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.

DJI Outlines Solutions For Managing And Monitoring Unmanned Aircraft Traffic

DJI has announced that it has presented a robust system for managing and monitoring drone traffic in two white papers...

Sep 25, 2017
OpenWorks Engineering Announces Automatic Drone Capture System

OpenWorks Engineering has announced the launch of a new technology that allows authorities the ability to remotely and automatically capture...

Sep 25, 2017
Threod Systems Develops New Tactical Fixed-Wing UAS

Threod Systems has announced that the company is developing an updated variant of its Stream small tactical unmanned aircraft system...

Sep 25, 2017
MAP Marine Technologies to Launch New USV Conversion Kit

MAP Marine Technologies (MAP-Tech) has announced that the company will be launching a new and improved second generation of its...

Sep 25, 2017
Whitepaper: UGV Requirements Drive Future HPEC Performance

ADLINK Technology, a developer of rugged embedded computing solutions, has released a whitepaper that discusses the importance of High Performance...

Sep 25, 2017
Drone Station Automatically Swaps Batteries and Packages

Matternet, developer of an autonomous drone logistics platform, has unveiled the Matternet Station, which enables fully-automated ground operations for Matternet...

Sep 23, 2017
Rolls-Royce Unveils Plans for Long-Range Autonomous Naval Vessel

Rolls-Royce has announced that it has revealed plans for an autonomous naval vessel with a range of 3500 nautical miles....

Sep 22, 2017
Spirent and Cranfield University to Develop Connected Autonomous Vehicle Technology

Spirent Communications, a developer of Galileo, GPS and other global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) testing solutions, has announced a partnership...

Sep 22, 2017
Volz Servos Achieve Over 200,000 Flight Hours in Aerosonde SUAS

Volz Servos has announced that the company’s servos have successfully flown over 200,000 hours in Textron Systems’ Aerosonde Mk4.7 Small...

Sep 22, 2017
FreeWave Introduces Advanced Embedded Radio for Unmanned Systems

FreeWave Technologies, a developer of Internet of Things (IoT) wireless networking solutions, has announced the ZumLink Z9-PC, the latest in...

Sep 22, 2017
Trimble Announces New Lower Power GNSS-Inertial Boards

Trimble has announced the introduction of a new family of Trimble BD GNSS boards for high-precision guidance and control applications....

Sep 21, 2017
Lockheed Martin Develops Counter-UAS Laser Weapon

Lockheed Martin has announced that it has developed a prototype laser weapon that incorporates an advanced system of sensors, software...

Sep 21, 2017
Skyfront Sets New Multirotor Drone Flight Record

Skyfront, a manufacturer of multirotor drones for the agriculture, energy and utility industries, has announced that its flagship drone has...

Sep 21, 2017
Sentera Agricultural Drone Captures RGB, Thermal and NVDI Data

Sentera has announced the new capability of its Omni quadcopter drone to capture three distinct crop health data measurements in...

Sep 20, 2017
Endeavor Robotics to Provide U.S. Government with Throwable UGV

Endeavor Robotics, a developer of tactical ground robotics, has announced that it has been awarded a contract for 75 FirstLook...

Sep 20, 2017
AeroVironment Updates sUAS with Digital Data Link Technologies

AeroVironment has announced that it has integrated M1/M2/M5 radio frequencies into its Raven and Puma AE unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)...

Sep 20, 2017
UMS SKELDAR Achieves AS/EN 9100 Quality Standard

UMS SKELDAR, a developer of rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) solutions, has announced that it has achieved the international accreditation...

Sep 19, 2017
Al Marakeb Develops Autonomous Cleaning Boat

UAE-based Al Marakeb Boat Manufacturing Company has integrated its MAP Pro autopilot guidance system, into boats that have been designed...

Sep 19, 2017
GA-ASI Conducts First Flight from New Test and Training Center

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that it has flown its first test flight out of its new...

Sep 19, 2017
Lockheed Martin Invests in Combined Unmanned Surface & Underwater Vehicle

Lockheed Martin Ventures has announced that it is making a strategic investment in Ocean Aero, the developer of the Submaran...

Sep 19, 2017
BAE Systems Adds Autonomous Capabilities to MCM System

BAE Systems has announced NAUTIS 5, the latest version of its flagship Mine Counter Measures (MCM) system, at the Defence...

Sep 18, 2017
Silvus Technologies Develops Wireless Radio & Datalink Solutions for Unmanned Systems

Silvus Technologies, a leading developer of wireless connectivity solutions for critical data and video transmissions, has partnered with Unmanned Systems...

Sep 18, 2017
Egan Airships Introduces Hybrid Plane-Blimp Unmanned Aircraft

Egan Airships has announced PLIMP, a plummet-proof, plane-blimp hybrid UAS (unmanned aircraft system) that can maneuver and move quickly like...

Sep 17, 2017
Intel Develops New Drone Data Analytics Platform

Intel has announced that it has developed a new platform to address critical steps of the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)...

Sep 16, 2017
Hybrid VTOL UAV Wins Research & Development Funding

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has announced that a computer-controlled hybrid unmanned aircraft system (UAS) developed at the university that lifts off...

Sep 16, 2017
Lockheed Martin Unveils Lightweight Canister-Launched UAS

Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for military, civil and commercial applications. OUTRIDER is a lightweight,...

Sep 16, 2017
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