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.

Aerialtronics Announces New AI-Driven Camera for Drones

Aerialtronics has announced that it has launched the new version of its PENSAR camera-computer, driven by artificial intelligence, which features...

Feb 19, 2018
Knight Optical Expands Colored Glass Filter Range

Knight Optical, a supplier of precision optical components, has expanded their range of stock colored longpass, shortpass and bandpass glass...

Feb 19, 2018
US Army Improves Battlefield Reconnaissance with sUAS

The U.S. Army has announced that its 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment has adopted small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) as...

Feb 19, 2018
Financing Allows Small Business to Acquire Essential UAV Equipment

AP Equipment Financing, a leading provider of flexible financing solutions for UAV manufacturers and operators, has released a case study outlining...

Feb 19, 2018
FRAMOS Provides New Rugged Anti-Shock & Vibration Lenses for Robotics

FRAMOS, a provider of specialist vision products for embedded systems, has announced that it is distributing Fujinon’s HF-12M and HF-5M...

Feb 18, 2018
New Counter-UAS Drone Uses AI-Enabled Radar Technology

Fortem Technologies has announced the release of DroneHunter, a military-tested unmanned aerial system (UAS) that provides perimeter intrusion detection and...

Feb 18, 2018
DroneDeploy Announces Real-Time Mapping Capabilities

DroneDeploy has announced the release of Live Map — a new feature that allows any UAS (unmanned aerial system) operator...

Feb 17, 2018
Canadian Navy to Integrate Maritime UAS Capabilities

MDA, a provider of robotics and defense technologies, has announced that it has signed a contract with Canada’s Department of...

Feb 15, 2018
Drone Aviation Provides U.S. Army with Enhanced WASP Tactical Aerostat

Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, has announced that it has delivered its multi-mission...

Feb 15, 2018
Northrop Grumman Provides Test Bed for DARPA UAS & UGV Swarm Program

Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that it has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as a...

Feb 14, 2018
SBG Systems Introduces Micro Inertial Sensor Range

SBG Systems has announced the release of the Ellipse 2 Micro Series, a new product range of reduced size and...

Feb 13, 2018
Knight Optical Develops Precision Optics for Unmanned Systems

Knight Optical, a leading developer of precision optical components, opto-mechanics and subassemblies for unmanned vehicle applications, has partnered with Unmanned...

Feb 13, 2018
New Radar Scanning System Enables Autonomous Driving Applications

Magna has announced that it has unveiled its ICON RADAR, which incorporates advanced technology used by the U.S. military to...

Feb 12, 2018
Oceanalpha Develops Commercial Shipping USV

Oceanalpha has announced that, in conjunction with China Classification Society (CCS), Zhuhai Municipal Government and Wuhan University of Technology, it...

Feb 12, 2018
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
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