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.

New BLDC Torque Motors Developed for Mission-Critical UAV Applications

Aveox Inc., a manufacturer of brushless DC motors and controllers, has announced the launch of its new Ultimate Torque (UT)...

Dec 10, 2019
First BVLOS UAV Flight Performed Solely with Onboard DAA

Applied Aeronautics has announced that its Albatross UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) has been used by the Kansas Department of Transportation’s...

Dec 09, 2019
SkyGuardian UAS Chosen for Australian Defence Force

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that the Australian Government has selected the company’s MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned aerial...

Dec 05, 2019
Drone Aviation Merges with 5G Telecoms Firm

Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a developer of unmanned tethered aerial monitoring and communications platforms, has announced that it has closed...

Dec 05, 2019
Field Training Conducted with X-MADIS Counter-Drone System

Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) has announced that it has recently undertaken comprehensive field training exercises with its X-MADIS Fixed Site...

Dec 05, 2019
FLIR UGV Selected for US Army EOD Program

FLIR Systems has announced that its Kobra unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) has been chosen for the U.S. Army’s Common Robotic...

Dec 05, 2019
Sonar Imagery Processor Integrated into UUV

Hydroid, Inc., a manufacturer of marine robotics systems, has announced that it has integrated an in-mission processor onto a REMUS...

Dec 04, 2019
ONR Fund SeeByte and MIT Multiple Autonomy Collaboration Project

SeeByte and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have joined forces to explore the feasibility of combining multiple autonomy architectures...

Dec 04, 2019
Drone Cargo Delivery Trialled in China

Airbus and XAG have announced that the two companies have tested their jointly-developed drone cargo service in Guangzhou, China. A...

Dec 03, 2019
USV Launch & Recovery System Successfully Tested at Rough Sea States

Naval Group has announced that it has successfully tested its Launch and Recovery System (LARS) for unmanned surface vehicles (USVs),...

Dec 03, 2019
Threod UAVs Participate in Search & Rescue Exercise

Threod Systems has announced that its Stream and Titan unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have participated in a joint exercise involving...

Dec 03, 2019
Secure Rugged Embedded Computing System with ECC Released

VersaLogic Corp., a developer of embedded computing products for unmanned systems and robotics, has announced the launch of the Owl,...

Dec 03, 2019
Acecore Selects Robotic Skies for UAS Maintenance & Repair

Acecore Technologies, a designer and manufacturer of professional unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has announced that it has partnered with Robotic...

Dec 03, 2019
New Fixed-Wing Mapping UAS Launched

Hitec Commercial Solutions, a designer and manufacturer of professional UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) solutions for a wide variety of aerial...

Dec 03, 2019
Collaborative Manned-Unmanned Naval Research Project Tested

The European Defence Agency (EDA) has announced that the OCEAN2020 (Open Cooperation for European mAritime awareNess) project, which involves 42...

Dec 03, 2019
ASI Improves Autonomous Vehicle Obstacle Detection Algorithm

Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) has announced that it has improved an algorithm for autonomous vehicles that detects drop-offs and other...

Dec 03, 2019
UST Acknowledged as Global Top 10 Military and Security Influencer

UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com has been recognised as one of the biggest global military and security online influencers in GlobalData’s latest top 10 military...

Nov 28, 2019
Leonardo Invests in Solar-Powered Heavy-Lift Drone

Leonardo has announced that it has invested in Skydweller Aero Inc., a start-up specialising in large-scale solar-powered unmanned air systems...

Nov 28, 2019
New 61 MP Aerial Imagery Payload for UAS Released

ZALA Aero, a developer of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and associated equipment, has announced the launch of a new high-end...

Nov 27, 2019
MQ-9 UAS Aids Firefighting Operations in California

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that its Predator B/MQ-9 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) has been used by...

Nov 27, 2019
Advanced Navigation to Undergo Global Expansion and Accelerate R&D

Advanced Navigation, a developer of sensor technologies for drones and robotics, has announced that it has raised AUD $20 million...

Nov 27, 2019
Oceanalpha USV Surveys Port of Hamburg

Oceanalpha has announced that, following successful functional testing, the HPA (Hamburg Port Authority) has selected the company’s SL40 USV (unmanned...

Nov 27, 2019
U.S. Air Force Counter-Drone System Completes Next Field Testing Phase

Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) has announced that it has completed the latest phase of field testing of the company’s eXpeditionary...

Nov 26, 2019
Vehicle-Launched Multi-Rotor Micro-Drone Introduced

Elbit Systems has announced the launch of a new fully-autonomous multi-rotor vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial system (UAS)...

Nov 26, 2019
Echodyne Radars Deployed for DARPA Urban Drone Testing

Echodyne has announced that the company’s EchoGuard and EchoFlight radars were used by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)...

Nov 26, 2019
First NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance UAS Delivered

Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that the first of five NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has...

Nov 26, 2019
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