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.

Liteye Demonstrates UAS Net-Capture System

Liteye Systems has announced that, in partnership with OpenWorks Engineering, it has successfully demonstrated the SkyWall net-capture system against real-world...

Dec 31, 2018
Velodyne Lidar Partners with Nikon for Autonomous Vision

Velodyne Lidar has announced that Nikon Corporation has become a new strategic investor with an investment of $25M, and that...

Dec 31, 2018
TE Connectivity Expands MIL-DTL-38999 Product Range

TE Connectivity, a provider of interconnect solutions, has announced that it has expanded its range of MIL-DTL-38999 series III qualified...

Dec 31, 2018
Parachute Rescue System Developed for DJI M600 Drones

Drone Rescue Systems GmbH has announced that it has launched a new parachute rescue system for the DJI M600 unmanned...

Dec 30, 2018
UUV Surveys Reveal New Hydrothermal Vents

Schmidt Ocean Institute has announced that a new hydrothermal vent field has been discovered during an expedition aboard the Institute’s...

Dec 30, 2018
New World Record Set for Heaviest Load Carried by Drone

FPT Industrial and Forvola have announced that the two firms have broken the Guinness World Record for the heaviest payload...

Dec 28, 2018
British Army Receives Bomb Disposal UGVs

The UK Ministry of Defence has announced that the British Army have taken delivery of the first four of 56...

Dec 28, 2018
Thales and MSubs to Develop Maritime Autonomous Systems

Thales has announced that it has signed an agreement with MSubs Ltd. for the two firms to collaborate on the...

Dec 24, 2018
UAS Standardization Roadmap Published

The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) has announced the publication of the Standardization Roadmap for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (Version 1.0)....

Dec 24, 2018
Airbus Helicopter Completes Fully Unmanned Autonomous Flight

Airbus Helicopters has announced that its VSR700 demonstrator has successfully completed a fully unmanned autonomous flight at the military airbase...

Dec 21, 2018
New Drone Security Solution Launched

Airspace Systems has announced the introduction of Airspace Galaxy, a family of fully-automated, always-on airspace security solutions that accelerate the...

Dec 21, 2018
Towed Sonar System Tested on Seagull USV

Elbit Systems has announced that its Seagull multi-mission Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) recently completed a series of rigorous sea tests...

Dec 20, 2018
LiDARUSA Offers Leasing Options for UAVs

LiDARUSA, a provider of drone-based LiDAR solutions, has announced that the company now offers leasing options to qualifying US buyers...

Dec 20, 2018
Drone X Challenge 2020 Offers US$1M Final Prize

In its most rewarding initiative to date, Krypto Labs, a global innovation hub focused on the support and development of...

Dec 20, 2018
Extreme Engineering Solutions Expands into New Headquarters

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES), a developer of rugged embedded computing solutions for UAVs and other unmanned systems, has announced that...

Dec 20, 2018
Elistair Tethered Drone Deployed at Paris-Le Bourget Airport

Elistair has confirmed that its Safe-T tethered drone system has been deployed at Paris-Le Bourget airport by Groupe ADP, the...

Dec 20, 2018
India’s First Private UAV Manufacturing Facility Opened

Adani Defence & Aerospace and Elbit Systems have announced that the Adani Elbit Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Complex has been...

Dec 20, 2018
World’s First Drone-Delivered Vaccine Given in Vanuatu

UNICEF has announced that it has conducted trials in the South Pacific country of Vanuatu in which a one-month old...

Dec 20, 2018
First Unmanned Public Delivery Service Launched

Robotics firm Nuro and The Kroger Co. have announced the launch of the first-ever unmanned delivery service available to the...

Dec 19, 2018
Spanish Armed Forces Acquires Unmanned Helicopters

Alpha Unmanned Systems has announced that it has provided the Spanish Armed Forces, through the DGAM (Dirección General de Armamento...

Dec 19, 2018
USV-Mounted Minehunting System Demonstrated

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NGC) has announced that it has demonstrated its AQS-24B mine hunting system from a high-speed unmanned surface...

Dec 18, 2018
Wave Relay MANET Technology Selected for Resolute Eagle UAS

PAE ISR has announced that it has selected the Persistent Systems MPU5 Wave Relay mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) technology...

Dec 18, 2018
Aeryon SkyRanger UAS Demonstrates Force Protection Capabilities

Aeryon Labs has announced that its SkyRanger UAS (unmanned aerial system) was selected by the United Kingdom Royal Air Force...

Dec 18, 2018
FLIR Unveils MWIR Thermal Camera Cores for Drone Applications

FLIR Systems has announced the launch of three Neutrino midwave infrared (MWIR) camera cores: the small, lightweight FLIR Neutrino LC...

Dec 18, 2018
Robot Aviation Develops Fixed-Wing Drones for Inspection, Surveillance & Security

Robot Aviation, a leading developer of fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for military and commercial applications, has partnered with Unmanned...

Dec 18, 2018
Sky Power Announces Optimized UAV Engine Design

Sky Power GmbH has announced that it has optimized the design of its 110 ccm UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) engine,...

Dec 17, 2018
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