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.

New Multi-Mission Radar for Early UAV Detection & Ground Surveillance
New Multi-Mission Radar for Early UAV Detection & Ground Surveillance

Thales has unveiled a new ground based multi-mission radar for force protection, with unique simultaneous ground and low-level air surveillance...

Oct 11, 2021
SOSA-Aligned Rugged Graphics & GPGPU Card Launched
SOSA-Aligned Rugged Graphics & GPGPU Card Launched

EIZO Rugged Solutions has introduced the Condor GR5S-RTX5000, a rugged OpenVPX 3U form factor graphics and GPGPU card based around...

Oct 08, 2021
Drone Racing Partnership to Develop the Sport’s Future Pilots
Drone Racing Partnership to Develop the Sport’s Future Pilots

In this article, the team at Warren Community College, New Jersey explain how partnering with the Drone Zone team to host a drone racing competition has led the college to now offer interested students on their Unmanned Systems Training Program additional training to become racers.

Oct 08, 2021
Subsea Positioning Technology for Deep-Water Construction
Subsea Positioning Technology for Deep-Water Construction

iXblue’s new subsea positioning technology has been successfully deployed by survey provider UTEC on a world-class ultra-deep water field development...

Oct 08, 2021
YellowScan Selects New European Distributor
YellowScan Selects New European Distributor

YellowScan has selected MOST Robotics as the newest member of the global distribution network for the company’s UAV (unmanned aerial...

Oct 07, 2021
Webinar: New Long-Range Drone LiDAR System
Webinar: New Long-Range Drone LiDAR System

Microdrones has announced a special webinar presentation on its new mdLIDAR1000LR, a drone-based LiDAR system developed in conjunction with GE...

Oct 07, 2021
New BVLOS UAV Includes Detect & Avoid Solution
New BVLOS UAV Includes Detect & Avoid Solution

Applied Aeronautics has developed a new version of its Albatross UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) designed for BVLOS (beyond visual line...

Oct 07, 2021
Royal Netherlands Navy Acquires ASW Training Targets
Royal Netherlands Navy Acquires ASW Training Targets

The Dutch Royal Navy has acquired 7 SEMA ASW (anti-submarine warfare) training targets by RTsys. The unmanned underwater training targets,...

Oct 07, 2021
New GPS Anti-Jam Technology with Enhanced GNSS Tracking
New GPS Anti-Jam Technology with Enhanced GNSS Tracking

Hexagon | NovAtel has updated its GPS Anti-Jam Technology (GAJT) portfolio with the introduction of the new GAJT-710 product line....

Oct 07, 2021
Increasing Drone Flight Time and Lift Capacity
Increasing Drone Flight Time and Lift Capacity

Tyto Robotics has released an article detailing an optimization process for extending the flight time and lift capacity of UAVs...

Oct 06, 2021
Upgraded Inertial Sensors Released for Marine Applications
Upgraded Inertial Sensors Released for Marine Applications

Silicon Sensing has confirmed that it will be introducing new MEMS-based inertial sensors at the Ocean Business 2021 exhibition. These...

Oct 06, 2021
US Navy Tests Target Drone
US Navy Tests Target Drone

The US Navy has tested its next-generation BQM-177A sub-sonic aerial target (SSAT) drone in the Western Pacific with the help...

Oct 05, 2021
Interoperability for Multi-Domain Robotic Vehicles
Interoperability for Multi-Domain Robotic Vehicles

SeeByte has been awarded a contract by the UK’s Dstl (Defence Science and Technology Laboratory) to continue work with the...

Oct 05, 2021
Drone Fleet Command via Web Browser & 5G
Drone Fleet Command via Web Browser & 5G

Advanced Navigation has released a new SaaS (software as a service) platform that allows users to connect, monitor and control...

Oct 05, 2021
North American Monsoon Research with UAS
North American Monsoon Research with UAS

Anemoment has released a case study highlighting how its TriSonica Mini wind and weather sensor has been used by researchers...

Oct 05, 2021
Charles River Analytics Expands Drone Research for Natural Disaster Relief
Charles River Analytics Expands Drone Research for Natural Disaster Relief

The Semi-autonomous Capabilities for the Operation of Uncrewed Teams (SCOUT) effort aims to improve the speed, accuracy, and efficiency of disaster relief efforts through enhanced autonomy capabilities

Oct 05, 2021
UTM Provider Selected for BVLOS Trials in India
UTM Provider Selected for BVLOS Trials in India

Altitude Angel has announced that its Guardian Unified Traffic Management (UTM) Enterprise platform will be used by a further three...

Oct 05, 2021
Partnership to Explore Autonomy Development for Military UGVs
Partnership to Explore Autonomy Development for Military UGVs

Otokar and Milrem Robotics signed a teaming agreement during DSEI 2021 to merge experience and resources for autonomy development and...

Oct 05, 2021
Anzen Engineering Provides Systems Safety & Reliability Engineering for UAVs
Anzen Engineering Provides Systems Safety & Reliability Engineering for UAVs

Anzen Engineering, a leading provider of systems safety and reliability engineering services for manufacturers of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and...

Oct 05, 2021
UAS ISR Simulator System Launched
UAS ISR Simulator System Launched

Inzpire Limited’s Mission Training Devices Division has launched a new deployable simulator for UAS (unmanned aerial system) ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) training. The CASE (Compact Agile Simulator Equipment) UAS/ISR is designed to deliver cost-effective training to the trainee at the point of need. The entire system, which runs on two NUC Skull Canyon small form computers with 2080 graphics cards, is contained within ruggedised pelicases, is easily one-person portable, and can be set up ready for training within minutes.

Oct 01, 2021
BVLOS Drone Testing at Cranfield University
BVLOS Drone Testing at Cranfield University

Plymouth Rock Technologies (PRT) has provided custom drones and training services to Cranfield University for beyond visual line of sight...

Oct 01, 2021
High Voltage Relay Integrated into BepiColombo Spacecraft
High Voltage Relay Integrated into BepiColombo Spacecraft

TE Connectivity has confirmed that its KILOVAC high-voltage relay has been integrated into the unmanned BepiColombo spacecraft, which is set...

Oct 01, 2021
Lorenz Technology Selects European Reseller for Intelligent Drone Solutions
Lorenz Technology Selects European Reseller for Intelligent Drone Solutions

Lorenz Technology has selected technology distributor EET Group as the official reseller throughout Europe for the company’s software solutions for...

Oct 01, 2021
Drone Countermeasure Exercise Conducted by INTERPOL
Drone Countermeasure Exercise Conducted by INTERPOL

INTERPOL and the Norwegian Police have carried out a three-day exercise to evaluate and test drone countermeasures in a secure...

Oct 01, 2021
GNSS Solutions for Mining and Quarrying
GNSS Solutions for Mining and Quarrying

CHC Navigation (CHCNAV) has released a case study detailing how its GNSS positioning technologies have been used on the island...

Sep 30, 2021
GNSS-Free Geopositioning Software for UAVs
GNSS-Free Geopositioning Software for UAVs

ProTrack has confirmed that it will be showcasing its GNSS-free positioning software solutions for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) at the...

Sep 30, 2021
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