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.

DARPA Begins Phase 3 of Collaborative Autonomy for UAS

DARPA has announced that it has completed successful Phase 2 flight tests and moved into Phase 3 of its Collaborative...

Jan 16, 2018
Infrared Lasers Integrated into Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Osram Opto Semiconductors has announced that it is demonstrating how its high-power infrared pulse lasers are helping speed the adoption...

Jan 15, 2018
Cellula Robotics Demonstrates Hovering AUV

Cellula Robotics has announced that it has successfully demonstrated its Imotus-1 Hovering Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV). During a week of...

Jan 15, 2018
UAV LiDAR Technology Used for UK Forestry Research

Aberystwyth University has announced that it has invested in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology to expand their state-of-the-art forestry research....

Jan 15, 2018
Tactical VTOL UAV System to be Developed for French Navy Warships

Airbus Helicopters has announced that, along with European defense firm Naval Group, it has been awarded a contract by the...

Jan 15, 2018
Drone Delivery Canada Expands Testing Program to U.S.

Drone Delivery Canada has announced that the company is expanding its commercial testing program to the United States of America...

Jan 15, 2018
FRAMOS to Distribute ISVI Machine Vision Cameras

FRAMOS Technologies, a provider of imaging and vision solutions, has announced that it is a distributor for ISVI Corp., a...

Jan 11, 2018
Long-Range, Detect-and-Avoid Radar Released for UAVs

Fortem Technologies has announced the availability of TrueView R20,a compact, high-performance detect-and-avoid radar solution for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Fortem’s...

Jan 11, 2018
Boeing Unveils Electric VTOL Cargo UAV Prototype

Boeing has announced that it has unveiled a new unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) cargo air vehicle (CAV) prototype that will...

Jan 10, 2018
U.S. Navy to Evaluate Anti-Submarine Warfare Training AUV

Saab has announced that it will demonstrate its anti-submarine warfare (ASW) training system, the AUV62-AT, for the U.S. Navy (USN)....

Jan 10, 2018
Intel Unveils Shooting Star Mini Drone

Intel introduced its new Shooting Star Mini drone at the CES 2018 show, and set a new Guinness World Records...

Jan 10, 2018
Yuneec Unveils New Photography and Racing Drones

Yuneec International has announced the unveiling of a new fixed wing drone, the Firebird FPV, and a racing drone, the...

Jan 10, 2018
Insitu Demonstrates Situational Awareness System for UAS

Insitu has announced that it has successfully completed a flight demonstration for its ground-based Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) airspace situational...

Jan 09, 2018
TeAx Announces Ethernet Interface for Drone Thermal Imaging Payloads

TeAx Technology, a developer of thermal imaging technology for drones, has announced the launch of ThermalCapture IRnet, an Ethernet interface...

Jan 08, 2018
AEE Selects Qualcomm Flight Embedded Platform for Drones

AEE Aviation Technology has announced that it will integrate the Qualcomm Flight embedded drone development platform to bring advanced functionality...

Jan 08, 2018
Kittyhawk Adds Automated Flight System to Drone Operations Platform

Kittyhawk, a developer of commercial drone operations software, has announced the addition of new features to its drone operations platform....

Jan 08, 2018
NavCom Technology Develops High-Precision GNSS Positioning Solutions for Unmanned Vehicles

NavCom Technology, a leading developer of advanced GNSS solutions for systems integrators and OEMs of unmanned vehicles, has partnered with...

Jan 08, 2018
Al Marakeb Announces New Dual-Mode Unmanned Surface Vessel

Al Marakeb, a manufacturer of marine autonomous vessels, has announced the launch of its latest offering, the B7X, an unmanned...

Jan 06, 2018
Sony Releases 100 Megapixel CMOS Image Sensor for UAVs

FRAMOS has announced the availability of Sony Semiconductor Solutions’ new consumer-grade ultrahigh resolution CMOS image sensor, the IMX211. Designed for...

Jan 05, 2018
CEVA Unveils New Family of AI Processors

CEVA, a developer of signal processing platforms and artificial intelligence processors, has unveiled NeuPro, a specialized Artificial Intelligence (AI) processor...

Jan 05, 2018
AeroVironment to Develop Solar-Powered HALE UAS

AeroVironment has announced the formation of a joint venture with Japanese telecommunications firm HAPSMobile to develop solar-powered high-altitude long-endurance, or...

Jan 04, 2018
AI Technology Selected for US Army’s UAS Fleet

Stryke Industries LLC has announced that it has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army as part of the...

Jan 04, 2018
Certified Version of Orion UAS to be Developed

Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company, has confirmed that they have been awarded a new $48 million contract by the...

Jan 04, 2018
Materion Composite Materials Selected for Global Hawk UAS Multispectral Imaging Sensor

Materion Corporation has announced that it has been awarded a contract by UTC Aerospace Systems for AlBeMet metal matrix composite...

Jan 04, 2018
LG Electronics and HERE Technologies to Develop Autonomous Vehicle Telematics

LG Electronics has announced that it has partnered with HERE Technologies, a provider of digital mapping and location services, to...

Dec 31, 2017
Ballard Launches New Fuel Cell System for Drones

Ballard Power Systems has announced that the company has developed a next-generation high-performance fuel cell propulsion system to power unmanned...

Dec 31, 2017
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