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.

Aeroprobe UAV Air Data Computers Achieve Military and FAA Certifications
Aeroprobe UAV Air Data Computers Achieve Military and FAA Certifications

Aeroprobe Corporation has announced that its Pegasus and Destiny Micro Air Data Computer (µADC) models have achieved U.S. Military MIL-STD...

Mar 19, 2018
uAvionix Releases CONOPS White Paper for ADS-B Spectrum Mitigation
uAvionix Releases CONOPS White Paper for ADS-B Spectrum Mitigation

uAvionix,  a manufacturer of ADS-B solutions, has released a Concept of Operations (CONOPS) White Paper that outlines a spectrum mitigation approach called...

Mar 19, 2018
ASV Global to Develop Containerised Autonomous Marine Lab
ASV Global to Develop Containerised Autonomous Marine Lab

ASV Global has announced that it is working with the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) to develop a containerised autonomous...

Mar 19, 2018
Ice Class Survey Vessel Fitted with ROV Platform
Ice Class Survey Vessel Fitted with ROV Platform

SeaZip Offshore Service and Amsterdam-based Deep Hydrography & Geophysics have announced that the two firms will jointly operate a DP1...

Mar 19, 2018
Leading Robotics Experts to Speak at Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems Conference
Leading Robotics Experts to Speak at Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems Conference

Following the announcement from Endeavor Robotics revealing details of its new Centaur unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), which is the platform...

Mar 19, 2018
Kratos Tactical UAS Approved for International Release
Kratos Tactical UAS Approved for International Release

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has announced that it has received U.S. State Department approval to market its Mako High...

Mar 18, 2018
Endeavor Robotics to Provide Small UGVs to U.S. Marine Corps
Endeavor Robotics to Provide Small UGVs to U.S. Marine Corps

Endeavor Robotics has announced that it has received a $9.2 million order to deliver additional battle-proven Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles...

Mar 16, 2018
KIGAM Selects Aquabotix Hybrid UUV for Geoscience and Energy Research
KIGAM Selects Aquabotix Hybrid UUV for Geoscience and Energy Research

Aquabotix has announced that its Hybrid unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) has been selected by Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral...

Mar 16, 2018
Hydroid Launches High Resolution Synthetic Aperture Sonar for AUVs
Hydroid Launches High Resolution Synthetic Aperture Sonar for AUVs

Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and a manufacturer of marine robotics, has announced that it has successfully delivered...

Mar 15, 2018
SBG Systems Releases INS for Marine Surveying
SBG Systems Releases INS for Marine Surveying

SBG Systems has announced the release of its new Navsight Marine Solution, a full high performance inertial navigation solution designed...

Mar 13, 2018
SEAMOR Marine Unveils Heavy Payload ROV
SEAMOR Marine Unveils Heavy Payload ROV

SEAMOR, an established manufacturer of remotely-operated vehicles (ROV), has added a heavy payload ROV to its product line. The Mako...

Mar 13, 2018
FAA Expands Testing of UAS Airspace Authorization System
FAA Expands Testing of UAS Airspace Authorization System

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that it is expanding tests of an automated system that will ultimately provide...

Mar 13, 2018
NATS and Altitude Angel to Develop UTM Solution for UK Airspace
NATS and Altitude Angel to Develop UTM Solution for UK Airspace

NATS, the UK’s leading air traffic services provider, and drone traffic management solutions company Altitude Angel have announced that the...

Mar 12, 2018
Dynautics Launches New Autopilot Module for Electric Boats
Dynautics Launches New Autopilot Module for Electric Boats

Dynautics Ltd., a developer of marine and submarine technologies, has announced the release of its new SPECTRE Autopilot Module for...

Mar 12, 2018
Elistair Develops Tethered Drone Systems for Military & Commercial Applications
Elistair Develops Tethered Drone Systems for Military & Commercial Applications

Elistair, a leading designer and manufacturer of tethered drone systems for military and commercial applications, has partnered with Unmanned Systems...

Mar 12, 2018
VectorNav VN-300 INS Provides Red Bull Air Race Onboard Telemetry
VectorNav VN-300 INS Provides Red Bull Air Race Onboard Telemetry

VectorNav Technologies, a leading supplier of embedded inertial navigation systems has announced that Red Bull Air Race have selected the...

Mar 11, 2018
Sonardyne Introduces Miniature Underwater Target Tracking System
Sonardyne Introduces Miniature Underwater Target Tracking System

Sonardyne International has announced the unveiling of its smallest ever underwater target tracking system, the Micro-Ranger 2. The system is...

Mar 09, 2018
New Hybrid VTOL Drone Mapping System Undergoes Flight Trials
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 & 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
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 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 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
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 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 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
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
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