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Counter UAS Technology USA 2022 Participants Announced
Counter UAS Technology USA 2022 Participants Announced

Over 80 organizations will gather at the Counter UAS Technology USA Conference taking place in Arlington, VA, next month.

Nov 14, 2022
Meteksan Defense to Showcase Innovative Products & Technology at IDEAS 2022
Meteksan Defense to Showcase Innovative Products & Technology at IDEAS 2022

Meteksan Defense will be showcasing a range of products including its ULAQ unmanned surface vehicle, KAPAN counter-drone system, and unmanned aerial vehicle and missile subsystems

Nov 11, 2022
Engine Shipments Commence for Tactical UAS
Engine Shipments Commence for Tactical UAS

Orbital UAV has begun the first engine shipments to Insitu Pacific for the Australian Army’s next-generation Integrator uncrewed aerial system

Nov 04, 2022
German Armed Forces Completes First Test-Firing of HEL Weapon Against Drones
German Armed Forces Completes First Test-Firing of HEL Weapon Against Drones

The test was conducted aboard the German frigate Sachsen in the Baltic Sea, with the frigate successfully engaging drones at short and very short range

Nov 03, 2022
Textron Systems Expands Ground Robotics Family
Textron Systems Expands Ground Robotics Family

With wet gap crossing and increased swim capabilities the RIPSAW M3 Technology Demonstrator is a smaller, mission-capable variant of the M5

Nov 02, 2022
Reliable Robotics to Optimize Aircraft Autonomy for USAF Operation
Reliable Robotics to Optimize Aircraft Autonomy for USAF Operation

Reliable Robotics will build on its set of autonomy solutions to optimize aircraft control under a broad range of contingencies, and then test them in a series of flight test campaigns

Oct 28, 2022
US Border Patrol Orders Golden Eagle Drones to Enhance Situational Awareness
US Border Patrol Orders Golden Eagle Drones to Enhance Situational Awareness

Teal Drones’ Golden Eagle drones will provide a supplemental airborne reconnaissance, surveillance, and tracking capability to enhance situational awareness in areas without manned air support

Oct 25, 2022
New USV Unveiled at Euronaval 2022
New USV Unveiled at Euronaval 2022

Couach has unveiled the shipyard's first unmanned surface vessel the MAGELLAN USV at Euronaval 2022

Oct 20, 2022
Rotary-Wing UAS for Positioning ASW Sonobuoys
Rotary-Wing UAS for Positioning ASW Sonobuoys

Ultra Maritime and UMS SKELDAR has received a contract to evaluate a medium-sized UAS based anti-submarine warfare (ASW) solution for the Royal Canadian Navy

Oct 19, 2022
Autonomous Amphibious Response Vehicles Chosen for Rapid Prototyping
Autonomous Amphibious Response Vehicles Chosen for Rapid Prototyping

The DIU has chosen Greensea Systems and Nauticus Robotics to deliver prototype A2RVs capable of detecting, identifying, localizing, inspecting, and neutralizing explosive hazards from very shallow water through the surf zone to the beach exit

Oct 18, 2022
FLYMOTION Officially Presents UTAC 2022
FLYMOTION Officially Presents UTAC 2022

The Unmanned Tactical Application Conference (UTAC) is a week-long fully-immersive event designed to advise, educate, and train operators on the latest unmanned systems, technology ecosystems, integrations, and tactics

Oct 14, 2022
RTsys Announces AUVs Contract Delivery to the Slovenian Navy
RTsys Announces AUVs Contract Delivery to the Slovenian Navy

RTsys delivers MCM (Mine CounterMeasures) ecosystem to the Slovenian Navy including the COMET-MCM AUV and two NEMOSENS micro-AUVs

Oct 14, 2022
Kongsberg to Provide AUVs & HiPAP Systems for Polish MCM Vessels
Kongsberg to Provide AUVs & HiPAP Systems for Polish MCM Vessels

Kongsberg Maritime will supply three shipsets of its HUGIN AUV and related HiPAP (High Precision Acoustic Positioning) systems for the Polish Navy’s three new Komoran II class ships

Oct 14, 2022
Global Expansion of ViDAR Maritime Sensors
Global Expansion of ViDAR Maritime Sensors

Sentient Vision Systems report more than 10 separate proof of performance programme and evaluation initiatives currently in place with maritime defense organizations

Oct 13, 2022
US-UK Naval Forces Conduct Unmanned Exercise
US-UK Naval Forces Conduct Unmanned Exercise

The exercise aimed to explore the use of unmanned and artificial intelligence-based systems to enhance the maritime monitoring tasks of crewed ships and operators deployed ashore

Oct 12, 2022
Who to see at AUSA 2022
Who to see at AUSA 2022

UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com are excited to be heading to Washington DC next week along with many of our partners for AUSA 2022

Oct 07, 2022
UK RAF Accepts First Protector RPAS
UK RAF Accepts First Protector RPAS

The aircraft was accepted by Air Vice Marshal Simon Ellard, Director Combat Air at Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) following the successful completion of Acceptance Test Procedures

Oct 07, 2022
Team V-BAT Offers Tactical UAS Solution for Royal Canadian Navy ISTAR
Team V-BAT Offers Tactical UAS Solution for Royal Canadian Navy ISTAR

Together Voyageur Aviation, Shield.AI and Kongsberg Geospatial (Team V-BAT) will offer the Royal Canadian Navy a high-performing and proven UAS supported by Canadian partners for both domestic and global operations

Oct 05, 2022
Mine Hunting USV Achieves 100% Success Rate in Royal Navy Trials
Mine Hunting USV Achieves 100% Success Rate in Royal Navy Trials

Elbit Systems UK demonstrated its Seagull USV and its Mine Countermeasure toolbox sub-systems under operational conditions involving key environmental variables such as differing depths, currents and tidal streams

Oct 05, 2022
AI’s Crucial Role Onboard Tactical Drones for Improved ISR Capability
AI’s Crucial Role Onboard Tactical Drones for Improved ISR Capability

Mark Palmer, CTO of Sentient Vision Systems, makes the case for AI to bring real-time intelligence and operational decisions to military drone missions

Sep 30, 2022
Advanced Aerial Intelligence Technology Demonstrated at NATO Naval Exercise
Advanced Aerial Intelligence Technology Demonstrated at NATO Naval Exercise

TEKEVER’s AR5 drone coupled with its Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven platform ATLAS provided real-time aerial ISR data to participating navies

Sep 30, 2022
UK Royal Navy Receives New REMUS 100 UUVs from HII
UK Royal Navy Receives New REMUS 100 UUVs from HII

These new systems will bring enhanced endurance and the latest generation of sensors and payloads, allowing for increased data quality and mission efficiency

Sep 27, 2022
US Allied Nations Order Puma 3 AE sUAS
US Allied Nations Order Puma 3 AE sUAS

AeroVironment’s portable, rugged Puma 3 All Environment (AE) Unmanned Aerial Systems provide immediate tactical reconnaissance capabilities for land and maritime operations

Sep 27, 2022
Dual Antenna GNSS-Aided INS Selected for In-Flight Drone Retrieval
Dual Antenna GNSS-Aided INS Selected for In-Flight Drone Retrieval

Efficient and safe in-flight drone retrieval was made possible using Advanced Navigation’s Spatial Dual INS as part of Dynetics’ Gremlins project for DARPA

Sep 23, 2022
New Modular Electric VTOL UAV Released
New Modular Electric VTOL UAV Released

DeltaQuad has launched the Evo eVTOL UAV, a modular dual payload drone with up to 4.5 hours flight time

Sep 22, 2022
Heavy Fuel Engine to be Tested on Tactical UAV
Heavy Fuel Engine to be Tested on Tactical UAV

US defense company AeroVironment Inc. has acquired the latest heavy fuel engine by Orbital UAV for testing on its JUMP® 20 tactical UAV

Sep 20, 2022
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