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.

World’s First Delivery Drones for Offshore Wind Farms
World’s First Delivery Drones for Offshore Wind Farms

Marco Polo Marine and F-drones will co-develop drones customized for deployment in Asia-Pacific, to send supplies and critical items to offshore wind installations

Mar 04, 2022
RTsys to Showcase New Remote Acoustic Buoy
RTsys to Showcase New Remote Acoustic Buoy

The company’s RUBHY remote acoustic buoy can record and transmit underwater noise and other oceanographic data in real time at distances of up to 10 km

Mar 04, 2022
Teledyne Marine Supplies USVs to United States Geological Survey
Teledyne Marine Supplies USVs to United States Geological Survey

The company will supply its Oceanscience USVs for remote controlled surveys and data collection, as well as payloads for current profiling, stream monitoring, discharge measurements and hydrographic surveys

Mar 04, 2022
GA-ASI Unveils New Autonomous Collaborative Platform
GA-ASI Unveils New Autonomous Collaborative Platform

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has unveiled Gambit, a new Autonomous Collaborative Platform (ACP) designed through digital engineering to...

Mar 03, 2022
Autonomous Underwater Resident Vehicle to be Used by Amsterdam’s Museum of the Canals
Autonomous Underwater Resident Vehicle to be Used by Amsterdam’s Museum of the Canals

The Autonomous Underwater Resident Vehicle (ARV-i), developed by Boxfish Research and powered by Transmark Subsea, will be used to create...

Mar 03, 2022
ArduPilot-Based Miniature Open Source Drone Platform Unveiled
ArduPilot-Based Miniature Open Source Drone Platform Unveiled

CubePilot has unveiled the Ardubee, a miniature multipurpose drone platform compatible with the CubePilot Ecosystem and incorporating the same H7 MCU flight controller as the Cube autopilot. In addition to the autopilot, the CubePilot Ecosystem includes a variety of accessories and carrier boards developed with significant support from the drone community and industry.

Mar 02, 2022
congatec Introduces New Intel Xeon D-Based COM-HPC Servers
congatec Introduces New Intel Xeon D-Based COM-HPC Servers

congatec has launched three new Server-on-Module families based on the brand-new Intel Xeon D processor family, formerly codenamed Ice Lake...

Mar 02, 2022
Southwest Antennas Releases New Concealment Antennas for Unmanned Systems
Southwest Antennas Releases New Concealment Antennas for Unmanned Systems

Southwest Antennas has released several new concealment antennas for operation in the L, S, and C-Bands. These compact and lightweight...

Mar 02, 2022
Iris Automation Receives FAA Approval for Autonomous BVLOS Flight
Iris Automation Receives FAA Approval for Autonomous BVLOS Flight

Iris Automation has confirmed that it has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to conduct an autonomous BVLOS...

Mar 02, 2022
Cambridge Pixel Releases New 3D Radar Tracker
Cambridge Pixel Releases New 3D Radar Tracker

Cambridge Pixel has launched a new software-based radar tracker designed for manufacturers and integrators of deployed E-scan (electronic scan) radars....

Mar 02, 2022
UAV Works Completes Forest Fire Monitoring Project
UAV Works Completes Forest Fire Monitoring Project

UAV Works has confirmed that it has successfully completed the ETHON Project, which aimed to develop an emergency management system...

Mar 01, 2022
Remote Operations Center Supports BVLOS Drone Operations in Australia 
Remote Operations Center Supports BVLOS Drone Operations in Australia 

Department 13 has unveiled its first Remote Operations Center (ROC) in Canberra, Australia to support the increased demand for Beyond...

Mar 01, 2022
GuardianUTM Cloud Chosen for Ordnance Survey Flight Planning Platform 
GuardianUTM Cloud Chosen for Ordnance Survey Flight Planning Platform 

Ordnance Survey will incorporate Altitude Angel’s GuardianUTM Cloud platform into its in-house survey planning software, which is used to determine...

Mar 01, 2022
New 3U OpenVPX Digital Signal Processing Engine Released
New 3U OpenVPX Digital Signal Processing Engine Released

Curtiss-Wright Defense Solutions has introduced the CHAMP-XD3, its highest performance, security-enhanced, 3U OpenVPX Digital Signal Processing (DSP) module. Based on...

Mar 01, 2022
New Rugged Embedded Computing Solutions Based on Intel Xeon D-1700 & D-2700 Processors
New Rugged Embedded Computing Solutions Based on Intel Xeon D-1700 & D-2700 Processors

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) has launched a new range of rugged embedded products based on Intel’s recently-unveiled Xeon D-1700 and...

Mar 01, 2022
NDAA-Compliant Albatross UAV Released
NDAA-Compliant Albatross UAV Released

Applied Aeronautics has confirmed that the company’s flagship Albatross UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) is now available in an NDAA (National...

Mar 01, 2022
Physical & Virtual Avenger UAVs Demonstrate Autonomous Search & Follow
Physical & Virtual Avenger UAVs Demonstrate Autonomous Search & Follow

As part of the company’s commitment to develop advanced unmanned autonomy, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) used a company-owned Avenger UAV and five hardware-in-the-loop synthetic Avengers to autonomously search and follow an artificially-generated adversary.  The live-virtual swarm utilized a simulated Infrared Search and Track (IRST) sensor network in addition to the government-furnished CODE autonomy engine to accomplish the mission.

Feb 28, 2022
New Sensing & Mitigation Solution for Unmanned Aerial Threats
New Sensing & Mitigation Solution for Unmanned Aerial Threats

DroneShield Limited and Teledyne FLIR are collaborating to extend Teledyne FLIR’s counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) thermal imaging sensing technology to...

Feb 28, 2022
EASA Grants Operational Authorisation for BVLOS Flights in Ireland
EASA Grants Operational Authorisation for BVLOS Flights in Ireland

This authorisation will allow A-techSYN to perform BVLOS flights out of Newcastle Airfield (EINC) in Wicklow/Ireland

Feb 25, 2022
Intelesence Develops Air Humidity & Temperature Sensors for Drone Weather Monitoring
Intelesence Develops Air Humidity & Temperature Sensors for Drone Weather Monitoring

Intelesence, a leading provider of technical services encompassing UAS (unmanned aerial systems), drone and aerospace design and systems engineering, has...

Feb 25, 2022
ComNav Technology Applies BeiDou GNSS Technology in Africa
ComNav Technology Applies BeiDou GNSS Technology in Africa

ComNav Technology has confirmed that it has completed a number of successful projects in Africa, applying BeiDou GNSS technology to...

Feb 25, 2022
New Version of OxTS LiDAR Georeferencing Software
New Version of OxTS LiDAR Georeferencing Software

OxTS has released version 2.0 of OxTS Georeferencer, a LiDAR georeferencing software package that surveyors can use alongside any OxTS...

Feb 25, 2022
Global Aerospace Develops Emerging Technology Unit
Global Aerospace Develops Emerging Technology Unit

Drone and aerospace insurance provider Global Aerospace has confirmed that it has formed a new Emerging Technology Unit, designed to...

Feb 24, 2022
UAVOS Introduces New UAV Platforms & Counter-Drone System
UAVOS Introduces New UAV Platforms & Counter-Drone System

UAVOS has confirmed that, in conjunction with Grade One Group member company MP3 International, it will be debuting a number...

Feb 24, 2022
Tethered Drones for Tactical Communications
Tethered Drones for Tactical Communications

Elistair has released an article covering a variety of aspects of tethered UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) use for tactical communications....

Feb 24, 2022
New Coaxial RPA Under US DoD Flight Trials
New Coaxial RPA Under US DoD Flight Trials

Phenix Solutions is flight testing its new Coaxial Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), the Phenix Ultra 2XL, with the U.S. Air...

Feb 23, 2022
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