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.

GDMS Launches Redesigned Bluefin-9 AUV

General Dynamics Mission Systems has announced the release of the new Bluefin-9 autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) at Oceans 2018...

Oct 24, 2018
AI Camera SoC Integrates Computer Vision and Deep Learning Technologies

CEVA, a developer of signal processing platforms and artificial intelligence processors, has announced that their CEVA-XM6 computer vision and deep...

Oct 24, 2018
CRP Showcases Composite Materials & AM for Aerospace Applications

CRP Technology and CRP Meccanica have exhibited at the Sampe (Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering) Israel...

Oct 24, 2018
DJI Improves Drone Geofencing for Airport Safety Zones

DJI has announced that it is improving its geofencing technology to refine the airspace limitations for drone flights near airports,...

Oct 24, 2018
ScanEagle3 UAS Achieves FAA Type Certification Requirements

Insitu has announced that it has successfully completed the first interim Type Certification Board Meeting (TCBM) in support of the...

Oct 24, 2018
Persistent Systems Provides MANET Capabilities to Insitu UAVs

Persistent Systems has announced it has entered into a five-year agreement with Insitu to incorporate Persistent’s Wave Relay mobile ad...

Oct 24, 2018
ECSU Aviation Installs UAS Simulation Classroom

Simlat has announced that it has delivered its IMPACT system to Elizabeth City State University’s (ECSU) Aviation Science Program. IMPACT,...

Oct 23, 2018
General Atomics Tests UAV-Mounted Airborne Tracking and Targeting System

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has announced that it has participated in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) to...

Oct 23, 2018
Autonomous Vehicles Licensed for Public Roadway Testing in California

Ridecell Inc., a platform for mobility operators, has announced that its self-driving vehicle division, Auro, is now licensed to test...

Oct 23, 2018
US Navy Commissions First Dedicated UAS Test Squadron

The U.S. Navy has announced that it has commissioned its first Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) test and evaluation squadron. The...

Oct 23, 2018
HES Creates World’s Smallest Hydrogen Fuel Cell Pressure Reducer

HES Energy Systems, a developer of aerial hydrogen fuel cell propulsion systems has announced the launch of a new lightweight...

Oct 22, 2018
Dedicated Volume Production Line Created for UMS SKELDAR UAS

UMS SKELDAR has announced that, following major contract wins and in line with its global expansion strategy, it has teamed...

Oct 22, 2018
Boeing Joins EU UAS Airspace Management Initiative

Boeing has announced that it has joined the European Network of U-Space Demonstrators, a Europe-wide platform for aggregating early Unmanned...

Oct 22, 2018
Combat Proven Range of sUAS Released

InstantEye Robotics has announced the launch of the next evolution in its family of combat-proven, small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS),...

Oct 19, 2018
Advanced Navigation Provides High-Accuracy MEMS, FOG and Acoustic Sensors for Unmanned Systems

Advanced Navigation, a leading developer of high accuracy navigation technologies, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) to demonstrate their...

Oct 18, 2018
Drone Software Platform Combines Thermal and Visual Imaging with Flight Data Management

FLIR Systems has announced the release of DroneSense–FLIR Edition, a drone flight management software platform designed for public safety applications....

Oct 18, 2018
Alion to Develop Next-Generation UUVs for US Navy

Alion Science and Technology has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the Department of Navy’s Naval Undersea...

Oct 18, 2018
NuWaves Launches Hermetically-Sealed Low Noise Power Amplifier

NuWaves Engineering, a developer of Radio Frequency (RF) and Microwave solutions, has announced the release of a new hermetically- sealed,...

Oct 18, 2018
TASE400 Laser Designator Selected for Resolute Eagle UAS

PAE ISR, the original equipment manufacturer of the Group 3 unmanned aerial system (UAS), Resolute Eagle, has announced that it...

Oct 18, 2018
Silicon Designs Unveils MEMS Accelerometer Modules for Inertial Navigation

Silicon Designs, a designer and manufacturer of rugged industrial-grade MEMS capacitive accelerometer chips, has announced the introduction of its Model...

Oct 18, 2018
FAA Approves First Civil Use of BVLOS Drone with Radar

Avitas Systems has announced that it has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval to fly an unmanned aerial system (UAS)...

Oct 17, 2018
Solar Array Technology Will Power Autonomous Stratospheric Airship

Thales Alenia Space has announced the successful completion of static mechanical validation tests of the first full-scale photovoltaic modules specially...

Oct 17, 2018
US Air Force Creates UAS Airfield Damage Assessment System

The U.S. Air Force has announced that it has implemented the Rapid Airfield Damage Assessment System, a method of using...

Oct 17, 2018
Machine Vision Algorithms Behind New Autonomous Drones

Percepto Robotics has announced that it has employed machine vision algorithms in its proprietary Sparrow drones as part of its...

Oct 15, 2018
Bell and Yamato to Develop Autonomous VTOL Delivery Drones

Bell Helicopter and Yamato Holdings have announced that the two firms have entered into a strategic collaboration for the future...

Oct 15, 2018
Intel Xeon D-Based VPX Module Features 40 Gigabit Ethernet

Kontron, a developer of Internet of Things (IoT)/Embedded Computing Technology (ECT) products, has announced its new VX305C-40G 3U OpenVPX single...

Oct 15, 2018
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