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.

New Unmanned Traffic Management R&D Project Launched in UK

The Transport Systems Catapult, a transportation innovation centre, has announced that it will lead a new UK Department for Transport...

Jan 10, 2019
Defence IQ Releases Annual Airborne ISR and C2 Market Report

Ahead of the 6th Annual Airborne ISR & C2 Battle Management, Defence IQ has published its annual market and holdings...

Jan 09, 2019
Cyber Security Solution Demonstrated on Autonomous Vehicle Platform

Argus Cyber Security has announced that it is demonstrating its cyber security solution on the NVIDIA DRIVE computing platform for...

Jan 09, 2019
Coal Stockpile Audit Completed with Drone Photogrammetry

PwC UK has announced that it has undertaken a stock count audit using an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), as part...

Jan 09, 2019
Drone Aviation Awarded $3.8 Million Contract

Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, has been selected by a prime contractor under an...

Jan 08, 2019
Royal Navy to Chair Maritime Reconnaissance and Surveillance Conference

The SMi Group has confirmed that Rear Admiral (Ret’d) Anthony Rix, Former Flag Officer Sea Training for the British Royal...

Jan 08, 2019
FLIR Unveils Automotive Development Kit for Autonomous Cars

FLIR Systems has announced the launch of its next-generation thermal vision Automotive Development Kit (ADK) for the development of self-driving...

Jan 07, 2019
Technical Insight: Inside the PD-1 UAV Engine Module

Ukrspecsystems, a developer of fixed-wing and multicopter unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has released a video highlighting the technologies that are...

Jan 07, 2019
SFC Introduces PCB Component Overages and Sourcing Worksheet

San Francisco Circuits (SFC) has announced the introduction of a new educational component of its website to address Printed Circuit...

Jan 07, 2019
Velodyne to Showcase New LiDAR Products

Velodyne Lidar has announced that it will introduce and demonstrate its breakthrough new LiDAR sensor technology at CES 2019 in...

Jan 07, 2019
PowerVision Unveils New Marine Drone

PowerVision Technology Group, a developer of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles), has extended its drone offerings to include marine vessels PowerDolphin,...

Jan 07, 2019
AgEagle Develops Mobile App for Drone Crop Imaging and Analysis

AgEagle Aerial Systems, Inc., a provider of advanced drone imagery-based data collection and analytics solutions for the sustainable agriculture and...

Jan 07, 2019
Multi-User BVLOS UAS Network Tested in North Dakota

The University of North Dakota, along with research partners from Harris Corporation and the Northern Plains Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test...

Jan 03, 2019
Elbit Systems Laser Designator Technology Selected for UAVs

Elbit Systems of America has announced that it has been awarded a contract by Raytheon to deliver the Two Color...

Jan 03, 2019
Fischer Connectors Selected for Fixed-Wing Mapping Drone

Fischer Connectors has confirmed that its UltiMate™ Series of connectors has been used in Lehmann Aviation’s L-A Series UAS (unmanned...

Dec 31, 2018
DJI Mavic 2 Drone Integrates FLIR Thermal Imaging

FLIR Systems has announced that DJI will integrate the FLIR Lepton micro thermal imaging camera within its DJI Mavic 2...

Dec 31, 2018
Long-Range AUV Developed for Oil Spill Mapping

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it has developed a long-range autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) to...

Dec 31, 2018
Curtiss-Wright Unveils Rugged NAS for Unmanned Systems

Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division has announced the launch of its new Unattended Network Storage (UNS) system, a rugged network attached...

Dec 31, 2018
FlightHorizon GCS Used for BVLOS Drone Tracking

Vigilant Aerospace Systems has announced that it has participated with Oklahoma State University (OSU) in the first beyond visual line-of-sight...

Dec 31, 2018
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
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