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.

Long-Range BVLOS Drone Command & Control via Mobile Network Announced

Droniq and Sky Drone have formed a partnership that allows Droniq to use Sky Drone’s unique UAS (unmanned aerial system)...

Jun 26, 2020
GNSS Receiver Launched with Integrated Correction Service

Septentrio has launched the AsteRx-m2 Sx, a GNSS receiver OEM board that provides high-accuracy positioning via an integrated sub-decimeter PPP-RTK...

Jun 26, 2020
Mission-Critical Broadband SDR Integrated into Radar System

Per Vices Corporation has performed a successful integration of the company’s Crimson TNG COTS software defined radio (SDR) into a...

Jun 26, 2020
Aerial Sensing of Radiation

The SwissDrones team has participated in the annual aeroradiometric surveys by the National Emergency Operations Centre (NEOC) in Switzerland. The...

Jun 26, 2020
First Training & Test Flight Conducted with NATO RQ-4D Phoenix UAS

Northrop Grumman Corporation has supported the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance Force (NAGSF) in conducting the first training and test flight...

Jun 25, 2020
First Commercially Available 5G Drone Enters Production

Plymouth Rock Technologies’ (PRT) X1 multirotor UAS (unmanned aerial system) will soon begin initial production with integrated 5G command and...

Jun 24, 2020
GNSS-Aided Inertial Sensing for Direct Georeferencing

Inertial Labs, a developer of advanced inertial sensing technologies, has released a case study outlining how using a GNSS-aided inertial...

Jun 24, 2020
Samsung Develops Drone-Based 5G Antenna Configuration System

Samsung has developed a new automated drone-based antenna configuration measurement solution for 4G and 5G networks, which provides a simplified...

Jun 24, 2020
First Authorisation for Drone-Based Aircraft Inspection Granted in Singapore

ST Engineering has received authorisation from the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) to use its in-house developed DroScan drone...

Jun 24, 2020
Improved Autonomous Driving System Training Method Developed

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) has developed a new system for training self-driving cars to accurately track the movement of pedestrians,...

Jun 24, 2020
Drone Delivery Canada Expands Operations

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has entered into an agreement with DSV Air & Sea Inc. Canada, the Canadian division of...

Jun 23, 2020
US Air National Guard Upgrades UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has been awarded a contract to upgrade unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for the United...

Jun 23, 2020
SBG Systems Unveils Upgraded Ellipse Series Inertial Sensors

SBG Systems has released the third generation of the company’s Ellipse Series of miniature inertial sensors, comprising four models: the...

Jun 23, 2020
New Threaded PCB Micro-D Connectors Introduced

Cinch Connectivity Solutions has launched a threaded insert option for its Dura-Con range of PCB Micro-D connectors, thus reducing the...

Jun 23, 2020
Drone-in-a-Box Technology Covered by Specialist Unmanned Aviation Insurance

HEROTECH8 has partnered with specialist drone insurance provider Flock to cover the company’s drone-in-a-box technology, allowing the system to be...

Jun 23, 2020
Vision4ce Demonstrates AI-Powered Classification & Tracking for UGVs and Land Systems

Vision4ce has released a video demonstrating its AI-powered real-time video processing, tracking and classification detection technology. The video shows the...

Jun 22, 2020
Multi-Constellation GNSS Receiver Released for Unmanned Systems

ComNav Technology has released its new M300 Plus GNSS receiver, designed to provide a more economic alternative to the company’s...

Jun 22, 2020
Tactical Multi-Band Radio Antenna Introduced for UGVs

Southwest Antennas has expanded its line of compact, high-performance wideband omni-directional antennas. The new addition to the range (part #...

Jun 21, 2020
Mobile Drone Detection System Under Development for US Air Force

AeroDefense has partnered with the United States Air Force (USAF) to develop a rugged, rapidly deployable mobile drone detection system that...

Jun 21, 2020
Black Swift Technologies Develops UAS for Scientific Research & Data Collection

Black Swift Technologies, a leading developer of specialized state-of-the-art unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for flying scientific payloads, has partnered with...

Jun 20, 2020
Triad Power Amplifier Boosts Comms Link for HAPS UAV

Triad RF Systems has provided a power amplifier to a developer of stratospheric communications platforms in order to boost the...

Jun 20, 2020
Iris Automation Launches BVLOS Drone Waiver Resource Center

Iris Automation has launched a new Waiver Resource Center (WRC) for UAS (unmanned aerial system) pilots that provides tools and...

Jun 20, 2020
New High Voltage & Current DC Contactors for Harsh Environments

TE Connectivity has introduced its new KILOVAC K250 range of hermetically-sealed high voltage DC contactors, which are designed to carry...

Jun 19, 2020
Data Analysis for UAS Wind Turbine Inspections

Scopito’s AI-powered drone data analysis software has been featured in an article in PES (Power & Energy Solutions) Wind Magazine....

Jun 19, 2020
World’s Smallest UAV SATCOM Technology Announced

Honeywell has launched a new miniature lightweight satellite communications (SATCOM) system for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) that it claims is...

Jun 18, 2020
Scalable Controller for Government UAVs and UGVs Released

Auterion Government Solutions (GS) has released Skynav Gov, a scalable handheld ground controller designed to interface with all forms of...

Jun 18, 2020
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