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.

WingtraOne Drone Deployed for Wildfire Damage Assessment

Wingtra’s WingtraOne VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) mapping UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) has been deployed by the Lafayette City Police...

Dec 01, 2020
Drone Delivery Trials for COVID-19 Test Kits

Flirtey has partnered with medical services provider Vault Health to test drone delivery of the first FDA-authorized saliva test for...

Dec 01, 2020
Increased Integration of Fischer Connector’s Plug & Use Freedom™ Series

Wearable connectivity solutions are now easier to integrate into flexible structures using Fischer Connectors versatile plug & use Fischer Freedom™...

Dec 01, 2020
Dynautics Adds Hover Functionality to USV Autopilot

Dynautics has upgraded its E-Boat autopilot module for USVs (unmanned surface vessels) with the addition of hover functionality, which allows...

Nov 30, 2020
Miniature Power Amplifier for C- and ISM Bands Introduced

NuWaves Engineering has released the NuPower C10R01, a miniature smart solid-state power amplifier designed to improve radio performance for applications...

Nov 30, 2020
Teledyne Optech Opens New European Service Center

Teledyne Optech has opened a new customer service center dedicated to servicing equipment purchased by the company’s European customers. Teledyne...

Nov 30, 2020
New Version of LiDAR Georeferencing Software Released

OxTS has released a new version of its LiDAR georeferencing software, OxTS Georeferencer, which combines inertial data from the company’s...

Nov 30, 2020
Sea Trials Program for tpgroup’s Autonomous Navigation System

tpgroup’s patent pending Northstar (N*) autonomous navigation system will conclude a 4 week sea trails programme in December 2020. This...

Nov 30, 2020
Raptor Photonics Selects New Distributor for India

Raptor Photonics has selected S M Creative Electronics Ltd (SMCEL) to distribute the company’s full range of camera solutions in...

Nov 29, 2020
Indago 3 UAV to be Provided to the Norwegian Armed Forces

Nordic Unmanned has been awarded a contract by the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency to provide Lockheed Martin’s Indago 3 UAS...

Nov 29, 2020
Research Conducted for DARPA NOMARS USV

Gibbs & Cox’s DLBA naval architecture and marine engineering division has been selected to support DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office (TTO)...

Nov 29, 2020
US Air Force Selects New Radar-Based Counter-Drone System

The United States Air Force (USAF) has acquired a CUAS (counter-unmanned aerial systems) radar system from Black Sage that will...

Nov 28, 2020
Autonomous Drone-Launching Security UGV Under Development

Stealth Technologies and Planck AeroSystems have entered into an agreement to develop a capability for Stealth’s autonomous unmanned ground vehicle...

Nov 28, 2020
High-Frequency Sonars Selected for Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force UUVs

Thales and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have entered into a contract to provide Thales’ SAMDIS High Frequency Synthetic Aperture Sonar...

Nov 27, 2020
Helikite Tactical Aerostat Provided to Defense Program

Carolina Unmanned Vehicles (CUV) has delivered two of the company’s 45 cubic meter Allsopp Helikite tactical unmanned aerostats to support...

Nov 26, 2020
Topcon Partners with Hybrid Mapping Drone Manufacturer

Topcon has entered into partnership with Atmos UAV, a Dutch manufacturer of hybrid VTOL/fixed-wing drones for mapping and surveying. Topcon’s...

Nov 26, 2020
Ziyan Develops High-Performance Electric Unmanned Helicopters & Avionics

Ziyan UAS, a leading manufacturer of electric unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for civilian, industrial and defense applications, has partnered with...

Nov 26, 2020
AI-Powered Sensing Technology to be Developed for MQ-9 UAS

  General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Joint Artificial...

Nov 25, 2020
Rheinmetall Unveils New Autonomous UGV

Rheinmetall has unveiled the latest member of its Mission Master autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) family, the Mission Master –...

Nov 25, 2020
C-Astral Receives Investment from Global Industrial Drone Provider

C-Astral Aerospace has received an investment from global industrial drone solutions provider Terra Drone Corporation, based in Japan. The partnership...

Nov 25, 2020
CONTROP Launches New Ground-Based C-UAS Surveillance System

CONTROP Precision Technologies has launched the SPEED-LR, the company’s newest long-range ground observation system for counter-UAS (unmanned aerial system) and...

Nov 25, 2020
Target UUVs Delivered to French Navy

RTSYS has delivered two of its new SEMA-MKII target UUVs (unmanned underwater vehicles) to the French Navy, under a contract...

Nov 25, 2020
Long-Range Delivery Drone Successfully Tested

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has successfully performed a series of tests with its Robin XL unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The...

Nov 25, 2020
Real-Time LTE Urban Drone Monitoring System Under Development

Kongsberg Geospatial has partnered with Unifly to develop a real-time UAS (unmanned aerial system) identification and tracking system that integrates...

Nov 24, 2020
New ASV for Professional Surveying Unveiled

SeaRobotics Corporation (SRC) has unveiled the company’s next-generation utility-class ASV (autonomous surface vessel), the SR-Utility 3.0. This new unmanned vessel...

Nov 24, 2020
SDN500 INS Achieves Success in CAST Navigation Ultra-High-Altitude Flight Simulation

EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of advanced mixed-signal products that serve the aerospace & defense and broadband communications markets, has...

Nov 24, 2020
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