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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.

Vehicle-Mounted Drone Capture System Announced

OpenWorks Engineering, a developer of security and counter-terrorism technologies, has announced the release of a new vehicle-mounted unmanned aerial vehicle...

Aug 30, 2019
US-1 Quadcopter Drone Makes 72-Minute Flights Across Nevada Desert

Impossible Aerospace has announced that its US-1 quadcopter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has made repeated 72-minute flights across the northern...

Aug 30, 2019
New Technology Developed for Tethered Drone Conversion

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

Aug 29, 2019
GA-ASI Expands Belgian SkyGuardian Team

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that it has selected four additional businesses based in Belgium to join...

Aug 29, 2019
New Small Form Factor SATCOM Transceiver Launched

Iridium Communications has announced the launch of its new Iridium Certus 9770 transceiver, which transfers IP data over 35 times...

Aug 29, 2019
CMU Team Wins DARPA Subterranean Robotics Challenge

Carnegie Mellon University has announced that its Team Explorer, formed in conjunction with Oregon State University, has won the initial...

Aug 29, 2019
Integrated RF System for UAVs Under Development

Perspecta Inc., a technology services company, has announced that its applied research arm, Perspecta Labs, has been awarded a prime...

Aug 28, 2019
VersaLogic Develops Embedded Computing Solutions for Unmanned Systems

VersaLogic, a leading developer of rugged embedded computing systems for OEMs of unmanned systems, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology...

Aug 28, 2019
DoD Awards Contract for Tethered UAS
Aug 28, 2019
Large Deep Sea Work-Class ROV Released
Aug 28, 2019
Autonomous Spill-Response Vessel Demonstrated

Sea Machines Robotics, a developer of autonomous technologies for commercial vessels, has announced that it has successfully demonstrated its autonomous...

Aug 28, 2019
GA-ASI to Conduct Unmanned Flights with Ground-Based Sense and Avoid

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that it has received a Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA) from...

Aug 28, 2019
Insight article: Fixed Wing vs. VTOL UAS for Maritime Missions
Aug 27, 2019
Transformable Multi-Domain Autonomous Unmanned System Unveiled

Robotic Research LLC, a developer of autonomy and robotic technologies, has announced the unveiling of Pegasus, a transformable autonomous UAS/UGV...

Aug 27, 2019
NovAtel’s RTK Positioning Solution Selected for Agricultural Spraying Drones

NovAtel, a developer of high-precision GPS and GNSS positioning technologies for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and unmanned systems, has released...

Aug 27, 2019
Nicomatic Supports SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition Winners

Nicomatic, a designer and manufacturer of electronic connectors and cables for unmanned systems, has announced that it provided connectors to...

Aug 27, 2019
Deep Sea ROV/AUV Undergoes First Sea Trials

The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) has announced that its researchers, in conjunction with engineers from Woods Hole Oceanographic...

Aug 27, 2019
San Francisco Circuits Offers Expanded PCB Tolerances

San Francisco Circuits (SFC), a provider of PCB fabrication, assembly and test services for unmanned systems and robotic platforms, has...

Aug 26, 2019
UAS Capabilities Demonstrated to Royal Air Force

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced that it has given a flight demonstration of its MQ-9B SkyGuardian unmanned aerial system...

Aug 26, 2019
Topics Announced for MEMTEC in Bahrain

The Middle East Military Technology Conference (MEMTEC) will be held alongside the upcoming Bahrain International Defence Exhibition & Conference (BIDEC),...

Aug 25, 2019
Case Study: GNSS/INS Integration for 3D Aerial LiDAR Mapping

Inertial Sense, a provider of micro inertial navigation solutions for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and autonomous systems, has released a...

Aug 23, 2019
Kongsberg Simulation Software Selected for Autonomous Ship Centre

Kongsberg Digital has announced that it has been awarded a contract by UIPA, the South Korean Information and Communication Technology...

Aug 23, 2019
Hybrid VTOL UAV Released with Autonomous Charging
Aug 23, 2019
Throwable Robot to Incorporate Flash-Bang Capability
Aug 22, 2019
UAVOS Develops New ISR Unmanned Helicopter
Aug 22, 2019
Robotic Pilot Conversion System Completes First Flight
Aug 21, 2019
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