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.

Drone Remote Identification Service Launched in Switzerland
Drone Remote Identification Service Launched in Switzerland

ANRA Technologies, in conjunction with the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) and Swiss U-Space Implementation (SUSI), has launched...

Dec 04, 2020
Velodyne Lidar Systems Selected for Autonomous Heavy Commercial Trucks
Velodyne Lidar Systems Selected for Autonomous Heavy Commercial Trucks

Velodyne Lidar has entered into an agreement with Ford Otosan to provide its Velarray H800 lidar sensors for product development...

Dec 04, 2020
Bynav Introduces GNSS Receivers for High-Volume Robotics
Bynav Introduces GNSS Receivers for High-Volume Robotics

Bynav has released two new GNSS receivers designed for high-volume markets such as autonomous vehicles, V2X (vehicle-to-everything) and robotics. The...

Dec 03, 2020
New Versions of Auterion Enterprise PX4 & Mission Control Released
New Versions of Auterion Enterprise PX4 & Mission Control Released

Auterion has released new versions of its Auterion Enterprise PX4 drone operating system and control software and Auterion Mission Control...

Dec 03, 2020
Unmanned Mine Countermeasures System Ordered by British & French Navies
Unmanned Mine Countermeasures System Ordered by British & French Navies

Thales has begun the production phase of its Maritime Mine Counter Measures (MMCM) program in order to deliver eight unmanned...

Dec 03, 2020
Boeing Completes Autonomous Teaming Test Flights
Boeing Completes Autonomous Teaming Test Flights

Boeing has completed a series of flight tests with five autonomously-operating high-performance surrogate jets using artificial intelligence to work together...

Dec 03, 2020
T-DRONES Develops Multirotor UAVs and Drone Propulsion Systems
T-DRONES Develops Multirotor UAVs and Drone Propulsion Systems

T-DRONES, a leading developer of compact, reliable quadcopter and hexacopter UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), as well as propulsion systems and...

Dec 02, 2020
iXblue USBL Offered by Subsea Technology & Rentals
iXblue USBL Offered by Subsea Technology & Rentals

iXblue’s new Gaps M5 USBL has been selected by global rental company Subsea Technology & Rentals (STR) as an addition...

Dec 02, 2020
Sky Power Expands Range of UAV Engine Starter Generators
Sky Power Expands Range of UAV Engine Starter Generators

Sky Power has expanded its range of starter generators for UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) engines with the launch of the...

Dec 02, 2020
Gremsy Introduces Integration Kit for Phase One iXM Cameras & M600 Drones
Gremsy Introduces Integration Kit for Phase One iXM Cameras & M600 Drones

Gremsy has launched a new integration kit that enables plug-and-play connectivity between Phase One’s iXM series of professional high-resolution UAV...

Dec 02, 2020
Inspired Flight Selects European Distributor for Heavy-Lift Drones
Inspired Flight Selects European Distributor for Heavy-Lift Drones

Inspired Flight has partnered with commercial robotics and drone technology provider Level Five Supplies as the company expands into the...

Dec 02, 2020
UAVOS Launches New Servo Actuators
UAVOS Launches New Servo Actuators

UAVOS has launched its new Xservo series of servo actuators, which features an embedded CANopen/EtherCAT motion controller that allows users...

Dec 02, 2020
WingtraOne Drone Deployed for Wildfire Damage Assessment
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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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