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.

Second DARPA Gremlins Program UAS Successfully Tested
Second DARPA Gremlins Program UAS Successfully Tested

Dynetics has successfully tested a second X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle (GAV) in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s...

Aug 27, 2020
Details Confirmed for Virtual Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems Conference
Details Confirmed for Virtual Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems Conference

SMi Group’s Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems Conference will take place 2-3 September 2020 as a fully interactive virtual meeting. With...

Aug 27, 2020
Insitu Pacific Develops Tactical UAS Solution for Australian Army
Insitu Pacific Develops Tactical UAS Solution for Australian Army

Insitu Pacific has partnered with Nova Systems to develop a proposed solution for Phase 3 of the Australian Army’s LAND...

Aug 27, 2020
Altitude Angel Map Data Selected by UAV Survey & Inspection Provider
Altitude Angel Map Data Selected by UAV Survey & Inspection Provider

Altitude Angel’s DroneSafetyMap airspace map data has been selected for integration into UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) survey and inspection provider...

Aug 26, 2020
Specialized Batteries and Chargers Developed for Military UAS
Specialized Batteries and Chargers Developed for Military UAS

Epsilor has secured several contracts to provide its high-end smart Li-ion batteries and tactical chargers for military multirotor and fixed-wing...

Aug 26, 2020
Intelligent Autonomy System Developed for K-MAX Helicopter
Intelligent Autonomy System Developed for K-MAX Helicopter

Near Earth Autonomy has partnered with Kaman Aerospace to develop an intelligent autonomy system for the K-MAX cargo transport helicopter,...

Aug 25, 2020
GNSS-Aided INS Integrated into Autonomous Hydrographic USV
GNSS-Aided INS Integrated into Autonomous Hydrographic USV

SBG Systems’ Ekinox2-D dual-antenna GNSS-aided INS (Inertial Navigation System) has been integrated into Poland’s first autonomous hydrographic USV (unmanned surface...

Aug 25, 2020
Autonomous Air Taxi Concept Unveiled
Autonomous Air Taxi Concept Unveiled

UAVOS has unveiled a new concept for an autonomous air taxi vehicle based on an all-electric, tandem-rotor helicopter design. SumoAir,...

Aug 25, 2020
US Navy Medium USV Program Prototype Under Development
US Navy Medium USV Program Prototype Under Development

The U.S. Navy has contracted L3Harris Technologies to develop a prototype for the Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MUSV) program, the...

Aug 22, 2020
Semi-Autonomous ROV System Unveiled
Semi-Autonomous ROV System Unveiled

Deep Trekker has launched the REVOLUTION NAV, a new ROV (remotely operated vehicle) package providing advanced navigation and stabilization as...

Aug 22, 2020
Forward Looking Sonar System Provides Underwater Situational Awareness for USVs
Forward Looking Sonar System Provides Underwater Situational Awareness for USVs

Wavefront has launched a new long-range, forward-looking sonar (FLS) designed to provide seaborne obstacle avoidance for unmanned surface vessels (USVs)....

Aug 22, 2020
Raybird 3 UAS Demonstrated to Ukraine Ministry of Internal Affairs
Raybird 3 UAS Demonstrated to Ukraine Ministry of Internal Affairs

Skyeton has conducted a demonstration flight of the company’s Raybird 3 UAS (unmanned aerial system) for representatives of Ukraine’s Ministry...

Aug 22, 2020
Approved sUAS List for US Government Released
Approved sUAS List for US Government Released

The United States Department of Defense’s DIU (Defense Innovation Unit) has announced an approved list of U.S. or allied nation-manufactured...

Aug 22, 2020
Phase One Cameras Integrated into Acecore Multirotor UAS
Phase One Cameras Integrated into Acecore Multirotor UAS

Phase One Industrial has entered into an agreement for its iXM range of cameras to be integrated into Acecore’s professional...

Aug 22, 2020
Broadband Transceivers Enable NLOS Operations for Tactical Robot
Broadband Transceivers Enable NLOS Operations for Tactical Robot

Doodle Labs’ 900 MHz Prism WiFi transceiver and 2.4 GHz NM-2450-2G broadband transceiver have been integrated into RoboteX’s AVATAR multipurpose...

Aug 21, 2020
USVs to Conduct Unmanned River Delta Survey
USVs to Conduct Unmanned River Delta Survey

Seafloor Systems has been contracted by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) to develop two custom HydroCat-180 unmanned surface vessels (USVs)...

Aug 21, 2020
Iris Automation DAA System Powers BVLOS UAS Cargo Delivery
Iris Automation DAA System Powers BVLOS UAS Cargo Delivery

Iris Automation’s Casia has been selected as the exclusive detect-and-avoid (DAA) solution for Avidrone Aerospace, a developer of long-range cargo...

Aug 20, 2020
Connect Tech Provides Embedded Computing Solutions for Drones & Robotics
Connect Tech Provides Embedded Computing Solutions for Drones & Robotics

Connect Tech, a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged, small form factor embedded computing solutions for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles),...

Aug 20, 2020
Drone-Based Air Quality Analyzer Developed
Drone-Based Air Quality Analyzer Developed

Scentroid has launched the DR2000, a new air quality analyzer designed to be mounted on UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). It...

Aug 19, 2020
U.S. Army Robotic Combat Vehicles Program Phase 1 Completed
U.S. Army Robotic Combat Vehicles Program Phase 1 Completed

Persistent Systems has successfully completed Phase I of the U.S. Army Robotic Combat Vehicles (RCV) program, in which it has...

Aug 19, 2020
Article: An Introduction to Pointclouds
Article: An Introduction to Pointclouds

OxTS, a developer of inertial sensing solutions for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and robotics, has authored the following article explaining...

Aug 19, 2020
SeeByte and MIT successfully combine autonomy engines for best of breed “system of systems”
SeeByte and MIT successfully combine autonomy engines for best of breed “system of systems”

SeeByte and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have successfully combined SeeByte’s Neptune autonomy engine with MIT’s MOOS-IVP during the...

Aug 18, 2020
VTOL Multirotor Mini-UAS Completes Environmental Qualification Tests
VTOL Multirotor Mini-UAS Completes Environmental Qualification Tests

Elbit Systems’ THOR, a multi-rotor Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) miniature Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), has successfully completed a series...

Aug 17, 2020
Enterprise Version of Drone Data Streaming Portal Released
Enterprise Version of Drone Data Streaming Portal Released

Dronestream has announced a new Enterprise version of its real-time drone data streaming platform, built from the ground up based...

Aug 17, 2020
Tunnel Guide Algorithm Provides Enhanced Performance for GPS-Aided INS
Tunnel Guide Algorithm Provides Enhanced Performance for GPS-Aided INS

Inertial Labs has released a case study outlining how an advanced Tunnel Guide algorithm developed by the company enhances the...

Aug 17, 2020
Ocean Science AUV Equipped with iXblue Technology
Ocean Science AUV Equipped with iXblue Technology

iXblue’s subsea technologies have been selected by the French National Institute for Ocean Science (Ifremer) for integration into a new...

Aug 17, 2020
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