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.

Heavy Lift Unmanned Helicopter Tested in High Altitude Mountains

Ziyan UAS has completed a flight test of the Blowfish A2 heavy lift VTOL UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) to demonstrate...

Jun 04, 2021
Bathymetric Surveys Conducted with UAV and Echo Sounder

Drone service provider ERELIS has recently used a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) equipped with a single-beam echo sounder to conduct...

Jun 04, 2021
Air-Deployed UAS Developed for Atmospheric Sampling

The following article is based on a news released authored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Black Swift...

Jun 03, 2021
iXblue USV Deployed for Shipwreck Search

A DriX unmanned surface vessel (USV), designed, developed and operated by iXblue, has been deployed as part of a research...

Jun 03, 2021
RIEGL Updates Kinematic LiDAR Data Processing Software

RIEGL has released an updated version of RiPROCESS, the company’s project-oriented software for the managing and processing of airborne, mobile...

Jun 02, 2021
Operational Capabilities of Maritime Autonomous Systems to be Enhanced

SeeByte and Sonardyne have been awarded funding by the UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) for phase 2 of...

Jun 02, 2021
Orbital UAV Engine Delivered to Singapore Defense Company

Orbital UAV has confirmed the delivery of the first UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) engine system to one of Singapore’s largest...

Jun 02, 2021
Integrated Drone LiDAR Solution Unveiled

YellowScan and Acecore Technologies have collaborated to develop a fully integrated UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) LiDAR solution that combines the...

Jun 02, 2021
Case Study: GNSS/INS Sensor Combined with AI Enables Driverless Trucks

Inertial sensing technology expert Xsens has released a case study detailing the use of the MTi-Series sensor in autonomous driving advancements...

Jun 02, 2021
Human Pancreas Transported via Unmanned Aircraft

UAS (unmanned aerial systems) solutions provider MissionGO and organ procurement organization LifeSource have carried out the first ever test flight...

Jun 01, 2021
Using Data to Calibrate LiDAR and INS

OxTS has released an article explaining how to use data to confirm the relative displacement and orientation between a LiDAR...

Jun 01, 2021
SightLine Releases Updated Video Processor Software

SightLine Applications has released the newest software update for the company’s onboard video processing solutions for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles)...

May 31, 2021
New Unmanned Helicopter Features Four-Hour Flight Time

ANAVIA has released its first helicopter UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), an advanced system that delivers up to 240 minutes of...

May 31, 2021
Stratospheric HAPS UAV Flies at 64,000 Feet

Sceye has successfully launched, flown and landed its stratospheric HAPS (high-altitude platform station) UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), reaching an altitude...

May 30, 2021
Autonomous Flight Technology Tested on eVTOL Drone

Near Earth Autonomy’s autonomous flight technology is being tested on an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle...

May 30, 2021
Maritime Surveillance HALE UAV Reaches 40,000 Flight Hours

Northrop Grumman’s autonomous high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator (BAMS-D) UAV has surpassed 40,000 flight hours. The milestone was...

May 30, 2021
Collision Warning System for Drones Tested

HENSOLDT’s collision warning system for civil and military UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) has entered an advanced stage of development. The...

May 29, 2021
Sonardyne Introduces Portable Shallow-Water USBL Tracking System

Sonardyne has launched a new portable configuration of its Micro-Ranger 2 shallow-water Ultra-Short BaseLine (USBL) system, providing everything in one...

May 28, 2021
Vanguard Battery Packs Provided for Electrification Services

Vanguard has entered into an agreement with Technotrade in the Czech Republic to deliver fully electrified power solutions developed around...

May 28, 2021
Wireless Charging Kits Developed for UGVs

Clearpath Robotics has collaborated with autonomous charging and fleet energy management solutions provider WiBotic to develop wireless charging kits for...

May 27, 2021
Drone-Based Airport Surface Inspection Under Development

Silent Falcon UAS Technologies has been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop repeatable standardized processes and procedures...

May 27, 2021
Silvus Releases RoIP Software for MANET Radios

Silvus Technologies has released StreamLC, a new family of software apps designed to enable Radio Over IP (RoIP) voice communications...

May 27, 2021
World’s First Fully Digital FOG INS Launched

Advanced Navigation has launched its new range of fibre optic gyroscope inertial navigation systems (INS). Based on the company’s new...

May 27, 2021
Micro Gimbal for UAS ISR Demonstrated

AVT Australia has successfully demonstrated its CM62 micro gimbal for small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) to key personnel in the...

May 27, 2021
Iridium Chosen as Communications Partner for Mayflower Autonomous Ship

Iridium is providing its Iridium Certus weather-resilient broadband connectivity which can help remotely manage vessel operations aboard the Mayflower Autonomous Ship on its transatlantic crossing

May 27, 2021
Conformal Coatings Facility in Vietnam Achieves ISO 9001:2015 Certification

The Vietnam facility of conformal coatings specialist HZO has received the ISO 9001: 2015 certificate of registration to serve the company’s diverse customers further

May 27, 2021
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