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.

Velodyne LiDAR Solutions Integrated into Autonomous Baggage Transportation

Velodyne Lidar has entered into an agreement to provide its Ultra Puck LiDAR sensors to ThorDrive, an autonomous technology company...

Feb 12, 2021
NVIDIA-Based AI Carrier Board Developed for Direct Camera Integration

Connect Tech has partnered with machine vision technology developer FRAMOS to create a new carrier board designed specifically for NVIDIA...

Feb 12, 2021
Hyundai Unveils New UGV Concept

Hyundai Motor Group has unveiled the concept for the newest member of its Ultimate Mobility Vehicle (UMV) line. TIGER (Transforming...

Feb 12, 2021
SBG Systems INS Integrated with UAV SATCOM Terminal

SBG Systems’ Ellipse-D GNSS-aided INS (inertial navigation system) has been integrated with Cobham’s Aviator UAV 200 terminal and compatibility between...

Feb 11, 2021
Autonomy and Wireless-Helm Technology for Ship-Build Customers

Sea Machines’ autonomous and wireless-helm systems will be incorporated as standard features in Damen Shipyards Group’s global vessel build catalogue...

Feb 11, 2021
Teledyne CARIS Receives Funding for Remote Ocean Mapping

Teledyne CARIS has received significant funding from Canada’s Ocean Supercluster award to develop software for remote operations survey processing, in...

Feb 11, 2021
Autonomous Target Prototype for USAF

tpgroup alongside Mountain Horse Solutions, a U.S. Defense and Mission Critical Equipment Supplier, and Digital Concepts Engineering Ltd (DCE), has...

Feb 11, 2021
Rugged Battery Packs for Off-Highway Vehicles

Vanguard (Briggs & Stratton) will introduce its rugged lithium-ion battery solutions, originally developed in conjunction with ARGO for the J8...

Feb 11, 2021
Development Continues on Manta Ray Long-Range UUV Project

DARPA has continued development of its Manta Ray unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) project with the award of three contracts to...

Feb 11, 2021
Whitepaper: Pluggable Optical Transceivers for Harsh Environments

Cinch Connectivity Solutions has released a whitepaper detailing the advantages of its Front Load Pluggable (FNx) optical transceiver family, designed...

Feb 11, 2021
Innovation in Autonomous Vehicle Development for Harsh Environments

Equipped to handle the harsh and often unpredictable operating challenges found in edge environments, Crystal Group’s rugged AV servers deliver the critical combination of robust compute power with hardened physical assets.

Feb 10, 2021
Inertial Labs MRU Integrated with Offshore Winch Drives

Inertial Labs’ Motion Reference Unit (MRU) has been selected by motion solutions and industrial robotics firm ABB for integration into...

Feb 10, 2021
High-Altitude Variant of USV/UUV Navigation System Introduced

Sonardyne has released a new high-altitude variant of its SPRINT-Nav hybrid navigation system for unmanned surface vessels (USVs) and unmanned...

Feb 10, 2021
Iris Automation Joins WEF Global Innovators Community

Iris Automation has been invited to join the World Economic Forum’s Global Innovators community, an invitation-only group of leading start-ups...

Feb 09, 2021
High-Pressure Valve Developed for UAV Hydrogen Transportation

Intelligent Energy has launched a new addition to its range of hydrogen fuel cell modules and accessories for unmanned aerial...

Feb 09, 2021
Land Trials for Northstar Autonomous Navigation System

tpgroup has been developing Northstar autonomous navigation software, designed to safely navigate an unmanned vehicle across a remote landscape, miles...

Feb 09, 2021
Micro IFF UAS Transponder Receives DoD AIMS Certification

Sagetech Avionics has been awarded the world’s first 17-1000 Mark XIIB certification by the U.S. Department of Defense AIMS Program...

Feb 08, 2021
Mobile Counter-Drone Solution Launched

DroneShield and Trakka Systems have partnered to develop the TIPS-C (Trakka Interceptor Package Solution), a new counter-UAS (unmanned aerial systems)...

Feb 08, 2021
Microdrones to Premiere New Episodes of UAV Surveying Series

Microdrones has created three new episodes of its “Down to Earth” reality series, which focuses on the challenges and hazards...

Feb 08, 2021
Military-Grade, Anti-Jam GNSS Antennas & Receivers Released

Meteksan Defence has recently completed the development of its Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) antenna and receivers, which have been...

Feb 08, 2021
Successful Long Endurance Flight of Solar-Hybrid UAS

Packet Digital and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have performed a successful first test flight of their jointly developed...

Feb 08, 2021
AUVSI Expands Elite Group of Training Providers

Warren Community College of Washington, New Jersey has become the latest program provider for the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems...

Feb 06, 2021
RoboBusiness Direct announces latest integrated series of presentations

RoboBusiness Direct has announced details of the latest integrated series of presentations, designed to provide increased educational options and extended...

Feb 05, 2021
Article: Evolution of Circular Connectors for Modern UAVs

Omnetics has released the following article detailing how the the increasingly challenging requirements of modern unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have...

Feb 05, 2021
Harxon Provides Positioning, Tracking & Surveying Antennas for Drones & Robots

Harxon, a leading developer of high-precision GNSS antennas for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), UGVs (unmanned ground vehicles) and robotic systems,...

Feb 05, 2021
New Long-Endurance AUV Developed for Extended Missions

Kongsberg Maritime has launched the next generation of its advanced HUGIN Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), the HUGIN Endurance. The new...

Feb 04, 2021
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