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.

3D at Depth to Develop Subsea LiDAR Virtual Reality Platform

3D at Depth, a provider of advanced subsea LiDAR systems and solutions, has announced that it has partnered with iQ3Connect...

Dec 13, 2017
Aquabotix Launches Hybrid AUV/ROV System

Aquabotix has announced the introduction of its second-generation hybrid underwater vehicle, the Integra AUV/ROV (autonomous underwater vehicle/remotely operated vehicle). Single-person...

Dec 13, 2017
Aurora Demonstrates Unmanned Helicopter for US Marines

Aurora Flight Sciences has announced that it has conducted a successful demonstration of the company’s autonomous helicopter system developed under...

Dec 13, 2017
French Defense Agency Supports Elistair’s Airwatch Project

Elistair, a designer and manufacturer of tethered drone systems for aerial surveillance, has signed an agreement with the French Defense...

Dec 13, 2017
Supermicro Unveils Storage Server Solution for Big Data Applications

Supermicro, a developer of enterprise computing, storage and networking solutions, has announced availability of a new all-flash NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory...

Dec 12, 2017
UAVOS Converts Light Aircraft into Multifunctional UAV

Uavos has announced that the company has created an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on the Sinus light aircraft manufactured...

Dec 12, 2017
AirMap UTM Platform Released for Japan

Rakuten AirMap has announced the release of its AirMap unmanned traffic management (UTM) platform to drone operators and airspace managers...

Dec 11, 2017
University of Maryland UAS Test Site Acquires TigerShark Aircraft

The University of Maryland Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Test Site has announced that it has acquired 11 TigerShark vehicles to...

Dec 11, 2017
Kongsberg Maritime Establishes Autonomous Shipping Test-Bed

Kongsberg Maritime has announced that it has opened an official autonomous shipping test-bed in Horten, on the coast of Norway....

Dec 07, 2017
UK Ship Register Signs First Autonomous Vessel

ASV Global has announced that the UK Ship Register (UKSR) has signed a C-Worker autonomous vessel to the flag, marking...

Dec 07, 2017
Abaco Introduces Dual Camera Link Embedded Computing FMC

Abaco Systems has introduced the FMC422 Dual Camera Link FMC (FPGA mezzanine card). VITA 57.1 FMC compliant, it is designed for demanding,...

Dec 07, 2017
Viasat Develops Cryptographic Module for USAF Unmanned Systems

Viasat, a global communications company, has announced that, in partnership with the U.S. Air Force, it has successfully completed its...

Dec 06, 2017
DroneAG Launches New Agricultural Drone Solution

DroneAG has announced the launch of its new M200 Agri Pro agricultural drone package. The new solution is based around...

Dec 06, 2017
SkyX Drone Completes Autonomous 100km Data Collection Flight

SkyX Systems Corporation, a provider of long-range unmanned aerial monitoring and data collection services, has announced that it has successfully...

Dec 05, 2017
UMS SKELDAR Demonstrates Unmanned Helicopter to German Armed Forces

UMS SKELDAR has announced that, along with its key partner ESG (ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH), it has successfully completed a...

Dec 04, 2017
MicroPilot Integrates Sense & Avoid System into UAV Autopilot

MicroPilot has announced that it has successfully integrated the FLARM Sense and Avoid system with its autopilot, granting clients a...

Dec 04, 2017
Swift Navigation Releases Rugged Multi Dual-Frequency RTK GNSS Receiver

Swift ​​Navigation and ​​​Carnegie ​​Robotics ​​LLC ​​(CRL) have announced ​​the ​​availability ​​of ​​Duro™, ​​an ​​extremely ​​rugged, ​​low-cost, ​​centimeter-accurate, dual-frequency ​​RTK ​​GNSS ​​receiver...

Dec 01, 2017
QinetiQ Simulates UAV Threat for Royal Canadian Navy

QinetiQ Target Systems (QTS) has conducted a live demonstration to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), emulating the threat posed to...

Dec 01, 2017
Case Study: Creating a Nano-Satellite with Additive Manufacturing

CRP USA, a developer of 3D-printing and additive manufacturing technologies, has issued a case study detailing the construction of a...

Nov 30, 2017
European Space Agency Investigates High-Altitude UAVs

The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that it is considering extending its activities to a new region of the...

Nov 30, 2017
Delair and ECA Group Develop Multi-Drone Ground Station

Delair and ECA Group have announced that the two companies have co-developed a new generation of ground control station (GCS)....

Nov 30, 2017
U.S. Army Autonomous Driving System Logs 55,000 Miles

Lockheed Martin has announced that its Autonomous Mobility Applique System (AMAS) logged more than 55,000 testing miles during the U.S....

Nov 30, 2017
Autonomous Drone Flight Utilizes Mobile Communications Network and 3D Map

Terra Drone, a provider of industrial drone services, and KDDI Corporation, a Japanese telecommunications operator, have announced that the two...

Nov 30, 2017
Speakers Confirmed for Robotics and Autonomous Systems Conference

SMi has confirmed the speaker line-up for its Robotics and Autonomous Systems conference taking place on 25th and 26th April...

Nov 30, 2017
ScanEagle UAS Assists Disaster Relief and Fire Suppression Missions

Insitu has announced that the company has used its ScanEagle unmanned aerial system (UAS) in assisting with several recent disaster...

Nov 28, 2017
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