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.

Ocean Infinity Expands Armada USV Fleet

Marine robotics operator Ocean Infinity has begun the expansion of its Armada fleet of USVs (unmanned surface vessels) and AUVs...

Nov 23, 2020
UAV and Canine Search and Rescue Demonstrated

Scientific Systems Company, Inc. (SSCI) has conducted research for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Innovation Office (I2O)...

Nov 22, 2020
BVLOS Drone Pipeline Monitoring Solution Under Development

Thales is working with French gas operator Teréga to develop a gas pipeline monitoring solution based on BVLOS (beyond visual...

Nov 22, 2020
FLIR Provides Centaur UGVs to US Armed Forces

FLIR Systems has been awarded a contract to provide the United States Army, Air Force, and Navy with over 250...

Nov 21, 2020
Elios 2 Inspection Drone Deployed at Chernobyl

Flyability’s Elios 2 inspection drone has been used to conduct a mission at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in order...

Nov 21, 2020
DJI Unveils New Agricultural Spraying Drone

DJI has unveiled the Agras T20, a high-performance and intelligent precision agriculture drone designed for spraying applications. The autonomous UAV...

Nov 21, 2020
Rapid High-Precision GNSS PPP Technology Developed

Hexagon’s Autonomy & Positioning division has developed new precise point positioning (PPP) that enables nearly instant global centimeter-level accuracy. The...

Nov 20, 2020
uAvionix to Provide C2 Infrastructure and Service for BVLOS UAS Network

uAvionix has confirmed that it is providing terrestrial command and control (C2) infrastructure as well as a cloud-based C2 service...

Nov 20, 2020
Closed-door ICA Summit 2021 Announced

A brand new Innovation Connectivity Autonomous (ICA) Summit will be taking place from the 19 – 20 April 2021 in...

Nov 19, 2020
New High-Performance Miniature IMU for Unmanned Systems Launched

Advanced Navigation has introduced Motus 2, the second generation of the company’s ultra-high performance MEMS IMU (inertial measurement unit). Incorporating...

Nov 19, 2020
Preliminary Design Review Completed for Statewide BVLOS Drone Network

Thales has successfully completed the preliminary design review for the key site implementation of a statewide unmanned aerial systems (UAS)...

Nov 19, 2020
First Drone Delivery to a Submarine Performed

Skyfront’s long-endurance hybrid-electric Perimeter UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) has been used to perform the first ever ship-to-submarine delivery with a...

Nov 19, 2020
Drone Inspection & Asset Digitalization for the Wind Industry

Scopito has released the following interview with the company’s CEO and founder, Ken Falk. Scopito is a cloud-based, AI-assisted data...

Nov 19, 2020
MPL Provides PCB Manufacturing Services for Unmanned Systems

MPL, Inc., a leading manufacturer of printed circuit board assemblies and specialist in surface mount technology (SMT), has partnered with...

Nov 18, 2020
UKRSPECSYSTEMS Releases New UAV Bungee Catapult Launcher

UKRSPECSYSTEMS has released the SCL-1A, a new bungee catapult launcher for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) that is designed to provide...

Nov 18, 2020
Synthetic Aperture Sonar Integrated into Teledyne Gavia AUVs

Teledyne Gavia has integrated the Kraken Robotics MINSAS Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Sonar (SAS) into its AUVs (Autonomous Underwater Vehicles). The...

Nov 18, 2020
Tri-Band Bidirectional Amplifier for ISR Radios Introduced

NuWaves Engineering has introduced the NuPower Xtender SCISR-20, a tri-band, solid-state, bidirectional amplifier designed to support secure common data link...

Nov 17, 2020
EMSA Surveillance UAV Deployed in Romania

Nordic Unmanned has provided unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveillance services via the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to Romania’s Border...

Nov 17, 2020
Fifth NATO RQ-4D Phoenix UAS Delivered

Northrop Grumman has successfully ferried the fifth NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) RQ-4D unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), via a non-stop...

Nov 17, 2020
Elsight Explains BVLOS Connectivity for UAS

Elsight has achieved a number of milestones with its flagship Halo connectivity platform for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). With over...

Nov 16, 2020
Euronaval 2020 Online Exhibition Report

The Euronaval 2020 naval defense exhibition took place entirely digitally for the first time in the show’s history, featuring 7...

Nov 16, 2020
BVLOS Drone Research Consortium Formed in UK

Drone management software developer Dronecloud is leading a consortium that is researching innovative Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) technologies...

Nov 15, 2020
NVIDIA Turing-Based GPGPU Card Launched for Defense AI Applications

EIZO Rugged Solutions has launched the Condor GR5-RTX5000, a fully-ruggedized 3U VPX form factor graphics and GPGPU (general purpose graphics...

Nov 15, 2020
New GNSS Base Station Receiver for Drone Mapping

ComNav Technology has launched a new UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) mapping solution that utilises the company’s high-accuracy T300 Plus GNSS...

Nov 15, 2020
Rheinmetall Mission Master UGV Trialled by Dutch Army

Rheinmetall’s Mission Master UGV (unmanned ground vehicle) has been selected to undergo a two-year Concept Development & Experimentation (CD&E) program...

Nov 15, 2020
V-BAT VTOL UAV Selected for Maritime Counter-Narcotics Missions

Martin UAV has successfully demonstrated the shipboard integration of its V-BAT Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)....

Nov 15, 2020
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