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.

UAV Propulsion Tech to Distribute Nova Ray ROV

UAV Propulsion Tech has announced that it has signed a distributor agreement with Coral Partners to market their family of...

Oct 03, 2017
KDE Direct Expands Brushless Motors into New Applications

KDE Direct, a developer of brushless motors and components for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has announced that it has expanded...

Oct 03, 2017
Drones Used to Detect Human Life Signs

The University of South Australia (UniSA) has announced that it has demonstrated that drones can be used to detect human...

Oct 02, 2017
New Adaptable UAV Concept Switches Between Fixed-Wing and Rotary Flight

BAE Systems has announced that, together with students from Cranfield University, it has revealed a new technology concept – named...

Oct 02, 2017
Article: Key Factors to Make Autonomous Shipping a Reality

According to ASV Global’s (ASV) expert autonomous systems developers, there are three elements that hold the key to making autonomous...

Oct 02, 2017
Honeywell Develops MEMS IMUs for Unmanned Vehicles

Honeywell, a leading provider of navigation technologies for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other robotic systems, has partnered with Unmanned...

Oct 02, 2017
AP Equipment Financing Develops Commercial Drone Funding Solution

AP Equipment Financing, a leading provider of flexible financing solutions for manufacturers and vendors of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), as...

Sep 30, 2017
Hov Pod Introduces Unmanned All-Terrain and Amphibious Hovercraft

Hov Pod has announced that it has developed what it claims is the world’s first unmanned hovercraft. Unlike many conventional...

Sep 30, 2017
LiDAR-Equipped Hybrid Long Distance UAV Unveiled

Phoenix LiDAR Systems and JOUAV have announced the TerraHawk CW-30, a custom LiDAR equipped version of JOUAV’s CW-30 hybrid VTOL/fixed-wing...

Sep 30, 2017
SBG Systems Announces New Inertial Sensor Technical Services

SBG Systems has announced the launch of a new range of technical services – the SBG +Services – for system...

Sep 30, 2017
Pix4D Launches Drone Mapping Software Certification Program

Pix4D has announced that it has launched a certification program for its Pix4dmapper drone mapping photogrammetry software, which will allow...

Sep 30, 2017
Inertial Labs Announces New Industrial and Tactical Grades of IMU

Inertial Labs has announced the release of new “Industrial” and “Tactical” grades of the company’s IMU-P MEMS Inertial Measurement Unit....

Sep 29, 2017
Thales to Develop New UK Facilities For Unmanned Systems Test & Training

Thales has announced that, following successful trials during the Royal Navy’s Unmanned Warrior exercise in 2016, the company is now...

Sep 29, 2017
New GPS Firewall Provides Security Against Spoofing and Jamming Threats

Microsemi Corporation has announced the recent development of a new approach to protecting critical infrastructure against GPS spoofing and jamming...

Sep 29, 2017
NOAA Uses UAVs to Track and Model Hurricane Maria

Raytheon has announced that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has used six of the company’s Coyote unmanned aerial...

Sep 28, 2017
Trimble Announces New Base Station for UAV Mapping

Trimble has announced the release of its new GNSS Smart Target Base Station for high-accuracy mapping from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles...

Sep 28, 2017
FreeWave Launches App Server Software for Unmanned Systems IoT Applications

FreeWave Technologies, a developer of Machine to Machine (M2M) and Internet of Things (IoT) wireless networking solutions, has announced the...

Sep 28, 2017
GeniusPros Technologies to Unveil New Optical Solid-State Laser Radars

GeniusPros Technologies (GPT), a developer of 3D time-of-flight (ToF) sensor systems, has announced that the company will introduce three new...

Sep 28, 2017
EMCORE Unveils Precision FOG-Based Inertial Measurement / Navigation Unit

EMCORE Corporation, a leading provider of advanced Mixed-Signal Optics products that provide the foundation for today’s high-speed communication network infrastructures...

Sep 28, 2017
Hydroid Demonstrates Latest Unmanned Underwater Vehicle

Hydroid has announced that, in conjunction with partners L3 Aerospace Systems, Sparton Corporation and AeroVironment, it has successfully demonstrated the...

Sep 27, 2017
AUDS Counter-Drone System Upgraded for Vehicle Deployment and Anti-Swarm Attacks

The developers of the AUDS counter-UAS defence system have announced that it has been enhanced for deployment on military and...

Sep 26, 2017
Honeywell Launches New UAV Industrial Inspection Service

Honeywell has announced that it has launched its first commercial unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) inspection service, the Honeywell InView inspection...

Sep 26, 2017
New Mapping Drone Features 3G/4G Communications and Onboard Processing

Delair has announced that it will introduce its next-generation professional unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for survey-grade photogrammetric mapping, the UX11,...

Sep 26, 2017
NGC Remotec Introduces New Multimission UGV

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s subsidiary Remotec Inc. has announced that it has unveiled the newest member of its Andros line of...

Sep 26, 2017
Aurora Flight Sciences Wins Swiss Innovation Award

Aurora Flight Sciences has announced that the company has been awarded with a 2017 Tell Award, which honours U.S. companies...

Sep 26, 2017
Long-Endurance Portable UAV Introduced for Commercial Applications

Skyeton has announced the introduction of its new ACS series of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The ACS is a modular...

Sep 26, 2017
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