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.

Autonomous Transport Drone Carries 110 lb Payload
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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 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 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
Featured Article: “Forging Inertial Synergy with Quartz MEMS and Fiber Optics”
Featured Article: “Forging Inertial Synergy with Quartz MEMS and Fiber Optics”

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

Dec 16, 2020
Data-Gathering and Communications USV Launched
Data-Gathering and Communications USV Launched

SeaTrac Systems has launched the SP-48, a persistent unmanned surface vessel (USV) designed to provide a flexible data-gathering and communications...

Dec 16, 2020
ARS Develops Inspection Drones & Mobile Command Centres
ARS Develops Inspection Drones & Mobile Command Centres

Aerial Response Solutions (ARS), a leading developer of long-range drones and mobile UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) command centers, has partnered...

Dec 16, 2020
New Oil-free Turbojet Engine for Tactical UAVs
New Oil-free Turbojet Engine for Tactical UAVs

PBS AEROSPACE Inc has introduced an oil-free variant of its TJ100 turbojet engine, the TJ100P. It has been developed in...

Dec 16, 2020
DARPA Gremlins UAS Project Completes Third Flight Test
DARPA Gremlins UAS Project Completes Third Flight Test

DARPA has performed the third series of flight tests with its unmanned X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicles (GAVs). Each of the...

Dec 16, 2020
Iris Automation to Expand BVLOS and UAV AI Capabilities
Iris Automation to Expand BVLOS and UAV AI Capabilities

Iris Automation has successfully secured $13 million in venture capital funding to further the development of advanced detection systems used...

Dec 16, 2020
UAVOS Tests New Heavy-Lift Unmanned Helicopter
UAVOS Tests New Heavy-Lift Unmanned Helicopter

UAVOS has performed the first successful flight of the Alpin UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), an unmanned helicopter developed in conjunction...

Dec 15, 2020
Sunhillo Develops Tracking & Monitoring Technology for UAVs
Sunhillo Develops Tracking & Monitoring Technology for UAVs

Sunhillo, a global leader in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveillance, monitoring and tracking, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”)...

Dec 15, 2020
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