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.

Norwegian Subsea Upgrades MRU for Marine Unmanned Systems
Norwegian Subsea Upgrades MRU for Marine Unmanned Systems

Norwegian Subsea has announced that it has released an upgraded version of its NORSUB MRU 6000 Motion Reference Unit, for...

Feb 06, 2018
United States Marine Corps Selects InstantEye Multi-Mission UAS
United States Marine Corps Selects InstantEye Multi-Mission UAS

InstantEye Robotics has announced that it has received an order from PMA-263, the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned...

Feb 06, 2018
Sion Power Develops High-Density Rechargeable UAV Battery
Sion Power Develops High-Density Rechargeable UAV Battery

Sion Power, a developer of lithium battery technologies, has announced that production will begin on their patented Licerion rechargeable lithium...

Feb 06, 2018
New Surveying UAV Combines LiDAR and RGB Camera Data
New Surveying UAV Combines LiDAR and RGB Camera Data

Delair, a supplier of drone solutions for commercial industries, has announced the introduction of the next generation of its Delair...

Feb 05, 2018
Airbus’ VTOL UAS Completes First Full-Scale Test Flight
Airbus’ VTOL UAS Completes First Full-Scale Test Flight

Airbus has announced that Vahana, an all-electric, self-piloted, vertical takeoff and landing UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) built by the company’s...

Feb 05, 2018
Black Swift Technologies and NASA JPL Demonstrate UAS Volcano Research
Black Swift Technologies and NASA JPL Demonstrate UAS Volcano Research

Black Swift Technologies (BST) has announced a successful collaboration with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA/JPL) to capture airborne carbon dioxide...

Feb 05, 2018
Single-Junction Solar Power Module Sets Efficiency Record
Single-Junction Solar Power Module Sets Efficiency Record

Hanergy Thin Film Power Group has announced that solar energy testing laboratory Fraunhofer ISE CalLab PV Modules has rated the...

Feb 04, 2018
DARPA Completes Unmanned Surface Vessel Prototype
DARPA Completes Unmanned Surface Vessel Prototype

DARPA has announced that it has successfully completed its Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) program and has...

Feb 02, 2018
Aeryon Creates Dedicated sUAS Contractor for Defense Agencies
Aeryon Creates Dedicated sUAS Contractor for Defense Agencies

Aeryon Labs has announced the launch of Aeryon Defense USA, an approved U.S. defense contractor that will deliver the next-generation...

Feb 02, 2018
AeroVironment Releases Agricultural Drone and Data Processing Solution
AeroVironment Releases Agricultural Drone and Data Processing Solution

AeroVironment has announced that its automated Quantix hybrid drone and AeroVironment Decision Support System (AV DSS) analytics software are now...

Feb 01, 2018
DroneShield Releases New Portable Counter-UAS System
DroneShield Releases New Portable Counter-UAS System

DroneShield has announced the release of its DroneGun Tactical portable counter-UAS (unmanned aerial system) product. The DroneGun Tactical is not...

Feb 01, 2018
RIEGL Miniaturized LiDAR Wins MAPPS Geospatial Excellence Award
RIEGL Miniaturized LiDAR Wins MAPPS Geospatial Excellence Award

The RIEGL miniVUX-1UAV miniaturized LiDAR sensor for unmanned laser scanning, has won the 2017 MAPPS Geospatial Products and Services Excellence...

Feb 01, 2018
Ocean Infinity Acquires AUV for Under-Ice Surveys
Ocean Infinity Acquires AUV for Under-Ice Surveys

Ocean Infinity, a hydrographic & geophysical survey firm, has announced that it has added a 6,000m-rated Kongsberg HUGIN AUV System...

Feb 01, 2018
International Speaker Line-up Confirmed for Global Robot Expo
International Speaker Line-up Confirmed for Global Robot Expo

The speaker line-up has been confirmed for the next edition of Global Robot Expo (GR-EX), the international robotics fair, which...

Feb 01, 2018
Uavos Unveils Electric Unmanned Helicopter with 6kg Payload Capacity
Uavos Unveils Electric Unmanned Helicopter with 6kg Payload Capacity

Uavos has announced that it has completed the test flights of its SURVEYOR-HE Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), which is based...

Jan 31, 2018
NXP Introduces Automated Vehicle Applications Development Kit
NXP Introduces Automated Vehicle Applications Development Kit

NXP Semiconductors has announced the availability of the NXP Automated Drive Kit, a software enabled platform for the development and...

Jan 31, 2018
Autonomous Surface Vessel Deployed for Mediterranean Pipelaying Operation
Autonomous Surface Vessel Deployed for Mediterranean Pipelaying Operation

ASV Global has announced the successful deployment of one of its C-Worker 7 class of autonomous surface vessels for subsea...

Jan 31, 2018
FRAMOS Develops Machine Learning Technologies for Shipping Robots
FRAMOS Develops Machine Learning Technologies for Shipping Robots

FRAMOS, a specialist in industrial image processing, has announced that it is developing state-of-the-art methods, such as 3D cameras, depth...

Jan 31, 2018
Aurora and Socionext Announce Radar-Enabled UAS Collision Protection
Aurora and Socionext Announce Radar-Enabled UAS Collision Protection

Aurora Flight Sciences has announced a collaboration with Socionext Inc., a developer of radar sensor technology, to provide a radar-enabled...

Jan 31, 2018
U.S. Army Uses Raven sUAS for Surveillance Exercise
U.S. Army Uses Raven sUAS for Surveillance Exercise

The U.S. Army has announced that its Military Police have trained to use the RQ-11 Raven sUAS (small unmanned aerial...

Jan 31, 2018
Safran to Develop New Autonomous Land Vehicles for French Armed Forces
Safran to Develop New Autonomous Land Vehicles for French Armed Forces

Safran Electronics & Defense has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the French defense procurement agency DGA...

Jan 31, 2018
AirMap Enables Low-Altitude UAS Authorization and Notification for Third Party Developers
AirMap Enables Low-Altitude UAS Authorization and Notification for Third Party Developers

AirMap has announced a new feature that makes LAANC, the Low-Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability, available to the entire drone...

Jan 30, 2018
Combined USV and AUV System Maps Ocean Floor
Combined USV and AUV System Maps Ocean Floor

Ocean Floor Geophysics (OFG) has announced that it has supported the GEBCO-NF Alumni Team in its completion of the Technology...

Jan 29, 2018
Kratos Opens New UAS Design and Production Facilities
Kratos Opens New UAS Design and Production Facilities

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has announced that the company’s Unmanned Systems Division is opening administrative and engineering offices and...

Jan 29, 2018
Video-Based Landing Aid Software Integrated into UAV Autopilots
Video-Based Landing Aid Software Integrated into UAV Autopilots

SightLine Applications, a developer of onboard video processing for advanced camera systems, has announced that its landing assist functionality has...

Jan 28, 2018
DeTect Demonstrates Counter-UAS System to U.S. Army
DeTect Demonstrates Counter-UAS System to U.S. Army

DeTect has announced that it has demonstrated its HARRIER counter-UAS (unmanned aerial systems) system at the U.S. Army’s annual Maneuver...

Jan 28, 2018
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