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-Based Electroluminescence Imaging of Solar Panels with SWIR Cameras

Raptor Photonics has published an application note explaining how its SWIR (short-wave infrared) cameras can be used in drone-based electroluminescence (EL) imaging of photovoltaic (PV) solar panels

Jul 03, 2020
ASV Conducts Shallow-Water Survey for US Coast Guard

Seafloor Systems’ EchoBoat-160 autonomous surface vessel (ASV) has been used by NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Office of Coast...

Jul 03, 2020
New Miniature Multibeam Echosounder for USVs Launched

Under Picotech has launched the PicoMB-130-Surf, an integrated multibeam echosounder for man-portable USVs (unmanned surface vehicles) and other small survey...

Jul 02, 2020
Norwegian Arctic SAR Unit Selects UAS

Atlas Dynamics’ AtlasPRO drone has been selected by the NPAID (Norwegian People’s Aid) Mid-Troms Search and Rescue (SAR) volunteer unit,...

Jul 02, 2020
CHC Navigation Introduces CGI-610 GNSS/INS Sensor

CHC Navigation have announced the release of the new CGI-610 GNSS/INS sensor, a high-precision dual-antenna receiver offering reliable and accurate...

Jul 02, 2020
Autonomous USV Launch & Recovery System Demonstrated

Sealartec has demonstrated a unique fully-autonomous launch and recovery system for unmanned surface vessels (USVs) in a series of trials...

Jul 02, 2020
Common Questions About Autonomous Marine Technologies

Sea Machines has created an article that provides answers to questions commonly received by the company about autonomous marine technologies...

Jul 01, 2020
Version 2.0 of ANSI UAS Standardization Roadmap Published

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has published Version 2.0 of the Standardization Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The...

Jun 30, 2020
New Secure Drone for First Responders and Surveyors Unveiled

Parrot has unveiled the ANAFI USA, a new multirotor drone designed for first responders, firefighters, search-and-rescue teams, security agencies, surveying...

Jun 30, 2020
Gladiator Technologies Selects UK & Ireland Distributor

Gladiator Technologies has selected Strainsense Limited to be an exclusive distributor of Gladiator’s low-noise MEMS inertial systems in the United...

Jun 30, 2020
FAA Funds Large-Scale UTM Testing

The FAA has named a team consisting of ANRA Technologies, Switch and the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) as...

Jun 29, 2020
MQ-9A Reaper UAS Automatic Takeoff and Landing Upgraded

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has demonstrated three expanded Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability (ATLC) enhancements for the MQ-9A...

Jun 29, 2020
Polish Navy Acquires Teledyne Marine Gavia AUVs

The Ministry of Defence of Poland has procured two additional Teledyne Marine Gavia Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) in order to...

Jun 29, 2020
High-Definition 3D Thermal Mapping from an Autonomous Airship

Phase One Industrial has released a case study outlining how the company’s iXM-100 camera has been used by Airbus Defence...

Jun 28, 2020
New Rugged XMC Graphics Card Captures Analog & Digital Video & Audio

EIZO Rugged Solutions has released the Condor NVP2102AxX, a new 6-channel rugged XMC graphics card that provides low-latency simultaneous capture...

Jun 27, 2020
Acecore Demonstrates Drone Delivery Solution at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol

Acecore Technologies has demonstrated its drone delivery solution at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, the Netherlands’ largest airport. The test was performed...

Jun 27, 2020
Microdrones Launches New 3D Imaging & Surveying Solutions

Microdrones has released four new fully integrated unmanned aerial systems for surveying applications, including solutions for obtaining 3D imagery. All...

Jun 27, 2020
Silicon Sensing Develops MEMS Inertial Sensors for Unmanned Systems

Silicon Sensing, a leading developer of reliable high-precision MEMS gyroscopes, accelerometers, IMUs and inertial sensing systems, has partnered with Unmanned...

Jun 27, 2020
SOARIZON Provides Insurance for Drone Pilots & Operators

SOARIZON by Thales has partnered with drone insurance provider Moonrock to offer discounted services to drone pilots and operators. Run...

Jun 26, 2020
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
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