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

Roke’s Miniature Radar Altimeter Used in Sea-skimming UAV Test

Roke Manor Research Ltd (Roke), a Chemring Group company, has supplied its Miniature Radar Altimeter (MRA) in a successful flight...

Dec 20, 2012
Zettlex and Astrium Co-develop Sensors for Space

Cambridge-based sensors company Zettlex is collaborating with space technology company Astrium on a joint project to develop high resolution, non-contact...

Dec 20, 2012
Hood Technology Introduces Alticam Pod Housing with GPS/INS

HoodTech Vision, manufacturer of advanced stabilized imaging systems for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and manned aircraft, has introduced the...

Dec 19, 2012
Selex Galileo Gabbiano T-20 Radar Demonstrated on Hermes 450 UAS

Recent flight tests saw SELEX Galileo’s Gabbiano T-20 Radar successfully demonstrate ground-mapping and target detection capabilities in a series of...

Dec 17, 2012
QinetiQ Hosts UAV Autonomy Research Programme Trial

QinetiQ has hosted key industry partners and UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) representatives at its Farnborough Headquarters as part of...

Dec 14, 2012
Boeing Demos Unmanned Little Bird Aircraft for Republic of Korea Army

Boeing has demonstrated affordable unmanned aircraft technology that could be integrated onto Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) MD 500 helicopters...

Dec 13, 2012
Bodkin Design to Develop Switchable Polarimetric Camera for UAS

Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E) has been awarded a Phase I SBIR contract from the U.S. Air Force to...

Dec 12, 2012
X-37B Unmanned Orbit Vehicle Uses UTC Aerospace Systems’ Space Flight Actuation System

UTC Aerospace Systems developed and manufactured the space flight actuation system and remote interface unit supporting the recent successful flight...

Dec 12, 2012
Xsens Inertial Navigation System Used on Area-I Unmanned Aircraft

Area-I has released flight test footage of the PTERA (Prototype Technology Evaluation Research Aircraft), which integrates the XSens MTi-G-700 GPS/INS Inertial Navigation...

Dec 05, 2012
Carbon by Design increases UAV Manufacturing Equipment

Carbon by Design has acquired its fifth Haas CNC in less than three years to complete the planned capacity build-out...

Dec 05, 2012
Cosworth Completes UAV Hybrid Propulsion Study for UK MoD

Cosworth has used its advanced propulsion system modelling and simulation techniques to evaluate the benefits of hybrid system technologies and...

Dec 05, 2012
FreeWave Announces NIST Certification Of Encryption Technology For Its Spartan Series Wireless Radios

FreeWave Technologies, manufacturer of high-performance spread spectrum and licensed radios for critical data transmission, has announced that the encryption technology...

Dec 04, 2012
DARPA MACE Contract Leads to Thermal Technology Breakthrough for Thermacore, Inc

Thermacore, Inc., a leading provider of advanced thermal solutions, is offering a new generation of compact, custom-built, high-performance air-cooled heat...

Dec 04, 2012
Textron Systems and Bell Helicopter Launch Huntsville-Based Integration and Collaboration Laboratories

Textron Systems and Bell Helicopter, Textron Inc. companies, announced today the opening of the Textron Systems Integration and Collaboration Lab...

Dec 04, 2012
AeroSimulators Chooses VT MÄK’s Visualization and Simulation Products to Enhance Gimbal Imaging System

VT MÄK (MÄK), a company of VT Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), today announced that AeroSimulators has chosen VT MÄK’s VR-Vantage...

Dec 04, 2012
VT MÄK Announces Launch of VR-Vantage 1.5

VT MÄK (MÄK), a company of VT Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), today announced the launch of its VR-Vantage 1.5, featuring...

Dec 04, 2012
Simlat and Adacel Collaborate on UAS Simulation Technology

Simlat Ltd., renowned for its cutting-edge UAS training solutions, and Adacel, an industry leader in Air Traffic Control (ATC) simulation...

Nov 29, 2012
Marotta Controls Receives Export Achievement Award from US Department of Commerce

Marotta Controls announces that the US Department of Commerce has honored Marotta Controls with the Export Achievement Certificate. This award...

Nov 28, 2012
SDS Delivers Reaper UAS Mission Training Device to the Air National Guard

SDS International (SDS) recently delivered a ROVATTS™-based Reaper MQ-9 Mission Training Device (MTD) to the Air National Guard (ANG) Distributed...

Nov 28, 2012
Galileo Group Completes NASA UAV Missions to Collect Hyperspectral Data over Florida Keys

Galileo Group, Inc has completed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight operations and hyperspectral data collections for a series of missions...

Nov 27, 2012
Kairos Autonomi Announces New Cost-Effective, Self-Cleaning Camera Filter for UGVs

Kairos Autonomi, Inc., a world leader in robotic appliqué kits and developer of the Pronto4 Robotic Appliqué Kit, has introduced...

Nov 26, 2012
Lehmann Aviation Launches Fully Autonomous Aerial Photography UAV

Lehmann Aviation has announced the latest addition to their product portfolio, the LA100; a completely autonomous UAS designed specifically to...

Nov 26, 2012
Roke’s Miniature Radar Altimeter Becomes Standard Fit on Saab’s Skeldar UAV

Roke Manor Research Ltd (Roke), a Chemring Group company, has worked with Saab to successfully integrate its Miniature Radar Altimeter...

Nov 20, 2012
Garmin to Supply Avionics Suite for Northrop Grumman’s Firebird Hybrid UAV

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., the global leader in satellite navigation, announced today that Northrop Grumman Corporation...

Nov 19, 2012
Pentek Launches New Multichannel, Virtex-7 Software Radio Module for UAV, Radar and Communications Applications

Pentek, Inc. has announced the newest member of its highly popular Onyx® family of multichannel, high-speed software radio XMC FPGA...

Nov 19, 2012
Behlman Celebrates Fifth Anniversary of it’s 94050 UAV Power Supply

Behlman Electronics Inc., long known for its leadership in power products for military, industrial and commercial applications, is celebrating the...

Nov 19, 2012
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