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.

Autonomous Pentamaran USV Unveiled

Maritime design & engineering firm BMT has unveiled its new autonomous Pentamaran unmanned surface vessel (USV), designed for both commercial...

Apr 24, 2020
Xsens Introduces New Inertial Sensor Product Selector

Xsens has launched a new product recommendation tool for the company’s inertial sensor modules that suggests the most suitable product...

Apr 24, 2020
Octopus ISR Releases UAV Surveillance Camera

Octopus ISR Systems has released the Epsilon 140LC, a low-SWaP (size, weight and power) electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) surveillance system for small...

Apr 23, 2020
Hybrid VTOL Reconnaissance UAS Launched

AeroVironment has launched the Quantix Recon, a fully autonomous reconnaissance UAS (unmanned aerial system) designed to be rapidly deployable by...

Apr 23, 2020
Orbital UAV to Develop Hybrid Propulsion System

Orbital UAV has been selected by Northrop Grumman Corporation to develop a hybrid propulsion system for a Vertical Take-Off and...

Apr 23, 2020
CIRCOR DC Motors Power UAS Platforms

CIRCOR Aerospace & Defense is a leading developer of specialized motion control solutions for demanding aerospace and defense applications. The...

Apr 23, 2020
New Tethered UAV Platform Introduced for US Army UGVs

Sky Sapience has introduced the company’s newest-generation tethered UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) platform, HoverMast-Lite. The two new models are smaller,...

Apr 22, 2020
San Francisco Circuits Remains Operational During Pandemic

San Francisco Circuits (SFC), a provider of PCB (printed circuit board) fabrication, assembly and test services for unmanned systems and...

Apr 22, 2020
UAVOS Completes Unmanned Cargo Delivery Helicopter Tests

UAVOS has performed a successful flight test with the company’s new UVH-170 cargo delivery unmanned helicopter, carrying out an automated...

Apr 22, 2020
CR Flight Develops Revolutionary Heavy-Lift Motors for UAVs

CR Flight, a leading developer of innovative propulsion solutions for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and drones, has partnered with Unmanned...

Apr 22, 2020
UMS SKELDAR Launches UAS ISR Training

UMS SKELDAR has selected Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) provider 360iSR to assist the company in adding specialist ISR training...

Apr 21, 2020
US Marines Conduct First MQ-9A UAS Flight in Middle East

The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has conducted the first operational flight of an MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial system (UAS) in...

Apr 21, 2020
Inertial Labs Provides Custom Replacements for Obsolete Sensors

Inertial Labs, a developer of advanced inertial sensing technologies, has released a white paper detailing how they can help companies...

Apr 21, 2020
Patent Granted for Fischer Freedom Series Connectors

Fischer Connectors has been granted the first patent on its Freedom Series of connectors in the United States of America....

Apr 21, 2020
Military & Aerospace Innovations in Connector & Cable Design

Omnetics Connector Corporation, a developer of nano- and micro-miniature connectors and interconnection solutions, has released a whitepaper detailing how new...

Apr 21, 2020
Small USBL Systems for Environmental Research ROVs

Sonardyne has released a case study highlighting the use of the company’s Micro-Ranger 2 shallow-water USBL (ultra-short baseline) acoustic positioning...

Apr 21, 2020
Multi-Domain Counter-Unmanned Systems Solution Upgraded

Citadel Defense has upgraded its AI (artificial intelligence)-based Titan counter-drone solution to detect, identify, and defeat unmanned systems on land...

Apr 20, 2020
ComNav Provides GNSS Positioning Solutions for Unmanned Systems

ComNav Technology, a leading developer of GNSS positioning solutions for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and unmanned systems, has partnered with...

Apr 20, 2020
Curtiss-Wright Secure Storage Device Qualified at Extended Temperatures

Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division has fully tested and validated its Data Transport System (DTS1) Network Attached Storage (NAS) device at...

Apr 20, 2020
Vision4ce Demonstrates AI-Powered Drone Classification & Tracking

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

Apr 20, 2020
Parrot to Provide Short-Range Recon Drone Prototypes to US DoD

Parrot has reached the final stage of the selection process in the United States Army’s Short-Range Reconnaissance UAV (unmanned aerial...

Apr 18, 2020
MIMO Radios Integrated into Tactical UAS

Silvus Technologies has entered into a partnership with Swift Tactical Systems to integrate Silvus’ advanced MIMO communication systems into Swift’s...

Apr 18, 2020
NASA Selects University Unmanned Aviation Research Teams

NASA has selected five university-led teams as part of the agency’s University Leadership Initiative (ULI) that will research a range...

Apr 18, 2020
Smart Radio Integrated into Long-Range Cargo Drone

Doodle Labs’ Smart Radio has been selected as the communications solution for a hybrid-electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned...

Apr 17, 2020
Intelligent Energy Drone Fuel Cells Distributed in Japan

Intelligent Energy has agreed a deal with UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) development company RoboDEX Inc. for the distribution of Intelligent’s...

Apr 17, 2020
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