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.

Polish Navy Acquires Tethered Minehunting UUV

Kraken Robotics has entered into a contract to provide minehunting systems to the Polish Navy. The company will deliver its...

Sep 10, 2020
Hermes 900 UAS Demonstrated to UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency

The United Kingdom Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has performed a series of successful flight trials with the Elbit Systems...

Sep 10, 2020
Article: New Technology Developments in Microelectronics

San Francisco Circuits (SFC), a provider of PCB (printed circuit board) fabrication, assembly and test services for unmanned systems and...

Sep 10, 2020
High-Resolution 3D Terrain Data Integrated with UAS Ground Control Station

Kongsberg Geospatial and Vricon have integrated what they claim is the world’s highest-resolution globally available 3D terrain into the ground...

Sep 09, 2020
Secure Software Released for US Enterprise & Government Drones

Union Robotics and Solex have partnered to develop secure software for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and unmanned systems that is...

Sep 09, 2020
Unmanned Helicopter Squadron Launched for Civil Applications

Alpha Unmanned Systems’ helicopter UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) have formed the basis for MultiFlyer, a new product from IAI that...

Sep 08, 2020
World’s Smallest Scanning MicroLiDAR Introduced

LightWare has launched a new professional-grade microLiDAR sensor designed for use with drones, UGVs (unmanned ground vehicles) and other autonomous...

Sep 08, 2020
Desert Rotor Develops Rugged Field Stands for UAV GCS

Desert Rotor has introduced a new rugged collapsible field stand designed to support all of the company’s HOTAS (hands on...

Sep 07, 2020
Applanix Introduces Direct Georeferencing Solution for UAV Sensor Data

Applanix has introduced the Trimble AP+ Air, an OEM Direct Georeferencing solution for data gathered by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)...

Sep 06, 2020
iXblue Develops INS for Autonomous Rocket Safety System

iXblue has confirmed that, working in partnership with Safran Data Systems, it has developed the inertial navigation system (INS) used...

Sep 06, 2020
USV Conducts Bathymetric Surveys in Salt Lake

OceanAlpha’s ME120 unmanned surface vessel (USV) has been used to conduct bathymetric surveys in a high-salinity lake as part of...

Sep 06, 2020
Heavy-Duty Remote-Controlled Unmanned Tractor Released

GESAR Inc has launched the Vole, a long-range remote-controlled tractor UGV (unmanned ground vehicle) designed for small and start-up farms...

Sep 06, 2020
Designing an AI-Driven Wind Turbine Inspection Drone

Connect Tech has released a case study highlighting how its Rogue-X Carrier Board for the NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier AI...

Sep 05, 2020
Leonardo Counter-Drone Technology Supports RAF R&D

Leonardo has delivered the first of four complete counter-drone systems to the UK Royal Air Force (RAF), to support research...

Sep 05, 2020
UK MOD Develops UGV for Scouting Water Crossings

The U.K.’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) has selected a team to develop an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) capability that will...

Sep 05, 2020
Avionics Lab Developed for UAS and Urban Air Mobility

Honeywell has developed a new next-generation avionics research and development lab for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and urban air mobility...

Sep 05, 2020
ISR Pod Integrated onto MQ-9 UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has successfully integrated and flown the Agile Condor Pod on an MQ-9 unmanned aerial...

Sep 05, 2020
V-BAT VTOL UAS Trialled by Coast Guard

  Martin UAV has partnered with the United States Coast Guard Research and Development Center (RDC) to test its V-BAT...

Sep 04, 2020
New US Government-Approved Commercial UAS Launched

Teal has launched the Golden Eagle UAS (unmanned aerial system), a US-designed and manufactured solution that provides aerial surveillance with...

Sep 04, 2020
Article: Everything You Need To Know About GNSS

Inertial Sense has released an article covering essential information on GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems), which use multiple satellites to...

Sep 01, 2020
UTM System Tested in Norway

Avinor Air Navigation Services (ANS), in conjunction with Frequentis and Altitude Angel, is working to implement an unmanned traffic management...

Aug 31, 2020
DTC Mesh Radios Integrated onto U.S. Army Tactical Network

Domo Tactical Communications (DTC) has integrated its MANET (Mobile Ad-hoc Networking) Mesh radios, equipped with the company’s latest MeshUltra COFDM...

Aug 31, 2020
Autonomous Passenger Plane Performs Flights Over Populated Regions

Reliable Robotics has successfully completed test flights of remote-piloted passenger airplanes in United States airspace, achieving what it claims is...

Aug 31, 2020
Oceanbotics SRV-8 ROV Selected for Underwater Survey & Inspection

RJE Oceanbotics’ SRV-8 ROV (remotely operated vehicle) has been selected by Norwegian geomatics firm Veseth AS Survey & Inspection to...

Aug 31, 2020
Dura-Con Shielded Cable Assemblies Launched for Military Applications

Cinch Connectivity Solutions has launched a new range of Dura-Con shielded cable assemblies, designed and manufactured in accordance with MIL-DTL-83513...

Aug 31, 2020
Smart Radio to be Enhanced for US Government

Doodle Labs has been contracted by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and Air Force AFWERX...

Aug 31, 2020
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