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

FLIR Announces CLIP-NIR Infrared Compact Laser Illuminator / Pointer

FLIR® EOC introduces the CLIP-NIR™, a military-qualified 830nm illuminator/pointer incorporating FLIR’s EOC’s advanced illumination array technology. The CLIP-NIR provides Joint...

Apr 29, 2013
Epson Introduces Two New Ruggedized Inertial Measurement Units

Epson Electronics America (EEA) has developed two new inertial measurement units (IMU), the M-G550-PC and the M-G550-PR. The new products...

Apr 25, 2013
FLIR Introduces MLR 4K Laser Rangefinder

FLIR EOC has introduced the MLR 4K laser rangefinder, a SWaP- optimized, military grade ER:Glass solid state laser rangefinder. The...

Apr 24, 2013
NTS Wins Contract to Monitor Atmospheric Radiation with UAVs

National Technical Systems, Inc. (NTS), a leading provider of testing and engineering services, announced today that it has signed a...

Apr 23, 2013
FluxData to Showcase Multispectral Technology at SPIE Defense Security + Sensing

FluxData, Inc. will demonstrate their full line of tactical and research grade customizable multi-sensor, multispectral and polarization imaging systems at...

Apr 22, 2013
UTC Receives Queen’s Award for Solid State IMUs

Sensors & Integrated Systems, a unit of UTC Aerospace Systems located in Plymouth, UK has won a 2013 Queen’s Award...

Apr 22, 2013
Renishaw Wins Queen’s Award for Revolutionary Measurement System

Renishaw, the global engineering technologies company, has received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise 2013 in the Innovations category for its...

Apr 22, 2013
HGH Infrared Systems Introduce New Thermal Imaging System for Wide Area Surveillance

HGH Infrared Systems, a global provider of 360 degree thermal imaging systems, has introduced a new high resolution system for...

Apr 22, 2013
NASA Imaging Sensor Prepares for Western Wildfire Season

Airborne imaging technology developed at NASA and transferred to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service (USFS) in 2012 is...

Apr 19, 2013
Omnetics Introduces Latching Micro-D and BiLobe Connectors for High Shock and Vibration Applications

Small, lightweight connectors are high strength and easy to use, ideal for military, aerospace and medical equipment sectors. Omnetics Connector...

Apr 18, 2013
NSA Certification for ViaSat KG-200R Ruggedized DAR Encryptor

The National Security Agency / Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) has certified the KG-200R Hardware Encryptor, a ruggedized inline media encryptor...

Apr 18, 2013
Carbon by Design acquires Fortus FDM Rapid Prototyping Machine

Carbon by Design, manufacturer of Aerospace Composite Structures has acquired the first in a series of FDM rapid prototyping machines...

Apr 17, 2013
Ultra-Thin Silicon Wafers Provide Alternative Power Source Options for UAVs

UniversityWafer.com, who provide researchers with wafers and other semiconductor related materials and services, now distributes super-thin silicon wafers that are...

Apr 17, 2013
SPI Corp Introduces Low Cost Wireless Thermal PTZ Camera

The M1-D thermal pan tilt zoom camera platform from SPI Corp is now available with a wireless network option. This...

Apr 17, 2013
Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract To Modernize U.S. Joint Theater Air Operations System

Lockheed Martin is upgrading the command and control system that allows Joint Force Air Component Commanders to deploy air assets,...

Apr 17, 2013
DARPA Researchers Demonstrate New Five-Micron Pixel LWIR Camera

The military uses long-wave infrared (LWIR) cameras as thermal imagers to detect humans at night. These cameras are usually mounted...

Apr 16, 2013
REGI U.S. Inc to Present RadMax Technology at UAS East Symposium

REGI U.S. Inc‘s Chief Engineer for RadMax technology, Paul Porter, will be a speaker and presenter at Unmanned Aircraft Systems East...

Apr 16, 2013
LynuxWorks and Twin Oaks Computing to Deliver CoreDX DDS Communication Middleware on LynxOS-178 in Alignment with Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE™) Standards

LynuxWorks™, Inc and Twin Oaks Computing, Inc. announced today their partnership to deliver Twin Oaks Computings’ CoreDX Data Distribution Service...

Apr 16, 2013
Aitech Introduce Ruggedized Low Power Single Board Computer for Avionics

Aitech Defense Systems Inc., a pioneer in true embedded and mission critical computing technologies for environmentally-demanding military, defense and aerospace...

Apr 16, 2013
UAV Factory Announces Low-noise Muffler for Small UAVs

UAV Factory, specialists in unmanned composite airframe development and manufacturing, have announced details of their low-noise muffler for small unmanned...

Apr 12, 2013
New Carbon Fabric Offers Airlines Significant Fuel Savings

A unique carbon fabric from Sweden, TeXtreme®, could substantially reduce weight of existing aircraft and thereby enable significant savings in...

Apr 08, 2013
U.S. Navy Unveils Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (LASR)

Scientists based in the nation’s capital are stepping into the desert and rainforest to run experiments on autonomous systems without having to...

Apr 08, 2013
Omnetics’ New SureCon 360 Nano-Connectors Pass Shock, Vibration and Immersion Tests

Omnetics, a leading supplier of micro and nano miniature interconnect products, has announced the latest addition to it’s NANO 360°...

Apr 04, 2013
LAAD: Gilat to Showcase Lightweight Satellite Communications Solution for UAVs

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. – a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services – will be showcasing its...

Apr 04, 2013
Israel to Promote Cooperation and Partnership with Brazil at LAAD 2013

SIBAT, the International Defense Cooperation Division of the Israel Ministry of Defense, is promoting defense cooperation between Brazilian and Israeli...

Apr 03, 2013
Ittiam Unveils Full HD Low Latency Video Streaming Solution

Ittiam has unveiled its latest low latency server-client streaming solution, which delivers high quality, full HD video (1080p60) at less...

Apr 03, 2013
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