public safety...

Aug 20, 2013
Septentrio’s GNSS Heading Receiver is Integrated into Tethered Aerostat System

Septentrio have announced that Raven Aerostar, a manufacturer of Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) platforms that provide unmatched performance in challenging environments, has...

Aug 16, 2013
Rockwell Collins’ Receiver Cards Used to Navigate RQ-11B Raven UAV With Live M-code Signals

Rockwell Collins’ Receiver Cards were recently used in an historic test flight resulting in the first time any aircraft has...

Aug 16, 2013
AUVSI 2013: C-ASTRAL Launches Unmanned Data Acquisition Solution For Agriculture, Forestry And Land Management

C-ASTRAL Ltd., a provider of small unmanned integrated systems for surveying, remote sensing and ISR, has launched a new integrated...

Aug 16, 2013
Themis Systems Unveil New High Performance Computers Designed for Unmanned Systems

Themis Computer have announced the new RES-NT2 High-Performance Computer (HPC) for graphics virtualization and high-performance signal and image processing. Combining...

Aug 15, 2013
BAE Systems’ New Multispectral Sensor for Unmanned Systems Improves Situational Awareness

BAE Systems has introduced one of the smallest multispectral sensors available for unmanned systems — an innovation that will help...

Aug 15, 2013
LEMO Demonstrates Lightweight Compact COTS Connector Series at AUVSI 2013

LEMO, a global leader in the design and manufacture of precision custom connection solutions will be displaying its connector series...

Aug 15, 2013
Trenton’s New MIL-STD-810 Rackmount Computers Deliver 38GB/s of PCI Express Bandwidth

Trenton Systems have launched two new MIL-STD rackmount computer platforms with extensive data storage capabilities; both are tested and validated...

Aug 14, 2013
Trenton Announces New MIL-STD-810 Fanless Computer for Unmanned Vehicles

Trenton Systems has announced a new computer platform that merges 4th generation Intel® Core™ processor technology and GPU option card...

Aug 14, 2013
Saab Selects TASE400 Stabilized Camera Payloads

UTC Aerospace Systems (now Collins Aerospace) has received a contract to supply TASE400 stabilized camera payloads for maritime operations on Saab’s...

Aug 14, 2013
Pleora Technologies and Moog Protokraft Collaborate to Provide Advanced Ethernet Video Transport for Harsh Environments

Pleora Technologies and Moog Protokraft have announced a technology collaboration that facilitates high-performance video capture, streaming and control in harsh...

Aug 14, 2013
EMCORE Introduces New EMP-3, EMP-4 and EMP-7 Precision Fiber Optic Gyro Modules for UAVs

EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of compound semiconductor-based components and subsystems for the fiber optics and space solar power markets,...

Aug 14, 2013
LORD MicroStrain Introduces Tactical-Grade Inertial Navigation System

LORD MicroStrain Sensing Systems, a global leader in developing embedded sensing systems for aerospace and industrial markets, has introduced its...

Aug 14, 2013
HoodTech Vision Launches New 4-Axis Stabilized EO Imager for Unmanned Systems

HoodTech Vision, leading manufacturer of low size, weight, and power (low SWaP) stabilized imaging systems for small manned and unmanned...

Aug 13, 2013
AUVSI 2013: Epson Announces World’s Smallest IMU

Epson Electronics America (EEA) has developed a breakthrough new product, the M-V340, for its inertial measurement unit (IMU) lineup. The new product...

Aug 13, 2013
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