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.

Selecting a Standard for Drone Remote Identification

In this article, leading unmanned aviation solutions developer uAvionix discuss the options for developing national or international standards for Unmanned Aircraft...

Nov 12, 2019
Skyfront Develops Long-Endurance Hybrid-Power Multirotor VTOL Drones

Skyfront, a leading developer of hybrid power multirotor drones for autonomous aerial data gathering, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology...

Nov 11, 2019
Article: Hydrogen-Powered Drone Package Delivery

Ballard Power Systems, a leading developer of hydrogen fuel cells for drones and UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), has released an...

Nov 11, 2019
Vision4ce Develops AI-Based Video Tracking

Vision4ce, a provider of rugged image and video processing solutions for unmanned systems, has developed true AI classification capabilities for...

Nov 11, 2019
Predator UAS Series Reaches Six Million Flight Hours

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that the company’s Predator series of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), has reached...

Nov 08, 2019
FLIR Launches Explosives Trace Detector for UGVs

FLIR Systems has announced the launch of the FLIR Fido X4, the newest version of the company’s advanced explosive trace...

Nov 08, 2019
UAVOS Tests Modified Solar HAPS UAV

UAVOS has announced that it has successfully completed a test flight with the next iteration of its ApusDuo solar-powered high-altitude...

Nov 07, 2019
Royal Thai Navy Selects Schiebel CAMCOPTER UAS

Schiebel has announced that, following an extensive competitive tender process, it has been awarded a contract by the Royal Thai...

Nov 07, 2019
Autonomous Battlefield UGVs Demonstrated to Australian Army

BAE Systems has announced that, in conjunction with the Australian Defence Force (ADF), it has demonstrated fully autonomous armoured vehicles...

Nov 06, 2019
Microdrones Announces New Integrated UAV Systems & Geospatial Software

Microdrones has announced the release of three new integrated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems based on the company’s md4-3000 heavy-lift...

Nov 06, 2019
DeTect Develops Counter-UAS and BVLOS SAA Systems

DeTect, a leading developer of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) and drone detection, monitoring and defense systems, has partnered with Unmanned...

Nov 05, 2019
Case Study: Monitoring a Refinery Fire with a Tethered Drone

Elistair has released a case study outlining how its Ligh-T tethered UAS (unmanned aerial system) power station was used to...

Nov 05, 2019
International Conference of Crime Prevention Summit Announced

The International Conference of Crime Prevention, held under the patronage of Dubai Police, will take place the 9-10 December 2019...

Nov 05, 2019
Airbus Funds Next-Gen UAV Battery Technology

Airbus Defence and Space has announced that it has provided financing to Amprius Inc. to aid the development of new...

Nov 04, 2019
Long-Range 3D Mapping UAV Solution Under Development

Polynesian Exploration, a developer of advanced GNSS/INS navigation technologies for unmanned systems, and UAVOS, a provider of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle...

Nov 04, 2019
First Ever Drone Delivery Made to Submarine at Sea

Skyfront’s gas-electric hybrid Perimeter multirotor UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) has become the first drone to make a delivery to a...

Oct 31, 2019
5G-Enabled USV Conducts Water Quality Monitoring

Oceanalpha has announced that one of its unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) was selected to participate at the 6th World Internet...

Oct 31, 2019
DJI Unveils New Miniature Folding Camera Drone

DJI has announced the launch of the Mavic Mini, a highly compact folding drone weighing just 249 grams and featuring...

Oct 31, 2019
Modular Propulsion System Completes First Test Flights

Orbital UAV has announced that it has performed the first flight tests in Australia of its propulsion systems for unmanned...

Oct 31, 2019
Microdrones LiDAR UAV Conducts Airport Runway Safety Inspections

Microdrones has announced that UAS (unmanned aerial system) service provider AERIUM Analytics has used a Microdrones mdLiDAR1000 UAS to conduct...

Oct 30, 2019
Nano-Satellite Demonstrator Developed Using SLS 3D Printing

CRP Technology has announced that it has collaborated with the Laboratoire InterUniversitaire des Système Atmosphérique (LISA) in order to create...

Oct 30, 2019
NASA Global Hawk UAS Completes Flight Control Test

Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that it has successfully completed a flight control test of a NASA Global Hawk unmanned...

Oct 30, 2019
Minimally Invasive Drone Delivery System Introduced

A2Z Drone Delivery has announced the introduction of its new UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)-based delivery platform, consisting of a multirotor...

Oct 30, 2019
New ASV Developed for Ocean Data Collection

Sofar Ocean Technologies, a manufacturer of sensors and robotic systems for ocean environments, has announced the launch of Strider, a...

Oct 30, 2019
Applanix Updates Post-Processing Software for UAV Surveyors

Applanix has announced that it has upgraded its POSPac post-processing software with two significant enhancements aimed at streamlining operations for...

Oct 30, 2019
Schiebel to Develop Enhanced CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS

Schiebel has announced the launch of a Capability Update Programme (CUP) which will develop an enhanced version of the company’s...

Oct 30, 2019
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