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.

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
u-blox Releases Precision GNSS Positioning Module

u-blox, a developer of wireless and positioning modules and chips, has announced the launch of the u-blox F9 technology platform,...

Feb 24, 2018
Tritex Introduces Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge for Drone Inspections

Tritex NDT have announced the launch of a new ultrasonic metal thickness gauge specifically designed for mounting onto unmanned aerial...

Feb 23, 2018
Micro-Gimbal Improves Crop Scouting Options for DJI Phantom 4 Drones

Sentera has announced the availability of a Micro Gimbal upgrade for Sentera Single sensors mounted on the DJI Phantom 4...

Feb 22, 2018
The Environmental Benefits of Autonomous Surface Vehicles

ASV Global, a leading developer of unmanned marine systems, has released an article explaining the benefits of using autonomous surface...

Feb 21, 2018
EMCORE Releases Precision Single-Axis FOG Modules

EMCORE Corporation has introduced a new series of precision, single-axis Fiber Optic Gyroscope (FOG) modules. The new EMCORE-HawkeyeTM EG-120 and...

Feb 21, 2018
Systron Donner Inertial Reaches 2500 MEMS IMU Milestone

Systron Donner Inertial, a developer of high-performance MEMS inertial sensors and systems, has announced that it has delivered its 2,500th...

Feb 20, 2018
Lockheed Martin Unveils Multi-UAV Control Software

Lockheed Martin has announced the launch of VCSi, a new vehicle control software, as the culmination of more than two...

Feb 20, 2018
Image Processing Software Aids Long-Range UAS Railway Inspection

Bihrle Applied Research has announced that, in conjunction with BNSF Railway (BNSF), it has successfully demonstrated the processing of tens...

Feb 20, 2018
U.S. Army Selects UAV Turbines for Turboprop Gas Engine Development

UAV Turbines, a developer of advanced heavy-fuel microturbine propulsion systems, has announced that it has entered into a $19 million...

Feb 20, 2018
UAV Propulsion Tech to Distribute Aeron’s MEMS INS

Aeron Systems has announced that they have appointed UAV Propulsion Tech as their authorized representative for the United States of...

Feb 20, 2018
Microdrones to Integrate with Trimble Business Center Software

Microdrones has confirmed that it is currently working to integrate its solutions with Trimble Business Center software, to further extend...

Feb 20, 2018
Skydio Unveils Fully Autonomous Camera Drone

Skydio has announced the availability of the company’s first product, the R1, a fully autonomous flying camera drone. Skydio has...

Feb 19, 2018
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