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.

DARPA Awards Phase II Funding for Rotary UAV Diesel Engine Development

LiquidPiston has announced that the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the company an additional $2.5 million...

Jun 19, 2018
Curtiss-Wright & Lynx Offer Safety Bundle for DO-254 Certifiable Intel SBCs

Curtiss-Wright’s Defense Solutions division has announced a collaboration with Lynx Software Technologies to offer the LynxSecure Safety Bundle on its...

Jun 19, 2018
ALTI Develops Hybrid VTOL Fixed-Wing UAVs for Commercial Applications

ALTI UAS, a leading developer and manufacturer of commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”)...

Jun 19, 2018
Black Swift to Develop UAS for Atmospheric Observations of Venus

Black Swift Technologies (BST), a developer of purpose-built scientific aerial platforms, has announced that it has been awarded a NASA...

Jun 18, 2018
Fischer Launches New Breakthrough Plug & Use Connectivity Solutions

Fischer Connectors has announced the launch of its new Freedom Series, which offers breakthrough plug & use connectivity solutions that...

Jun 18, 2018
Airbus to Provide Heron TP Drones to German Armed Forces

Airbus has announced that it has signed an agreement with the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service...

Jun 18, 2018
Endurance-Boosting Solar Technologies Developed for UAVs

Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have announced that they are developing technology for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)...

Jun 18, 2018
SRC Confirmed as Gold Sponsor for UAV Technology Conference

SMi Group has recently announced SRC Inc, an independent, non-for-profit, research and development corporation, as the newest gold sponsors for...

Jun 18, 2018
Milrem Robotics and MBDA to Develop Anti-Tank UGV

Milrem Robotics and missile systems designer MBDA have announced that the two companies are to develop the world’s first unmanned...

Jun 14, 2018
U.S. Army Orders Autonomy Kits for Convoy Resupply Vehicles

Robotic Research has announced that the U.S. Army has awarded the company a 3-year, $49.7 million contract to provide Autonomy...

Jun 14, 2018
Gladiator Technologies Achieves AS9100D Quality Certification

Gladiator Technologies, a division of LKD Aerospace, has achieved third-party certification to AS9100D. The certification applies to all design, distribution,...

Jun 14, 2018
Leica Geosystems Launches New 3D Mapping UAS

Leica Geosystems has announced the launch of the new Leica Aibot, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system based on DJI’s...

Jun 14, 2018
Insitu to Provide UAS ISR Services for U.S. Coast Guard

Insitu has announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) ISR services aboard...

Jun 13, 2018
Advanced ROV Developed for Pipeline Inspection

Aquam Corporation, a provider of risk mitigation technologies for water and energy transmission and distribution assets, has announced the launch...

Jun 13, 2018
New AI-Based Engine Automates Drone GCP Workflow

vHive, a developer of cloud-based AI solutions for drone-based field data gathering, has announced the availability of a fully automated...

Jun 13, 2018
GA-ASI Detect-and-Avoid System Aids NASA UAS Flight

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has announced that its Detect and Avoid (DAA) avionics system was the key technology...

Jun 13, 2018
DroneDeploy Develops Real-Time Thermal Mapping Solution for UAVs

DroneDeploy, a developer of drone software, has announced the launch of Thermal Live Map, a real-time mobile mapping solution which...

Jun 12, 2018
Interview: FT Technologies on Latest UAV Wind Sensor

FT Technologies is a leading manufacturer of rugged wind sensors for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and the company’s new FT205...

Jun 12, 2018
Microdrones md4-3000 Achieves Transport Canada Compliance

Microdrones has announced that its md4-3000 UAV has been added to Transport Canada’s (TC) exclusive list of compliant unmanned aerial...

Jun 12, 2018
Tethered Drone Deployed for Air Show Surveillance

Elistair has announced that its Orion tethered drone has been recently deployed in conjunction with Delta Drone to provide surveillance...

Jun 11, 2018
e-con Launches 4K Multi-Camera System for NVIDIA Jetson

e-con Systems, a developer of embedded camera solutions, has announced the launch of the e-CAM130_TRICUTX2, a Multiple 4K camera system...

Jun 11, 2018
Airbus to Develop Maritime Delivery UAS

Airbus has announced that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with Wilhelmsen Ships Service to drive the development of...

Jun 10, 2018
U.S. Navy Orders Fuel Cell Systems for UAV Field Trials

Ballard Power Systems has announced that the Company’s subsidiary, Protonex, has received purchase orders from the U.S. Navy for a...

Jun 08, 2018
Sagetech MX Transponder Selected for Long-Endurance UAS

Sagetech Corporation has announced that its MX transponder product line has been selected by PAE ISR for the Resolute Eagle,...

Jun 08, 2018
Protector USV Conducts Missile Firing Demonstration for NATO

Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has announced that it has carried out a successful exercise for NATO forces, to demonstrate the...

Jun 08, 2018
Department of Interior Awards Contract for Emergency UAS Firefighting Support

Bridger Aerospace has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Department of Interior (“DOI”) to supply...

Jun 07, 2018
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