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.

FLIR Systems Announces New Family of Deep Learning-Enabled Cameras

FLIR Systems has announced the launch of the FLIR Firefly family of deep learning inference-enabled machine vision cameras. The FLIR...

Nov 02, 2018
Small Form Factor Mobile Encryptor Developed for UAS Applications

General Dynamics Mission Systems has announced the expansion of its TACLANE family of Type 1 encryptors, with the new, small...

Nov 02, 2018
Tersus Unveils New RTK Receiver with Calibration-Free Compensation

Tersus GNSS has announced that it has unveiled its next-generation Oscar RTK Receiver at the InterGEO 2018 trade show. The...

Nov 01, 2018
Azure Demonstrates OpenVPX Software-Definable RF Receiver to US Navy

Azure Summit Technology, a provider of high-performance RF electronics products for the Department of Defense, has announced that it has...

Nov 01, 2018
Elbit Systems to Provide UAS to European Maritime Safety Agency

Elbit Systems has announced that it has been awarded a framework contract to provide maritime Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) patrol...

Nov 01, 2018
Kratos Opens New Unmanned Aircraft Production Facility

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has announced that it has opened a new 100,000 square foot unmanned aerial system (UAS)...

Nov 01, 2018
AUVSI Launches UAS Operator Certification Program

The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has announced the launch of its new Trusted Operator Program (TOP) –...

Nov 01, 2018
Data Recording and Processing System Introduced for Rugged Applications

Ampex Data Systems has announced the launch of the nano-R, a data recording and processing system designed for rugged aerospace...

Oct 31, 2018
EU Initiative to Test Implementation of Drone Traffic Management

Cranfield University has announced that it has joined a new programme to test the European Union’s readiness to manage a...

Oct 31, 2018
AirMap Selects Microsoft Azure for Drone Management Cloud Platform

AirMap has announced that it has selected Microsoft Azure as its exclusive cloud platform to power its drone traffic management...

Oct 31, 2018
Delair Acquires Airware Drone Data Analysis Software

Delair, a supplier of commercial drone solutions, has announced an agreement to acquire the key assets of Airware, a developer...

Oct 31, 2018
DJI Unveils Mavic 2 Enterprise Drone

DJI has unveiled the Mavic 2 Enterprise, a portable drone designed for businesses, governments, educators and other professionals seeking a...

Oct 30, 2018
New AUV Launch and Recovery System Extends Surveying Capabilities

UTEC, a global subsea surveying company, has announced that it has successfully commissioned its new launch and recovery system (LARS)...

Oct 30, 2018
L3 ASV to Conduct Autonomous Vessel Navigation Research

L3 ASV has announced that it has received United Kingdom government funding for a pioneering project on autonomous navigation of...

Oct 30, 2018
Horizon Technologies Introduces Iridium Satphone Monitoring System

Horizon Technologies has announced the release of a new version of its FlyingFish 3 Airborne Satphone monitoring product, the FlyingFish...

Oct 30, 2018
U.S. Army Operates Autonomous Sikorsky Helicopter

The U.S. Army has announced that it has used supervised autonomy to direct an optionally-piloted helicopter (OPV) through a series...

Oct 29, 2018
KDE Upgrades UAV ESC and Flight Controller Communication Protocols

KDE Direct, a manufacturer of brushless motors and electronics for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), has announced the launch of a...

Oct 28, 2018
DJI Selects PrecisionHawk for Airspace Data in North America

PrecisionHawk has announced that it has entered into a partnership with DJI to improve DJI’s geofencing technology. Leveraging PrecisionHawk’s Low...

Oct 28, 2018
Unmanned Aircraft Demo to be Peformed in U.S. National Airspace

PAE ISR, manufacturer of the Resolute Eagle unmanned aerial system (UAS), has announced that it has signed a cooperative agreement...

Oct 27, 2018
Maritime and Overland Surveillance Radar Selected for Fire Scout UAS

Telephonics Corporation has announced that it has been awarded an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from Naval Air Systems...

Oct 27, 2018
Leonardo Tests Falco EVO UAS Endurance and Range Upgrades

Leonardo has announced that it has completed a series of successful test flights of its Falco EVO Remotely-Piloted Air System...

Oct 27, 2018
Australian Navy Commissions New UAS Squadron

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has announced that it has commissioned a new operational Squadron to operate unmanned aerial systems...

Oct 26, 2018
Multi-Mission UGV Competes in European Land-Robot Trial

Rheinmetall has announced that its multi-mission “Mission Master” UGV (unmanned ground vehicle) has taken part in ELROB (European Land-Robot Trial),...

Oct 25, 2018
First Major North American Urban BVLOS Drone Project Concludes

Commercial drone operator IN-FLIGHT Data and senseFly have announced that the two companies have completed North America’s first urban BVLOS...

Oct 25, 2018
Certifiable Autonomous UAS Framework to be Established

NASA and Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) have announced that they have entered into a partnership to develop a framework...

Oct 25, 2018
USV for Antarctic Missions Under Development

Researchers at the University of East Anglia have announced that they are helping to design an unmanned surface vessel (USV)...

Oct 24, 2018
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