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.

VTOL Drone Conducts 51 Mile BVLOS Utility Inspection
VTOL Drone Conducts 51 Mile BVLOS Utility Inspection

Censys Technologies, a manufacturer of commercial UAS for surveying, inspections and mapping, has confirmed that the Sentaero v2VTOL has successfully...

Aug 12, 2019
Autonomous Truck Completes Automated Dispatch and Delivery
Autonomous Truck Completes Automated Dispatch and Delivery

Loadsmart and Starsky Robotics have announced that the two companies were able to automatically dispatch an autonomous truck to haul...

Aug 09, 2019
Fischer Freedom Connector Wins Two Product Awards
Fischer Freedom Connector Wins Two Product Awards

Fischer Connectors, a manufacturer of interconnection solutions for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other robotic systems, has announced that its...

Aug 09, 2019
DARPA Autonomous Drone Swarm Program Completes Urban Field Experiments
DARPA Autonomous Drone Swarm Program Completes Urban Field Experiments

DARPA has announced that it has undertaken a second field experiment for its OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program, during which...

Aug 09, 2019
Autonomous Drone Charging Station for Outdoor Environments Introduced
Autonomous Drone Charging Station for Outdoor Environments Introduced

Skysense ​has ​​announce​d​ the launch of ​its new High Power Outdoor Charging Pad product line for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)....

Aug 09, 2019
US Air Force to Trial High-Power Counter-Drone Laser Systems
US Air Force to Trial High-Power Counter-Drone Laser Systems

Raytheon Company has announced that it will deploy two prototype high energy laser weapon systems to troops overseas under a...

Aug 08, 2019
Tactical Aerostat System Demonstrated at ANTX
Tactical Aerostat System Demonstrated at ANTX

Carolina Unmanned Vehicles (CUV) has announced that it has successfully demonstrated its Small Tactical Multi-Payload Aerostat System (STMPAS) at the...

Aug 08, 2019
Solar-Powered Stratospheric UAV to be Tested Over Hawaii
Solar-Powered Stratospheric UAV to be Tested Over Hawaii

HAPSMobile has announced that it has received a COA2 Certificate of Authorization from the FAA (US Federal Aviation Administration) to...

Aug 08, 2019
uAvionix Opens New Headquarters and Manufacturing Facility
uAvionix Opens New Headquarters and Manufacturing Facility

uAvionix, a designer and manufacturer of communications, navigation, and surveillance equipment for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has announced its recent...

Aug 07, 2019
Drone-Based Unexploded Ordnance Detection Developed
Drone-Based Unexploded Ordnance Detection Developed

Researchers from Binghamton University’s Geophysical Laboratory and Ukrainian Multirotor Technologies LLC (UMT) have announced that their joint research team has...

Aug 07, 2019
Future Publishing Announces U.S. Launch of the Video Show
Future Publishing Announces U.S. Launch of the Video Show

International media group and leading digital publisher Future PLC (LSE: FUTR) is pleased to announce the U.S. launch of The...

Aug 07, 2019
National Drone Flight Information Management System Deployed in Switzerland
National Drone Flight Information Management System Deployed in Switzerland

Skyguide, the Swiss air navigation service provider, and AirMap, a global airspace intelligence platform for drones, in partnership with the...

Aug 07, 2019
ESA Radar Supports First Ever BVLOS UAS Flight Without Human Observers
ESA Radar Supports First Ever BVLOS UAS Flight Without Human Observers

Echodyne has announced that its EchoGuard airspace management radars were the ground-based sensor for the first-ever UAS (unmanned aerial system)...

Aug 05, 2019
UAS Photogrammetry Used for Airport Inspection & Analysis
UAS Photogrammetry Used for Airport Inspection & Analysis

AeroTEC, a provider of aerospace testing, engineering, and certification services, has announced the successful completion of proof-of-concept UAS (unmanned aerial...

Aug 05, 2019
New Hydrographic Survey USV Launched
New Hydrographic Survey USV Launched

Dynautics Ltd, a developer of intelligent marine electronics for unmanned boats, and CEE HydroSystems, manufacturer of shallow water hydrographic survey...

Aug 05, 2019
DroneShield Releases New Omnidirectional Drone Detection System
DroneShield Releases New Omnidirectional Drone Detection System

DroneShield has announced the launch of RfZero, an omnidirectional UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) detection device with a 1km range, following...

Aug 05, 2019
USV Completes First Unmanned Circumnavigation of Antarctica
USV Completes First Unmanned Circumnavigation of Antarctica

Saildrone, a provider of oceanographic and atmospheric data, has announced that one of its unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) has become...

Aug 05, 2019
AVT Counter-Drone Technology Selected by US Air Force
AVT Counter-Drone Technology Selected by US Air Force

Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) has announced that it has been awarded a contract to deliver a full suite of counter-drone...

Aug 02, 2019
Topics Announced for Robotics and Autonomous Systems Summit 2019
Topics Announced for Robotics and Autonomous Systems Summit 2019

The Institute of Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) is excited to announce the return of the Robotics and Autonomous Systems...

Aug 01, 2019
Elistair Tethered Drone Deployed for Traffic Monitoring
Elistair Tethered Drone Deployed for Traffic Monitoring

Elistair has confirmed that its Safe-T tethered drone system has been deployed in the suburbs of Lyon, the second largest...

Jul 31, 2019
Smart 3D Perception Software Platform Announced for LiDAR Sensors
Smart 3D Perception Software Platform Announced for LiDAR Sensors

Seoul Robotics, a provider of perception software for autonomous systems, has announced the introduction of SENSR, a 3D perception software...

Jul 31, 2019
New Version of B4UFLY Drone Airspace App Released
New Version of B4UFLY Drone Airspace App Released

Kittyhawk and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) have announced the introduction of a new version of B4UFLY, the free mobile...

Jul 31, 2019
Unmanned Gyrocopter Cargo Transport Tested
Unmanned Gyrocopter Cargo Transport Tested

The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has announced that it is conducting research into automated,...

Jul 31, 2019
European GNSS Tested for Safe Civil UAS Integration
European GNSS Tested for Safe Civil UAS Integration

The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has announced that its Skyopener project has tested the benefits of multi-frequency GNSS and EGNOS...

Jul 31, 2019
Subsea Resident UUV Undergoes First Underwater Tests
Subsea Resident UUV Undergoes First Underwater Tests

Saipem‘s Sonsub division has announced that its Hydrone-R unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) has begun endurance and qualification tests in water...

Jul 31, 2019
UK MoD Acquires Advanced Bomb Disposal UGVs
UK MoD Acquires Advanced Bomb Disposal UGVs

The United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence (MOD) has announced that it has entered into a contract option with L3Harris Technologies...

Jul 31, 2019
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