Unmanned Systems News & Articles

The latest unmanned systems news for UAV, UAS, UGV, USV, UUV, drones and robotics. Articles on product launches and technological advances in unmanned and autonomous design, research and manufacture.

Short-Takeoff & Landing Capability for MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft 

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems MQ-9B Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL) configuration will consist of an optional wing and tail kit that can be installed in less than a day

May 11, 2022
Heavy-Lift Hexacopter Drone Platform Upgraded

The US-made unmanned aircraft features enhanced payload capacity and flight time

May 11, 2022
HerePro DGNSS Wins iF DESIGN AWARD 2022

CubePilot's HerePro Multi-band RTK/PPK DGNSS won over the 132-member jury with it’s functionalized RTK & PPK centimeter-level positioning accuracy

May 11, 2022
New Collaboration Supports Next Generation of Unmanned Military Technology 

Orbital UAV and Anduril Asia Pacific will work on concepts, products and technical solutions in the uncrewed domain

May 11, 2022
New Partnership Simplifies External Antenna Selection Process 

Dejero’s new partnership with Taoglas simplifies the selection of the appropriate external antennas in broadcast and media, public safety, and other government agency applications

May 11, 2022
Tickets Now Available for INTERGEO 2022 

INTERGEO will welcome back visitors 18-20 October 2022 at Messe Essen for face-to-face meetings and exchanges with international companies, innovative start-ups and the leading minds in the industry

May 10, 2022
New Collaboration Offers Drone Collision Mitigation Services in Switzerland

INVOLI and the Swiss Federation of Civil Drones (SFCD) will promote the use of drone Remote ID trackers among SFCD members for safe, efficient, and scalable drone operations in Switzerland

May 10, 2022
Surveillance Drones for Lithuanian State Border Guard Service

Robot Aviation will supply over 10 drones as well as training and its NATO compliant Ground Control Station to Lithuania to strengthen border control with Belarus

May 10, 2022
AI-Enabled Visual Detection and Ranging Solution Launched

Sentient Vision Systems’ Visual Detection And Ranging (ViDAR) Surface is a next generation surface lookout providing a day and night autonomous ocean surface surveillance

May 10, 2022
Flight Stabilization & Navigation IMUs for Multistage Space Launch Vehicles

EMCORE has been awarded two contracts following the company's acquisition of the L3Harris Space and Navigation business

May 09, 2022
New HPS-1000 Embedded System Launched

Vecow’s rugged HPS-1000 combines workstation-grade performance, reliable connections and low power consumption to optimize enterprise deployment across a wide range of industrial applications

May 09, 2022
5G Outdoor-Rated Omnidirectional Antennas Released

Fairview Microwave’s small form factor omni antennas are designed for high performance in extreme weather conditions and rural areas for broad coverage of wireless networking needs

May 09, 2022
SKYTRAC SATCOM Terminal Selected for High-Altitude UAV

By utilizing the Iridium satellite network, SKYTRAC’s UAV Data Link System (DLS-100) will provide Kea Aerospace’s High Altitude and Long Endurance (HALE) UAV global SATCOM connectivity with 99.9% uptime reliability

May 09, 2022
MissionGo Integrates Elsight’s Halo Platform for Advanced BVLOS Communications

Halo offers Elsight’s ‘6th Sense’, the first Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered connectivity solution for drones, UAVs and other unmanned systems

May 09, 2022
Leading UAS Centers Enter Agreement to Share Facilities & Services

The partnership between Near Space Corporation (Tillamook UAS) and UAS Denmark Test Center will allow customers to easily transition their validation testing and demonstration flights between the EU and United States

May 06, 2022
Inmarsat Expands Velaris Partner Network to Support BVLOS Drone Operations

The Velaris Partner Network is bolstered by the addition of software company Dimetor, which facilitates BVLOS operations in cellular networks, and Bellwether Industries, a UAM solutions provider for intra-city travel

May 06, 2022
EMCORE Acquires L3Harris Space & Navigation Business 

The acquisition expands EMCORE’s inertial navigation product portfolio and addressable market with the addition of navigation and strategic grade gyro and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) products

May 06, 2022
skyEcho Portable ADS-B Transceiver Now Available in New Zealand

uAvionix’s skyEcho can be used by general aviation aircraft to enhance their visibility and increase situational awareness through ADS-B OUT and IN

May 06, 2022
European Glider Service Center Launched in UK 

Based at the National Oceanography Center’s engineering hub in Southampton, the center offers services including sensor calibrations and pressure testing to Teledyne Slocum glider owners from across Europe

May 06, 2022
Advanced Navigation Acquires Photonic Sensing Technology Company 

Vai Photonics will join Advanced Navigation to commercialize its research into innovative autonomous and robotic applications across land, air, sea and space

May 06, 2022
DriX USV Completes Remote Survey of Offshore Wind Farm

iXblue's USV acquired accurate and high-resolution bathymetric data, controlled remotely via 4G and satellite communications

May 05, 2022
Locally-Built Extra Large AUVs for Royal Australian Navy

Anduril Industries and the Australian Defense Force are partnering to develop modular, customizable XL-AUVs that can be optimized with a variety of payloads for military and non-military missions

May 05, 2022
SwissDrones Granted European Drone Operator License by Transport Malta

The certificate allows SwissDrones to self-authorize flight operations of its SDO50 V2 unmanned helicopters across EASA countries, including Beyond Visual Line Of Sight operations within the limits of the certificate

May 05, 2022
US Navy Guided Missile Destroyer Launches First Aerosonde UAV

Integrated into the ship’s combat systems, the Aerosonde from Textron Systems is equipped to deliver day/night full-motion video, wide area surveillance, communications relay, signals intelligence and more

May 05, 2022
Lifeseeker Mini Wins AUVSI XCELLENCE Award 

CENTUM Research & Technology’s Lifeseeker Mini is an airborne system for search and rescue on UAVs, capable of locating missing people through their cell phones

May 05, 2022
Rajant Kinetic Mesh Enables Continuous Machine-to-Machine Connectivity

The Rajant Kinetic Mesh Radio Kit for Boston Dynamics ships with a Rajant ES1 radio mounted on Spot and three standalone Kinetic Mesh radios; these radios are pre-configured to sync together out of the box with ease of deployment

May 05, 2022
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