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.

BVLOS Drone Operations Conducted Over North Sea

uAvionix’ ping200X transponder and truFYX GPS receiver have recently been used by UAS (unmanned aerial systems) operators Flylogix to conduct...

Dec 31, 2020
Industrial Drone Achieves FAA Type Certification Milestone

Union Robotics has achieved a milestone on the path to FAA type certification for its Meadowhawk dielectric industrial UAV (unmanned...

Dec 31, 2020
New Drone Airframe Design Uses Additive Moulding

Skydio has partnered with manufacturing technology firm Arris to develop a new drone airframe design that leverages Arris’ Additive Molding...

Dec 31, 2020
First Flight Performed with New Global Hawk UAV Ground Station

Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully completed the first flight with its Global Hawk UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) using the new...

Dec 31, 2020
BAE Systems Unveils Nano ‘Bug’ Drone

BAE Systems, in collaboration with UAVTEK, has developed a nano “Bug” drone weighing just 196g and boasting a 2km range....

Dec 29, 2020
FAA Issues Remote ID Drone Rules

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced long-awaited final rules for Unmanned Aircraft (UAS, UAV, drones)....

Dec 29, 2020
REMUS 100 UUVs Delivered to German Navy

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) has delivered a batch of new REMUS 100 unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) to the German Navy....

Dec 29, 2020
Autonomous Transport Drone Carries 110 lb Payload

Bell’s Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) has completed a test flight carrying 110 lbs. of payload over an 8-mile route at their...

Dec 29, 2020
Autonomous Profiling Floats to Monitor Greenland’s Coastal Glaciers

Teledyne Marine has provided NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) with three APEX (Autonomous Profiling Explorer) profiling floats, which will be...

Dec 24, 2020
uAvionix Develops Communications, Navigation & Surveillance Solutions for UAS

uAvionix, a leading developer of safety solutions for the unmanned aviation industry, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) to...

Dec 23, 2020
Loyal Wingman UAS Conducts First High-Speed Taxi Test

Boeing Australia, in conjunction with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), has completed the first high-speed taxi test of the...

Dec 23, 2020
Prototype Drone Airspace Management System Tested

Thales and Telstra have jointly developed a prototype of a system designed to safely integrate manned and unmanned aircraft operations,...

Dec 23, 2020
Tethered Drone-Based LTE Network Deployed

COMSovereign’s Drone Aviation business unit has delivered its first fully integrated LTE network, based on a new tethered drone-based aerial...

Dec 22, 2020
Hermes StarLiner UAS Selected for Environmental Protection in Canada

Elbit Systems’ Hermes StarLiner Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has been selected by Public Services and Procurement Canada, on behalf of...

Dec 22, 2020
New OEM Drone Detect-And-Avoid Solution Developed

Sagetech Avionics has partnered with embedded computing specialist Hover, Inc. to provide an onboard detect-and-avoid (DAA) solution for OEMs of...

Dec 21, 2020
RIEGL USA Relocates to New Headquarters

RIEGL USA has relocated to a new state-of-the-art headquarters and training center in Winter Garden, Florida. The new premises have...

Dec 21, 2020
Battlefield UAV Communications System Reaches Combat Flight Milestone

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) gateway system, which is currently flown on four EQ-4B Block 20 Global...

Dec 18, 2020
Article: Everything You Need to Know About INS

Inertial Sense has released an article covering essential information on inertial navigation systems (INS). These systems calculate the position of...

Dec 18, 2020
Article: Why Drone Operators Must Train, Think and Act Like Crewed Aircraft Pilots

Commercial drone insurance provider Global Aerospace has released an article focusing on the benefits of a mindset among drone operators,...

Dec 18, 2020
Lorenz Technology Develops Solutions for Smart Drones & Robotics

Lorenz Technology, a specialist developer of hardware and software solutions for smart drone and robotics operations, has partnered with Unmanned...

Dec 18, 2020
AttritableONE UAV Flies in Formation with Fighter Aircraft

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has successfully completed a flight test with its AttritableONE UAS (unmanned aerial system), also known...

Dec 18, 2020
Sonardyne Acoustic & Inertial Technologies Selected for USV Fleet

Sonardyne’s acoustic communication and inertial navigation technologies have been selected to support an environmentally sustainable fleet of ocean-going, multi-role unmanned...

Dec 18, 2020
Portable Test Stand Developed for UAV Wankel Engine

Sky Power has developed a portable test stand for the company’s SP-180 SRE hybrid Wankel UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) engine....

Dec 18, 2020
Threod Systems Releases New Pneumatic UAV Launcher

Threod Systems has developed a new pneumatic launcher for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), the CATA. The launcher operates even in...

Dec 17, 2020
Robotic Skies to Expand Drone Support Services

Robotic Skies has received a new round of investment funding that will enable the company to continue to grow its...

Dec 16, 2020
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