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.

New Hybrid VTOL Drone Mapping System Undergoes Flight Trials

Wingcopter and UAVenture have announced that they have completed training and run mapping trials with the Wingcopter drone Mapping Package...

Mar 09, 2018
Skyguide & AirMap to Develop European UTM System

skyguide, a Swiss air navigation service provider, and AirMap, a global airspace management platform for drones, have announced that they...

Mar 09, 2018
Rugged Gigabit Ethernet Switch Unveiled for UAVs

Diamond Systems Corporation, a supplier of embedded computing solutions, has announced the launch of the EPS-24G2X, a managed Layer 2+...

Mar 08, 2018
Silicon Sensing IMU Selected for Mayflower Autonomous Ship

Silicon Sensing Systems has announced that its latest DMU30 inertial measurement unit (IMU) has been selected to provide highly accurate...

Mar 07, 2018
Septentrio GNSS Technology Selected for VTOL Mapping Drone

Septentrio, a manufacturer of GNSS receiver technologies, has announced that it has been selected by Swiss drone manufacturer Wingtra to...

Mar 07, 2018
20th Anniversary of First Global Hawk UAS Flight Celebrated

Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced the 20th anniversary of the first flight of its autonomous Global Hawk high altitude long...

Mar 07, 2018
Elistair Unveils Next-Generation Tethered UAS

Elistair has announced the launch of Orion, the company’s next generation of tethered drone systems. Designed for semi-persistent aerial surveillance...

Mar 06, 2018
Z3 Technology Provides 4K/HD IP Camera Solutions for UAVs, UGVs

Z3 Technology, a leading developer of camera and video encoding solutions for unmanned vehicles, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology...

Mar 06, 2018
CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS Selected for ISR Missions

Schiebel has announced that a fleet of the company’s CAMCOPTER S-100 unmanned aerial systems (UAS) has been commissioned by aerospace...

Mar 06, 2018
Roboteam Develops AI Software for Unmanned Systems

Roboteam, a provider of tactical ground robotic systems and controllers, has announced the launch of a new Artificial Intelligence Control...

Mar 03, 2018
Hurricane Tracker UAS Wins Laureate Award

Raytheon Company and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have announced that they have received Aviation Week magazine’s Laureate...

Mar 02, 2018
Boeing Launches New Unmanned Systems Program in Australia

Boeing has announced that it has launched its largest autonomous systems development program outside of the United States in Australia...

Mar 01, 2018
Canadian Navy Selects Puma II AE UAS for Coastal Defence Vessels

AeroVironment, Inc., and MDA (a Maxar Technologies company) have announced that the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has acquired the AeroVironment...

Mar 01, 2018
Silvus to Provide MIMO Radios for UK MoD Robotics Program

Silvus Technologies has announced that, after an extensive testing and evaluation period, the company’s StreamCaster SC4200 has been selected by...

Feb 28, 2018
New Lightweight Rugged Antennas Developed for UAS Market

Taoglas, a developer of IoT (Internet of Things) and automotive antenna and RF solutions, has announced the introduction of its...

Feb 28, 2018
TEOCO Launches Drone IoT Service Enablement Platform

TEOCO, a provider of analytics, assurance and optimization solutions, has announced the launch of AirborneUTM, a Service Enablement Platform for...

Feb 28, 2018
Solo Optionally Piloted Helicopter Completes First Unmanned Flight

Leonardo has announced that its SW-4 Solo optionally piloted helicopter has successfully completed its maiden flight with no safety pilot...

Feb 28, 2018
Advanced Navigation Releases Acoustic Positioning Transponder

Advanced Navigation has released a new subsea acoustic positioning transponder, designed to provide a low cost, fully integrated positioning capability...

Feb 28, 2018
ECA Group Develops New Mine Counter-Measures AUV

ECA Group has announced its latest mid-size AUV (autonomous underwater vehicle), the A18-M, dedicated to mine counter-measures. The vehicle has...

Feb 27, 2018
Milrem Robotics Unveils Next-Generation UGV

Milrem Robotics has announced the introduction of the next generation of its THeMIS unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), intended specifically for...

Feb 27, 2018
SPIE Defense and Commercial Sensing 2018 Returns to Orlando

The latest sensing and imaging advancements for food security and safety, unmanned autonomous systems, hyperspectral imaging and the “Internet of...

Feb 27, 2018
VTOL Upgrade Module Released for PD-1 Fixed-Wing UAS

UKRSPECSystems has announced that the company has developed an upgrade module that converts its PD-1 fixed-wing drone to a VTOL...

Feb 27, 2018
UAVOS Unveils New Multi-Functional VTOL UAV

UAVOS has announced its new SURVEYOR-H Unmanned Aerial System, based around the company’s UVH-290E vertical takeoff/landing (VTOL) drone platform. The...

Feb 27, 2018
Domo Tactical Announces New Radio for Security Applications

Domo Tactical Communications (DTC), a developer of specialist wireless communications technologies, has announced the launch of its new Special Role...

Feb 26, 2018
Rugged Compact PC with Removable Storage Developed for Unmanned Applications

Aitech Defense Systems has announced a new version of its A172 low-power high performance rugged compact PC (RCP) with a...

Feb 26, 2018
Falco UAS Logs Over 15,000 Flying Hours

Leonardo has announced that its Falco family of Remotely-Piloted Air Vehicles (RPAS) have together logged more than 15,000 hours of...

Feb 26, 2018
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