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

Aurora Integrates SRI International’s On-Board Video Processor into Skate SUAS

Aurora Flight Sciences and SRI International Sarnoff have announced the integration of the SRI Sarnoff DL Micro™ digital data link...

Oct 22, 2012
Analytic Systems Wins Contract to Supply Power Products for AAI Shadow UAS Ground Control Stations

On the heels of a record production year, Analytic Systems is pleased to announce its largest order ever for a...

Oct 19, 2012
U.S. Army Research Lab Uses Thermoelectric Technology on Shadow Tactical UAS to Convert Heat into Energy

In one of its latest research projects, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory is investigating thermoelectric properties of materials on the...

Oct 18, 2012
Rockwell Collins to Develop GPS Jamming, Spoofing Detection Technology

Rockwell Collins has announced that the Office of Naval Research has awarded the company a $1.25 million, three-year contract to...

Oct 17, 2012
US Army Look to Develop JP-8 ‘Super Engine’ for UAVs and Other Military Vehicles

Studies are underway at the U.S. Army Research Laboratory, or ARL, to create a ‘super engine’ that could allow military...

Oct 16, 2012
MACG-38 Displays High-Tech Military Equipment During Air Show

Marine Air Control Group 38 supported the 2012 Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Air Show with static displays of high-tech...

Oct 15, 2012
Composite Wing Developed for High-Altitude Perpetual Flight Unmanned Aircraft

Lehigh University reports that one of its engineers has developed a carbon fiber composite wing for use on an unmanned...

Oct 12, 2012
SPECIM Launches World’s First Robust Full Spectrum Imager for Unmanned Systems

SPECIM, Spectral Imaging, Ltd., global leader of Hyperspectral Instrumentation, announces the release of AisaFENIX, a robust and compact spectral imager...

Oct 11, 2012
senseFly Launches New Lightweight UAV for Surveying and Mining Industries

senseFly announces new ultra-lightweight and powerful UAV for the surveying and mining industries. The eBee combines cutting edge technology, aerodynamic...

Oct 10, 2012
Insitu Pacific Completes Maiden Flight of PicoSAR on the Integrator UAS

Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., has announced that it successfully conducted the maiden flight of the PicoSAR...

Oct 10, 2012
Trimble Launches New Software for UAS Aerial Photogrammetry Data Processing

Trimble has introduced a new version of its Inpho® software products for aerial photogrammetry and laser scanning data production. Inpho...

Oct 09, 2012
DARPA Demonstrates Autonomous High Altitude Refueling of Unmanned Aircraft

DARPA completes close-proximity flight tests of two modified RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles, demonstrates technology enabling autonomous aerial refueling...

Oct 08, 2012
Analytic Systems Supports USMC in IED Defeat Program

The US Marine Corps through Tobyhanna Army Depot has chosen Analytic Systems to provide over 600 rugged commercial Voltage Converters...

Oct 05, 2012
Xsens to Showcase IMU, AHRS and GPS/INS Portfolio at INTERGEO

Xsens will be showcasing its new product portfolio with IMUs, AHRSs and GPS/INSs at INTERGEO 2012 in Hanover, Germany. The...

Oct 05, 2012
LEMO adds USB Connector to its M Series Ratchet-Coupling Connector Range

LEMO, a global leader in the design and manufacture of precision custom connection solutions has added a Rugged Waterproof USB...

Sep 25, 2012
MicroStrain Introduces Wireless Thermocouple and OEM Analog Sensor Nodes to LXRS Sensor Family

MicroStrain’s LXRS wireless sensor network combines a groundbreaking lossless data wireless communication protocol with ultra-stable precision time sync and network...

Sep 24, 2012
Marotta Controls Promotes Michael J. Leahan to Senior Vice President of Business Development

Marotta Controls announces today that it has promoted Michael J. Leahan to the position of Senior Vice President of Business...

Sep 19, 2012
Rockwell Collins MicroGRAM to provide AeroVironment’s Wasp AE with Secure GPS Capability

AeroVironment has selected Rockwell Collins to provide its MicroGRAM GPS receiver for the Wasp™ AE small unmanned aircraft system, bringing...

Sep 19, 2012
PinPoint Gyros help win Gold in Robot World Cup

Plymouth Humanoids robot athletes, helped on their way by Silicon Sensing’s PinPoint® MEMS gyros, picked up a trio of medals...

Sep 13, 2012
Pulsed Power-Combined Wideband TWT Amplifiers Introduced by dB Control

Suite of Four Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers for EW, ECM Defense Applications Span 2-18 GHz Frequency Range. California-based dB Control,...

Sep 11, 2012
ESG to Present Mission-specific Equipment for Manned and Unmanned Aircraft at ILA

ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH, the aviation engineering company for the planning, development, integration and logistic support of customised avionics, mission...

Sep 10, 2012
UAS Plaza debuts at ILA 2012

A new section at the International Air Show ILA 2012 reflects current global developments in civil and military aviation. From...

Sep 09, 2012
QinetiQ North America’s Small Multi-Spectral Imager Takes First Flight

QinetiQ North America (QNA) today announced the successful demonstration of its Small Multi-Spectral Imager (sMSI) during its first flight test...

Sep 05, 2012
Aeryon Labs Integrates Advanced GIS Solution into Scout™ sUAS

Aeryon Labs Inc. is pleased to announce the launch and immediate availability of an integrated GIS solution for its class-leading...

Aug 30, 2012
SAIC Wins Contract to Provide Remotely Piloted Aircraft Ground Control Station to US Air Force

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today it was awarded a prime contract by the United States Air Force Special...

Aug 30, 2012
Moog Acquires Tritech International Limited

Moog Inc. has acquired Tritech International Limited for approximately £21 million. Tritech, founded in 1991, is a leading designer and...

Aug 29, 2012
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