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.

LORD Corporation Expands Embedded Inertial Sensors Portfolio

LORD Sensing MicroStrain has announced that it has expanded its GX5 sensor portfolio with the 3DM-CX5 inertial sensor, which fills...

May 11, 2018
New Tactical Law Enforcement Drone Delivers Real-Time Video

xG Technology, developer of the IMT and Vislink live video communications systems, has announced that it has entered into a...

May 11, 2018
San Francisco Circuits Introduces Fine-Pitch PCB Assembly Capabilities

San Francisco Circuits has announced the addition of new fine-pitch printed circuit board (PCB) assembly capabilities, specially designed for high density...

May 10, 2018
Details Announced for Fourth Annual Drone Focus Conference

The fourth annual Drone Focus Conference will be held at the Fargo Civic Center on Wednesday, May 30 through Thursday,...

May 10, 2018
RCV Engines Develops High-Efficiency Multi-Fuel Engines for UAVs

RCV Engines, a leading manufacturer of small multi-fuel engines for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology...

May 09, 2018
Windhover Labs Launches New Open Software Ecosystem for UAS

Windhover Labs has announced the successful test flight of its integrated flight software stack and ground control software for unmanned...

May 09, 2018
Hemisphere GNSS Introduces New Rugged UAV GNSS Antenna

Hemisphere GNSS has announced the launch of its new multi-GNSS, multi-frequency 4-helix HA32 UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) antenna. The HA32...

May 09, 2018
Pipistrel Sinus Light Aircraft to be Converted to Optionally-Piloted System

UAVOS and JetLease have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a new optionally manned fixed-wing...

May 09, 2018
Guardian UAS Demonstration Flights Performed in Japan

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced the first flight of the Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in Japan...

May 09, 2018
FAA Begins Expansion of Automated UAS Airspace Authorization

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that it has begun expanding an automated system that will ultimately provide near...

May 08, 2018
Okeanus Delivers Rapid ROV Launch & Recovery System

Okeanus Science & Technology has announced that it has delivered a self-contained, Rapid Mobilization ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) Launch &...

May 08, 2018
German Navy Acquires AeroVironment Puma UAS

AeroVironment and system and software developer ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH have announced that the German Navy has acquired the AeroVironment...

May 08, 2018
XPONENTIAL 2018 – the UST Round-Up

More than 8,500 attendees and over 600 exhibitors attended XPONENTIAL 2018, the annual AUVSI trade show last week, held in Denver. It...

May 08, 2018
SCALABLE Demonstrates Integrated Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Simulation Environment

SCALABLE Network Technologies, a developer of multi-domain network design and optimization tools, has announced that it has demonstrated its high-fidelity...

May 08, 2018
Lockheed Martin Delivers New Unmanned Vehicle Control Station

Lockheed Martin has announced that it has delivered its new modular unmanned vehicle control software, which can simultaneously control dozens...

May 08, 2018
Penguin C UAS Selected for Unmanned Systems Sciences Program

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has announced that the Unmanned Systems Sciences Program in the College of Aviation at the Daytona Beach...

May 07, 2018
UK MoD Successfully Trials Unmanned Minesweeping System

The UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) has announced that it has successfully trialled an unmanned minesweeping system, which was designed...

May 07, 2018
Solar Electric UAV to Stay Airborne for Up to One Year

BAE Systems and Prismatic have announced an agreement to develop a new solar electric unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which has...

May 04, 2018
Raytheon to Develop Unmanned Aircraft Testing Airspace Corridor

Raytheon has announced that it has been selected by the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance as a key partner...

May 04, 2018
NovAtel Introduces New Precision Positioning Solutions for Unmanned Systems

NovAtel has announced the introduction of several new precision positioning solutions for space-constrained applications. With enhanced positioning accuracy in a...

May 03, 2018
Northwest UAV Begins Manufacture of New Multi-Fuel UAV Engine

Northwest UAV (NWUAV) has announced that it has begun the manufacturing and parts procurement for the company’s new NW-88 multi-fuel...

May 03, 2018
Robot Aviation AS acquires UAS-Europe

Robot Aviation, a Norwegian developer and producer of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, has announced the acquisition of UAS Europe AB, a...

May 03, 2018
Volz Servos Adds External Position Sensors to OPV Electromagnetic Clutches

Volz Servos, a manufacturer of electro-mechanical actuators for robotics and unmanned vehicles, has announced that it now offers its electromagnetic...

May 02, 2018
Sagetech ADS-B Transponders Selected for Detect-and-Avoid Research

Sagetech Corporation has announced that it has provided its ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast) MXS transponder to NASA for DAA (Detect-and-Avoid)...

May 02, 2018
Aeron Systems Unveils Micro-Miniature Inertial Navigation System

Aeron Systems, a developer and manufacturer of inertial navigation systems (INS), has announced the launch of Pollux, a compact INS...

May 02, 2018
Alta Devices Develops New Solar Cell for Autonomous Vehicles

Alta Devices has announced the launch of its fourth-generation solar cell technology (“Gen4”), which weighs significantly less than the previous...

May 02, 2018
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