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.

Thermal Imaging Solution Launched for DJI M200 Series Drones

3DR has announced that users of the Site Scan drone software platform for construction and engineering teams now have the...

Jul 17, 2018
Leonardo Provides Electronic Warfare Sensor for MQ-9B UAS

Leonardo and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) have announced that the two firms have signed an agreement that will...

Jul 17, 2018
Whitepaper: Fuel Cell-Based Energy Systems for Commercial UAVs

Ballard Power Systems, a leading provider of innovative clean energy solutions and fuel cell technologies, has released a whitepaper outlining...

Jul 16, 2018
Next-Generation Vehicle Management Computer for Autonomous Flight Under Development

UTC Aerospace Systems has announced that it is developing a next-gen vehicle management computer (VMC) that features triple multi-core processors,...

Jul 16, 2018
QinetiQ Selects Kratos Firejet Aerial Target Drone

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that it has received a 10-year sole source, single award framework contract...

Jul 16, 2018
LiDAR Sensors Assessed for Autonomous Vehicle Perception

Leti, a research institute at CEA Tech, Transdev, a provider of mobility services, and IRT Nanoelec, an R&D center focused...

Jul 16, 2018
UMS SKELDAR Unveils Enhanced Heavy-Fuel VTOL UAV

UMS SKELDAR has introduced a next-generation version of their rotary heavy-fuel engine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), designed specifically for maritime...

Jul 15, 2018
Edge UAS Deployed Aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute Research Vessel

FlightWave Aerospace Systems has announced that its Edge unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was deployed aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s Research...

Jul 15, 2018
UAVOS Solar UAV Completes 10-Hour Aerial Photography Mission

UAVOS has announced that it has completed flight tests of its solar-powered SAT-i UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), which is designed...

Jul 14, 2018
25GigE High-Speed Area and Line Scan Cameras Introduced for Robotics

FRAMOS has announced the availability of 25GigE Cameras from Emergent Vision Technology (EVT) to their product line up. The just...

Jul 14, 2018
Advanced Navigation INS/AHRS Selected for DARPA Gremlins UAS Program

Advanced Navigation has confirmed that their miniature GPS-aided inertial navigation system (INS) and attitude & heading reference system (AHRS) has...

Jul 13, 2018
High-Precision INS Developed for Commercial Unmanned Systems

Honeywell has announced that it has produced a new inertial navigation unit that provides accurate navigation for customers across a...

Jul 13, 2018
FLIR Releases Thermal Imaging Dataset for Autonomous Driving Machine Learning

FLIR Systems has announced the availability of a free machine learning thermal dataset for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and...

Jul 13, 2018
Elbit Systems Unveils MALE UAS Designed to Integrate into Civilian Airspace

Elbit Systems has announced the release of the Hermes 900 StarLiner, a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aircraft System...

Jul 13, 2018
Insitu Enhances High Accuracy Photogrammetry UAV Payload

Insitu, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has announced enhancements to its High Accuracy Photogrammetry (HAP) UAV payload. In...

Jul 13, 2018
SkyGuardian Completes First Trans-Atlantic MALE UAS Flight

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has announced that its MQ-9B SkyGuardian Medium-altitude, Long-endurance (MALE) Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) has...

Jul 11, 2018
Fire Scout UAS Completes Initial Operational Test and Evaluation

The U.S. Navy has announced that USS Coronado (LCS 4) and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VX-1) have completed...

Jul 10, 2018
First Sanctioned UAV Mapping Missions Conducted over a Canadian City

Global UAV Technologies Ltd., along with UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) consulting firm InDro Robotics Inc. and High Eye Aerial Imaging...

Jul 10, 2018
MQ-25 Refueling UAS Features Integrated Fuel Tank Structure

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has confirmed that an integrated fuel tank structure will maximize fuel offload for the...

Jul 10, 2018
OmniPreSense Unveils Short Range Radar Sensor for UAVs

OmniPreSense Corporation, a provider of Short-Range Radar (SRR) sensors, has announced its newest radar sensor with a smaller form factor...

Jul 10, 2018
Kratos Delivers Subsonic Aerial Target Drone to U.S. Navy

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced the delivery of the first production BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target (SSAT) Drone...

Jul 10, 2018
Whitepaper: Geometric Accuracy Assessment of Mapping UAVs

Microdrones, a developer of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based surveying, mapping and monitoring platforms, has released a whitepaper assessing the geometric...

Jul 10, 2018
Coda Octopus Upgrades Underwater Sonar Survey Software

Coda Octopus has announced the release of Version 8 of Underwater Survey Explorer (USE), the company’s software package for recording,...

Jul 09, 2018
Parrot Unveils New 4K HDR Camera Drone

Parrot has announced the launch of ANAFI, the company’s next-generation portable drone equipped with a 4K HDR camera. Parrot has...

Jul 09, 2018
Whitepaper: Understanding Xsens’ MEMS-Based Motion Trackers

Xsens, a developer of inertial sensing technology, has released a technical whitepaper which explores the applications of motion tracking sensors...

Jul 06, 2018
Unmanned Airship to Control Search & Rescue Drones & Robots

KT Corp., a South Korean telecommunications company, has unveiled a next-generation platform for disaster and safety management, in its latest...

Jul 06, 2018
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