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.

Transportable Unmanned Traffic Management Capability Announced

Altitude Angel and Inmarsat have entered into a partnership to develop and deliver a “pop-up” advanced flight tracking and management...

Jun 10, 2020
Intelligent Energy Expands UAV Fuel Cell Distribution into Korea

Intelligent Energy has established an agreement with Korean drone technology developer Hogreen Air for the distribution of Intelligent Energy’s lightweight...

Jun 10, 2020
High-Accuracy 3D Mapping for Autonomous Driving

Xsens has released a case study showing how its MTi-300 AHRS inertial sensor module has been integrated into a 3D...

Jun 10, 2020
Drone Detection Trials Undertaken at Kennedy Space Center

Moog’s Space and Defense Group has provided its Gauntlet counter-UAS (unmanned aerial system) technology in aid of NASA drone detection...

Jun 09, 2020
Australia’s Largest UAS Test Range Under Development

QinetiQ Australia has been awarded a contract by the Queensland Government to design and construct a dedicated flight test range...

Jun 09, 2020
Liteye Launches New Counter-UAS Field Operations Division

Liteye Systems has formed a new Field Operations division to provide consultation, fielding, training, services, and support operations for all...

Jun 09, 2020
USV Anti-Submarine Warfare Capabilities Demonstrated to UK MOD

Elbit Systems UK has demonstrated the autonomous anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities of the company’s Seagull USV (unmanned surface vehicle) in...

Jun 09, 2020
UK Royal Navy UUVs to Be Upgraded for Minehunting

L3Harris Technologies has received an order to provide upgrades to three of the company’s Iver3 AUVs (autonomous underwater vehicles), in...

Jun 09, 2020
Elistair Unveils New Tethered Drone Station

Elistair has released its newest and most advanced tethering station for commercial drones, the Safe-T 2. Providing improved power efficiency...

Jun 09, 2020
RTK-Enabled GNSS-INS Introduced for High-Precision Applications

LORD Microstrain has launched a new network RTK platform designed to be an all-in-one inertial navigation solution for a wide...

Jun 09, 2020
US DoD Orders AVT CUAS Systems

Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) has entered into an agreement with a United States Department of Defense customer to provide numerous...

Jun 09, 2020
MN-MIMO Radio Technology Integrated into Tethered UAS

Silvus Technologies’ MN-MIMO (Mobile Networked Multiple Input & Multiple Output) radio technology has been integrated into Unmanned Systems and Solutions’...

Jun 09, 2020
FLIR UGVs Selected by U.S. Army and Navy

The United States Army and Navy have ordered a total of more than 160 of FLIR Systems’ Centaur unmanned ground...

Jun 09, 2020
General Dynamics Delivers MUTT UGVs to British Army

General Dynamics Land Systems–UK has delivered two Multi-Utility Tactical Transport (MUTT) Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) to the British Army, further...

Jun 08, 2020
Electronically Steered Phased-Array Antennas Used for Tactical Datalinks

Radionor Communications is a specialized developer of phased-array antenna technology, and has developed a unique solution for point-to-multipoint tactical data...

Jun 08, 2020
Multi-Sensor Data Logger for UUVs Launched

Star-Oddi has introduced the Starmon Compass, a new subsea data logger that integrates multiple sensors in a compact titanium housing....

Jun 06, 2020
Martin UAV V-BAT Delivered to U.S. Army

Martin UAV’s V-BAT VTOL (vertical takeoff and landing) ducted-fan UAS (unmanned aerial system) has been delivered to the U.S. Army’s...

Jun 06, 2020
Fixed-Wing UAS Performs Radiation Research at Fukushima

UAV Factory has signed a contract to provide its Penguin C unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to Japanese company Clear-Pulse, which...

Jun 06, 2020
Detect-and-Avoid Technology Enables UK BVLOS Drone Trials

Iris Automation’s Casia computer-vision-based Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) technology is being integrated into UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) operated by drone delivery service...

Jun 06, 2020
UAV PT to Distribute ePropelled Electric Motors

UAV Propulsion Tech has entered into an agreement with magnetic engineering technology firm ePropelled to distribute the company’s electromagnetic motors...

Jun 06, 2020
RIEGL Provides Drone LiDAR Mapping & Surveying Solutions

RIEGL, a leading developer and manufacturer of professional solutions for UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)-based LiDAR surveying, has partnered with Unmanned...

Jun 05, 2020
AVT Supplies Counter-UAS Systems to Thai Defense Agency

Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) has entered into an agreement to supply its eXpeditionary Mobile Air Defense Integrated System (X-MADIS) counter-drone...

Jun 05, 2020
Robotic Skies to Support Autonodyne’s Autonomous UAVs

Robotic Skies has entered into a partnership with unmanned aviation engineering firm Autonodyne in order to develop field maintenance and...

Jun 05, 2020
Miniature USV Deploys Barge Mooring Lines

OceanAlpha’s Dolphin 1 remote-controlled self-propelled unmanned surface vehicle (USV) has been used at a passenger port in Zhuhai, China to...

Jun 05, 2020
Motion Reference Units Provide Critical Data for Marine Applications

Inertial Labs, a developer of advanced inertial sensing technologies, has released a case study outlining how inertial motion reference units...

Jun 05, 2020
SW Antennas Provide High-Performance RF & Microwave Antennas

Southwest Antennas, a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance RF antennas and accessories, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”)...

Jun 05, 2020
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