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 and Landing UAS Unveiled
Short Takeoff and Landing UAS Unveiled

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has unveiled the Mojave Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), the company’s new UAS based on...

Dec 09, 2021
Royal Australian Navy Awards ScanEagle UAV Sustainment Contract
Royal Australian Navy Awards ScanEagle UAV Sustainment Contract

Insitu Pacific has been awarded a three-year contract extension by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) for the sustainment of its...

Dec 09, 2021
Collision Avoidance Assistance for Seafloor Systems USVs
Collision Avoidance Assistance for Seafloor Systems USVs

Seafloor Systems has launched a new Collision Avoidance Assist (CAA) package for the company’s range of USVs (unmanned surface vessels)....

Dec 09, 2021
DriX USV Selected by Polish Navy
DriX USV Selected by Polish Navy

iXblue has confirmed that its DriX USV (unmanned surface vessel) has been purchased by the Hydrographic Office of the Polish...

Dec 09, 2021
ROS2 Driver for NovAtel GNSS Receivers
ROS2 Driver for NovAtel GNSS Receivers

Hexagon | NovAtel has released its second purpose-built driver that allows easy incorporation of the company’s OEM7 range of GNSS...

Dec 08, 2021
Sky Power Provides UAS Engines for Plymouth Rock Technologies
Sky Power Provides UAS Engines for Plymouth Rock Technologies

Sky Power has entered into an agreement to provide unmanned technology developer Plymouth Rock Technologies (PRT) with its UAV engines...

Dec 08, 2021
New SMARC Module for High-Performance Robots and Drones
New SMARC Module for High-Performance Robots and Drones

ADLINK Technology Inc. has released the LEC-RB5 SMARC module, the company’s first SMARC Artificial Intelligence (AI)-on-Module based on a Qualcomm Technologies...

Dec 08, 2021
GUARDIAN Vision AI Software Selected by USV Developer
GUARDIAN Vision AI Software Selected by USV Developer

Marine AI has confirmed that its GUARDIAN Vision AI (artificial intelligence) software has been selected by USV (unmanned surface vessel)...

Dec 08, 2021
Enhanced Situational Awareness for Active Protection Systems
Enhanced Situational Awareness for Active Protection Systems

SeeByte has been awarded a contract by the UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) to create an advanced DNN...

Dec 08, 2021
USV Inspection of Hydroelectric Dam
USV Inspection of Hydroelectric Dam

OceanAlpha has released the following article detailing how its SL40 USV (unmanned surface vessel) has been used to inspect deep...

Dec 07, 2021
Automated Privacy Solution for Mobile Mapping Data
Automated Privacy Solution for Mobile Mapping Data

CHC Navigation (CHCNAV) has partnered with Celantur, a developer of automated solutions to anonymize personal data captured by mobile mapping...

Dec 07, 2021
Sky-Drones Provides Full Stack UAV Flight Control Solutions
Sky-Drones Provides Full Stack UAV Flight Control Solutions

Sky-Drones, a leading developer of advanced AI-powered avionics for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”)...

Dec 07, 2021
US Naval Surface Warfare Center Awards Counter-UAS Task Order
US Naval Surface Warfare Center Awards Counter-UAS Task Order

CACI International Inc. will support the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division under a new U.S. Department of Defense...

Dec 07, 2021
Test Flight of Hydrogen-Powered Drone Certified in Japan
Test Flight of Hydrogen-Powered Drone Certified in Japan

The successful test flight of the first certified hydrogen drone in Japan was enabled by H3 Dynamic’s AEROSTAK hydrogen fuel cell system

Dec 07, 2021
Censys Achieves 100% Approval Rate for FAA BVLOS Waivers
Censys Achieves 100% Approval Rate for FAA BVLOS Waivers

Censys Technologies has confirmed that it has has helped its commercial drone customers achieve Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) BVLOS (Beyond...

Dec 07, 2021
Sonardyne USBL System Selected for DoD Underwater Tracking
Sonardyne USBL System Selected for DoD Underwater Tracking

Sonardyne’s portable Micro-Ranger 2 Ultra-Short Baseline (USBL) system has been selected by undersea systems specialist Advanced Acoustic Concepts for incorporation...

Dec 07, 2021
11th Gen Intel Core-Based Edge Computing Modules
11th Gen Intel Core-Based Edge Computing Modules

Congatec has released a solution brief that highlights the company’s new edge computing modules based on Intel’s 11th Gen Core...

Dec 07, 2021
Drone-Based LiDAR Scanning & Orthophotography for Archaeology
Drone-Based LiDAR Scanning & Orthophotography for Archaeology

YellowScan has released a case study highlighting how its Surveyor Ultra UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) LiDAR solution has been used...

Dec 07, 2021
UAS Solution Provides Unmanned Air Traffic Management in France
UAS Solution Provides Unmanned Air Traffic Management in France

Thales‘ TopSky – UAS solution, a cloud-based platform for Unmanned Air Traffic Management (UTM), is now operational at Rennes airport...

Dec 06, 2021
DRONAMICS Black Swan Cargo UAV Unveiling
DRONAMICS Black Swan Cargo UAV Unveiling

DRONAMICS will unveil the first production unit of its full-scale Black Swan Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) during a live streamed...

Dec 03, 2021
AeroVironment Wins UAV Foreign Military Sales Contract
AeroVironment Wins UAV Foreign Military Sales Contract

AeroVironment, Inc. has received a $4 million firm-fixed-price U.S. Department of Defense Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract to provide Puma 3...

Dec 03, 2021
New UAV ISTAR Gimbal Launched
New UAV ISTAR Gimbal Launched

UKRSPECSYSTEMS has launched the USG-400, a multi-sensor and multi-purpose gimbal that combines a Sony Full HD EO sensor with 30x...

Dec 03, 2021
Concept UAV Envisions Future of Composite Airframe Design
Concept UAV Envisions Future of Composite Airframe Design

Composite Factory has unveiled a concept UAV airframe designed to demonstrate the possibilities for future production chassis. The demonstrator airframe takes into account key factors that must be considered when drone designs mature beyond early lifecycle stages and head towards full production. These factors, such as parts count and assembly time, can affect the marketability and overall cost of the final product.

Dec 02, 2021
AI Performance on MicroSys System-on-Module Platforms
AI Performance on MicroSys System-on-Module Platforms

MicroSys Electronics’ new embedded System-on-Module (SoM) platform miriac AIP-S32G274A, which is based on NXP S32G vehicle network processors, now supports...

Dec 02, 2021
V-200 Unmanned Helicopter Conducts Surveillance Flight Trials
V-200 Unmanned Helicopter Conducts Surveillance Flight Trials

UMS Skeldar has confirmed that its V-200 helicopter UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) has successfully completed a five-day series of surveillance...

Dec 02, 2021
Multibeam Echosounder Selected for Hydrographic USV
Multibeam Echosounder Selected for Hydrographic USV

Teledyne Marine has provided its new SeaBat T20-ASV multibeam echosounder to Maritime Robotics AS for integration into an Otter USV...

Dec 02, 2021
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