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.

Airbus Successfully Demonstrates Parcel Delivery Drone

    Airbus Helicopters has announced that its Skyways unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has successfully completed its first flight demonstration...

Feb 12, 2018
Hummingbird Selects Pix4Dengine for UAV Photogrammetry Data Processing

Hummingbird Technologies, a provider of drone-enabled data and advanced analytics for precision agriculture, has partnered with Pix4D to develop a market-ready...

Feb 10, 2018
VStar Systems Announces New UAV Signal Intelligence Sensor

VStar Systems, an aerospace and defense systems company, has announced the development of a pod version of its MA-C SIGINT...

Feb 10, 2018
USV Conducts Antarctic Surveying Research

Oceanalpha, a developer of Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) platforms, has confirmed that the M80B USV is conducting research in remote...

Feb 09, 2018
YellowScan Introduces High-Density Long-Range LiDAR for UAVs

YellowScan has announced the launch of its Surveyor Ultra LiDAR system for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). The company will be...

Feb 08, 2018
Al Seer Marine Technologies Launches New USV Platform

Al Seer Marine Technologies has announced the introduction of its second generation Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) system. Al Seer’s platforms...

Feb 08, 2018
CybAero UAS Selected for Search & Rescue in Sweden

CybAero has announced that the company has signed a collaboration agreement with nonprofit search and rescue organization Missing People Sweden....

Feb 07, 2018
DoD Unmanned Systems Summit Looks to the Future

Defense Strategies Institute is proud to announce the 6th DoD Unmanned Systems Summit, occurring on March 14-15, 2018, in Alexandria,...

Feb 06, 2018
Norwegian Subsea Upgrades MRU for Marine Unmanned Systems

Norwegian Subsea has announced that it has released an upgraded version of its NORSUB MRU 6000 Motion Reference Unit, for...

Feb 06, 2018
United States Marine Corps Selects InstantEye Multi-Mission UAS

InstantEye Robotics has announced that it has received an order from PMA-263, the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned...

Feb 06, 2018
Sion Power Develops High-Density Rechargeable UAV Battery

Sion Power, a developer of lithium battery technologies, has announced that production will begin on their patented Licerion rechargeable lithium...

Feb 06, 2018
New Surveying UAV Combines LiDAR and RGB Camera Data

Delair, a supplier of drone solutions for commercial industries, has announced the introduction of the next generation of its Delair...

Feb 05, 2018
Airbus’ VTOL UAS Completes First Full-Scale Test Flight

Airbus has announced that Vahana, an all-electric, self-piloted, vertical takeoff and landing UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) built by the company’s...

Feb 05, 2018
Black Swift Technologies and NASA JPL Demonstrate UAS Volcano Research

Black Swift Technologies (BST) has announced a successful collaboration with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA/JPL) to capture airborne carbon dioxide...

Feb 05, 2018
Single-Junction Solar Power Module Sets Efficiency Record

Hanergy Thin Film Power Group has announced that solar energy testing laboratory Fraunhofer ISE CalLab PV Modules has rated the...

Feb 04, 2018
DARPA Completes Unmanned Surface Vessel Prototype

DARPA has announced that it has successfully completed its Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program and has...

Feb 02, 2018
Aeryon Creates Dedicated sUAS Contractor for Defense Agencies

Aeryon Labs has announced the launch of Aeryon Defense USA, an approved U.S. defense contractor that will deliver the next-generation...

Feb 02, 2018
AeroVironment Releases Agricultural Drone and Data Processing Solution

AeroVironment has announced that its automated Quantix hybrid drone and AeroVironment Decision Support System (AV DSS) analytics software are now...

Feb 01, 2018
DroneShield Releases New Portable Counter-UAS System

DroneShield has announced the release of its DroneGun Tactical portable counter-UAS (unmanned aerial system) product. The DroneGun Tactical is not...

Feb 01, 2018
RIEGL Miniaturized LiDAR Wins MAPPS Geospatial Excellence Award

The RIEGL miniVUX-1UAV miniaturized LiDAR sensor for unmanned laser scanning, has won the 2017 MAPPS Geospatial Products and Services Excellence...

Feb 01, 2018
Ocean Infinity Acquires AUV for Under-Ice Surveys

Ocean Infinity, a hydrographic & geophysical survey firm, has announced that it has added a 6,000m-rated Kongsberg HUGIN AUV System...

Feb 01, 2018
International Speaker Line-up Confirmed for Global Robot Expo

The speaker line-up has been confirmed for the next edition of Global Robot Expo (GR-EX), the international robotics fair, which...

Feb 01, 2018
Uavos Unveils Electric Unmanned Helicopter with 6kg Payload Capacity

Uavos has announced that it has completed the test flights of its SURVEYOR-HE Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), which is based...

Jan 31, 2018
NXP Introduces Automated Vehicle Applications Development Kit

NXP Semiconductors has announced the availability of the NXP Automated Drive Kit, a software enabled platform for the development and...

Jan 31, 2018
Autonomous Surface Vessel Deployed for Mediterranean Pipelaying Operation

ASV Global has announced the successful deployment of one of its C-Worker 7 class of autonomous surface vessels for subsea...

Jan 31, 2018
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