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.

BVLOS Drone Flight Conducted Using Onboard DAA

Iris Automation’s onboard UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) system has been used to carry out the first flight to...

May 04, 2020
BVLOS Drone Delivers Defibrillator

UAV Factory’s Penguin B unmanned aerial vehicle has been used to conduct a successful demonstration of beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS)...

May 04, 2020
Drone Surveys Rail Tracks in Automated Shipping Yard

Phase One Industrial has released a case study outlining how the company’s iXM-100 medium format camera has been integrated into...

May 04, 2020
Microdrones Introduces Drone LiDAR and Surveying Services

Microdrones has launched mdaaS (Microdrones as a Service), a new program providing the company’s drone survey equipment and solutions to...

May 04, 2020
DJI Launches Mavic Air 2 Aerial Imaging Drone

DJI has launched the Mavic Air 2 quadcopter drone, a compact folding platform featuring 8K functionality and a larger 1/2”...

May 04, 2020
Smart Drone Delivery System Tested for Medical Supplies

AirBox Technologies has successfully demonstrated secure drone delivery into the company’s AirBox Home smart receptacle, a solar-powered system designed to...

May 02, 2020
Counter-UAS System Enhanced for Rough Terrain

Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) has released a new version of its eXpeditionary Mobile Air Defense Integrated System (X-MADIS), a counter-UAS...

Apr 30, 2020
Sense-and-Avoid Capabilities Integrated into UAV Autopilot

Sagetech Avionics’ MX family of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) transponders has been integrated by UAV Navigation into their VECTOR drone...

Apr 30, 2020
Drone Transports Coronavirus Sample for Testing

A fixed-wing UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) manufactured by Threod Systems has been used to transport a potential coronavirus sample from...

Apr 30, 2020
Triad Introduces Amplified Radios for Extended Comms Links

Triad RF Systems has launched a new line of amplified radios that are based around products from manufacturers such as...

Apr 30, 2020
Impacts of Technology on Pandemic Relief Efforts

Perkins Coie, a global law firm with extensive experience in the fields of aeronautics and unmanned technologies, has released an...

Apr 30, 2020
New UAS Thermal Solutions Developed with Additive Manufacturing

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has partnered with additive manufacturing applications specialist Conflux Technology to develop a new heat...

Apr 29, 2020
UPS Flight Forward Launches Residential Drone Delivery Service

UPS Flight Forward and CVS Health Corporation have launched a new drone delivery service that will deliver prescription medicines from...

Apr 29, 2020
Dstl Begins Next Phase of Maritime Autonomous Platform Program

The UK Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has awarded a contract to Qinetiq to lead phase five of the...

Apr 29, 2020
Article: How GNSS Works

OxTS, a developer of inertial sensing solutions for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and robotics, has published an in-depth article explaining...

Apr 28, 2020
Yamaha and Japan Airlines Trial Helicopter Drone Cargo Delivery

Yamaha Motor and Japan Airlines have successfully completed a trial using helicopter UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) that aimed to test...

Apr 28, 2020
Autonomous Aerial Military Resupply Systems Demonstrated

Near Earth Autonomy has developed UAS (unmanned aerial system)-based contingency management systems for the U.S. Army and Marines as part...

Apr 28, 2020
Body-Worn Drone Detection System Upgraded

DroneShield has released the next-generation version of the company’s body-worn drone detection device, the RfPatrol MKII. The MKII improves on...

Apr 28, 2020
New USB3 Board-Level Cameras for Embedded Vision Launched

Teledyne Lumenera has released its new Lt Series of USB3 board-level cameras, based around Sony’s rolling shutter Starvis CMOS sensors...

Apr 28, 2020
Active Towed Array Sonar Integrated onto Seagull USV

Elbit Systems has successfully integrated and tested a low-frequency towed sonar system, known as the TRAPS-USV (Towed Reelable Active Passive...

Apr 27, 2020
Iris Automation Develops Detect-and-Avoid Drone Collision Avoidance Systems

Iris Automation, a pioneering developer of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) and drone collision avoidance technology, has partnered with Unmanned Systems...

Apr 27, 2020
U.S. Army Begins Tactical UAS Replacement Assessment

The U.S. Army has begun its evaluation of a range of selected unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) as part of the...

Apr 27, 2020
Detect-and-Avoid System Tested for Pandemic Response Drone Flights

Vigilant Aerospace has provided its FlightHorizon drone detect-and-avoid and airspace management system for a demonstration flight performed by Oklahoma State...

Apr 26, 2020
High Altitude Unmanned Helicopter Test Flights Conducted

SwissDrones has finalized the comprehensive testing of the SDO 50 V2, an autonomous helicopter UAV platform designed for challenging flight...

Apr 26, 2020
Tactical Weather Drone Under Development for US Air Force

Black Swift Technologies has been awarded a contract by the United States Air Force (USAF) for the development of an...

Apr 24, 2020
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