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.

UPS Flight Forward Launches Residential Drone Delivery Service
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
Autonomous Pentamaran USV Unveiled
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 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 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
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 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 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
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 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 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 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...

Apr 22, 2020
UMS SKELDAR Launches UAS ISR Training
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
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 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
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