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

KVH Launches High-Performance, Ultra Compact Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU)

KVH Industries, Inc., introduces the new Series 1750 Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), an advanced 6-degrees-of-freedom sensor (DOF) designed to integrate...

Jun 10, 2012
Jenoptik Launches Laser Rangefinder with Thermal Imager for Reconnaissance and Target Acquisition

Jenoptik has announced the launch of NYXUS BIRD, the first multifunctional thermal imager combining day/night vision with target localization capability in...

Jun 10, 2012
Kontron Doubles Video Data Processing Performance with Quad-Core AdvancedMC

Kontron has announced the introduction of its most powerful single AdvancedMC™ processor module, designed with the 3rd generation Intel® Core™...

Jun 07, 2012
ImSAR Wins $24M Contract to Develop Lightweight Radar for Small UAVs

ImSar, LLC, suppliers of digital signal processing, radar, manufacturing, and inertial measurement systems for defense and unmanned applications, has been...

Jun 07, 2012
MicroStrain Releases Groundbreaking New Lossless Wireless Sensor Networks

MicroStrain’s new LXRS™ “lossless” wireless communication protocol (patent pending) supports scalable networks of high speed sensor nodes without data loss due...

Jun 07, 2012
SPI Corp to Display UAV Thermal PTZ Cameras at Border Management Southwest

SPI Corp is a leading provider of thermal PTZ (thermal pan tilt zoom) solutions to US Military and Border Patrol...

Jun 07, 2012
Boeing Demonstrates SATCOM on the Move Between Australia and US

Boeing has successfully demonstrated its SATCOM on the Move (SOTM) product on a live Ka-band satellite network. The demonstration in...

Jun 05, 2012
Hood Technology UAV Imaging Systems to be Used by Iraqi Navy

The UAV imaging systems from Hood Technology will be utilized by the Iraqi Navy for monitoring oil platforms beyond the...

May 31, 2012
New Piezoelectric Accelerometer Technologies for UAV Ground Vibration Testing

Kistler has announced availability of its piezoelectric accelerometer technologies for cost-effective, high-accuracy support of aircraft, helicopter, rotorcraft, missile, satellite and...

May 29, 2012
Engineers Develop Cheap Onboard Tracking System For UAVs

The popularity of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles or UAVs has exploded in just a few years. That’s the result of smaller,...

May 29, 2012
UAV Imaging System Produces 3D Models of Historical Monuments

University of Granada researchers have developed a 3D imaging system that scans 3D models of historical buildings using data obtained...

May 24, 2012
SPI Corp Unveils Next Generation Multisensor Thermal PTZ Gimbal

SPI Corp is a long time distributor and manufacturer of thermal imager systems in the United States. They specialize in...

May 23, 2012
FreeWave Technologies To Showcase UAV Wireless Data Radios

  FreeWave Technologies, manufacturer of the most reliable, high-performance spread spectrum and licensed radios for critical data transmission, today announced...

May 22, 2012
Low Cost UAV AutoPilot Launched

3D Robotics has released its AdruPilot Mega 2.0 AutoPilot. Seen at this year’s Bay Area Maker Faire, the APM2 is...

May 22, 2012
Australian DSTO is First to Acquire New MicroROV Navigation Technology

VideoRay and its partners announced today that they have shipped the first implementation of VideoRay CoPilot by SeeByte software, on...

May 22, 2012
New SimMetrics Software from AGI and VT MÄK Brings Real-Time Analysis to Battlefield Simulations

Doing more with less is a prevalent theme in today’s military, especially when it comes to reducing the costs of...

May 21, 2012
Volz Servo Orders Increase to Support AAI’s Recent Aerosonde SUAS Contract Awards

Volz Servos has been contracted by AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems to supply servos for their Aerosonde Small Unmanned Aircraft System...

May 04, 2012
Hood Tech UAV Imagers Show Up Big at a Simulated Showdown

According to a recent article in Lookout Navy News Online, the use of Hood Tech’s imagers on board an unmanned...

May 03, 2012
Headwall Hyperspectral SWIR Sensors Selected for U.S. Navy UAVs

Headwall Photonics, a leading designer and manufacturer of hyperspectral imaging sensors, announced that its High Efficiency Hyperspec® SWIR (Short-wave, Infrared)...

May 01, 2012
FLIR Systems Launch Tau SWIR 15 Micron Camera

FLIR Systems has announced the availability of the Tau SWIR 15, a rugged compact and low-power shortwave imager incorporating FLIR’s...

Apr 30, 2012
Mercury Computer Systems Launch Low Power OpenVPX Products Based on 3rd Gen Intel® Core™ Processor

Mercury Computer Systems Inc., a trusted provider of commercially developed application-ready ISR and EW subsystems for defense prime contractors, announced...

Apr 23, 2012
SDI Introduce MEMS Accelerometers with Four-Wire Snap-In Removable Connectors

Silicon Designs, Inc. (SDI), a global industry manufacturer of highly rugged industrial-grade MEMS capacitive accelerometer chips and modules, has introduced...

Apr 20, 2012
New Miniature Fuel and Oil Level Sensors for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Gill Sensors has launched a new range of miniature fuel and oil level sensors, designed specifically for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles...

Apr 17, 2012
Darpa Seeks New Sensor to Enable Missions in GPS-Denied Areas

Many U.S. Military systems, such as missiles, rely on the Global Positioning System (GPS) to provide accurate position, orientation and...

Apr 16, 2012
NASA Selects VectorNav Technologies to Develop Model for Removing Space Debris from Low Earth Orbit

NASA has selected VectorNav Technologies, LLC for a Phase 1 STTR contract to develop a model for space debris removal...

Apr 12, 2012
Silicon Designs Introduce Low-Cost Triaxial MEMS Accelerometers

Silicon Designs, Inc., a global industry leader in the design and manufacture of industrial-grade MEMS capacitive accelerometer chips and modules,...

Feb 24, 2012
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