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.

GA-ASI to Expand Footprint at Grand Sky UAS Park

Grand Sky, the civil unmanned aerial systems (UAS)-focused research and development park, has announced that tenant General Atomics Aeronautical Systems,...

Aug 10, 2018
Raymarine Launches New Unmanned Aerial Imaging App

Raymarine has announced the launch of Axiom UAV, a new unmanned aerial imaging app for Raymarine’s Axiom, Axiom Pro and...

Aug 09, 2018
Embry-Riddle UAS Team Tracks Shoreline Erosion

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has announced that its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have been flown along the shorelines of Menard-May Park...

Aug 09, 2018
Trimble GNSS Correction Technology Achieves Two Centimetre Accuracy

Trimble RTX GNSS corrections technology can now achieve horizontal accuracies of better than two centimeters whilst start-up times have also improved

Aug 09, 2018
Airbus Zephyr Solar UAV Maiden Flight Sets New Duration Record

Airbus Defence and Space has announced the successful landing of its first production unmanned aircraft of the Zephyr programme, the...

Aug 09, 2018
Alta Devices Solar Cells Power Successful CubeSat Mission

Alta Devices has announced that a successful CubeSat mission by Twiggs Space Lab, (TSL), NearSpace Launch (NSL) and NanoRacks was...

Aug 08, 2018
MQ-9 Reaper UAVs Provide Bastille Day Security

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that the French Air Force operated two of the company’s MQ-9 Reaper...

Aug 08, 2018
SPIE Unveils Details for Sensing, Security & Defence Symposia

This September, leaders from academia, government, and industry will gather in Berlin, Germany, as SPIE hosts two annual concurrent, co-located...

Aug 07, 2018
World’s First Graphene-Skinned UAS Unveiled

The University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) has announced that it has unveiled the world’s first graphene skinned unmanned aerial vehicle...

Aug 07, 2018
Silent Falcon Selected by DARPA for Laser-Powered UAS Project

Silent Falcon UAS Technologies has announced that its solar electric, fixed wing Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has been selected by...

Aug 07, 2018
New Rugged Camera Modules for Machine Vision Applications

D3 Engineering has announced the introduction of a new line of rugged camera modules for machine vision and autonomous systems...

Aug 07, 2018
Fuel Injection UAV Engine Passes FAR 33 150-Hour Profile Testing

Power4Flight, a developer of engine technology for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has announced that its B100i fuel injected UAV engine...

Aug 07, 2018
Oceanalpha USVs Conduct Underwater Topographic Antarctic Survey

Oceanalpha has announced that its unmanned surface vessels (USVs) have been sent to Antarctica in order to perform an underwater...

Aug 06, 2018
AirMap UTM Services Deployed in Czech Republic

AirMap, an airspace management platform for drones, has announced that its UTM (unmanned traffic management) services are being deployed by...

Aug 06, 2018
Sunex Optics Releases Sensor Module for Embedded Video Applications

FRAMOS has announced that it is distributing the first sensor module from Sunex Optics, the MOD255I, based on its 4K...

Aug 04, 2018
CRP Showcase 3D printed Space Applications at SmallSat Conference

For the fourth consecutive year, CRP USA will be attending the Small Satellite Conference and Exhibit at Utah State University,...

Aug 03, 2018
RQ-7B Shadow UAS Performs Final Flight

The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that the RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aerial system (UAS) has been retired after its...

Aug 03, 2018
DARPA Demos Advanced Urban Navigation Technologies for UAVs

DARPA has announced that its Fast Lightweight Autonomy (FLA) program has recently completed Phase 2 flight tests, demonstrating advanced algorithms...

Aug 02, 2018
Boeing to Open New Aerospace & Autonomy Center

Boeing has announced plans to open the new Boeing Aerospace & Autonomy Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, becoming the first major...

Aug 02, 2018
Preliminary Agenda Announced for 2018 UAS Summit & Expo

UAS Magazine has announced the agenda for the 12th annual UAS Summit & Expo, the upper Midwest’s premier unmanned aircraft systems event....

Aug 01, 2018
Rugged Embedded Computing Platform Unveiled for ISR Applications

Kontron, a developer of Internet of Things (IoT)/Embedded Computing Technology (ECT) solutions, has announced the launch of its COBALT 901|400...

Jul 31, 2018
MQ-25 Unmanned Refueling Tanker Undergoes Wind Tunnel Tests

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced the completion of the fourth wind tunnel test of its MQ-25 design....

Jul 31, 2018
ROV and UAV Trialled on Great Barrier Reef

Researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science have announced that they have trialled unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and remotely...

Jul 31, 2018
Velodyne LiDAR Sponsors International RoboBoat Competition

Velodyne LiDAR has announced that it has partnered with RoboNation to sponsor the AUVSI-backed organization’s 11th International RoboBoat Competition in...

Jul 31, 2018
Whitepaper: Camera Parameters to Consider for Aerial Imaging

Lumenera, a developer and manufacturer of high-performance digital cameras and OEM imaging solutions, has released a whitepaper discussing important camera...

Jul 31, 2018
Lockheed Martin to Develop Autonomous Convoy Systems for U.S. Army

Lockheed Martin has announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Army’s Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center...

Jul 31, 2018
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