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.

CNN Awarded First FAA Part 107 Waiver for Open-Air Operations Over People

CNN has announced that it has received a first-of-its-kind Part 107 waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly...

Oct 20, 2017
FlightWave Aerospace Selects First Payload Partner

FlightWave Aerospace Systems has announced that it has formed a partnership with aerial sensor company MAPIR as part of FlightWave’s...

Oct 19, 2017
GA-ASI Announces Collaboration with Korean Civil RPAS Research Center

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA‑ASI) has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Korean Advanced...

Oct 18, 2017
Xsens Upgrades MEMS Sensors for Harsh Environments

Xsens has announced a significant upgrade to the company’s MTi 10-series, MTi 100-series and MTi-G-710 IMUs, VRUs and AHRS. The...

Oct 18, 2017
Yamaha Motor Introduces New Multirotor Agricultural Spraying Drone

Yamaha Motor has announced the introduction of the YMR-01 – a prototype industrial multi-rotor unmanned aircraft scheduled for launch in...

Oct 18, 2017
Vodafone Tests Elistair Tethered Drone System for 4G Coverage

Elistair has announced that Vodafone Group’s New Technologies and Innovation team has experimented with using the company’s Safe-T tethered station...

Oct 18, 2017
DTC Introduces Robust Mobile IP Mesh Radio for UAVs

Domo Tactical Communications (DTC), a specialist in wireless communications, has launched a Robust Mobile (RM) variant of the market-leading NETNode...

Oct 18, 2017
IMT Vislink Announces New Ultra-Compact COFDM Wireless HD Video Transmitter

xG Technology, a developer of wireless video solutions, has announced that its IMT Vislink business unit has released the MicroLite...

Oct 17, 2017
MQ-9 UAS Supports Firefighting Efforts in Northern California

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has announced that the California Air National Guard’s 163d Attack Wing operating out of March...

Oct 17, 2017
DJI Unveils New Drone Identification And Tracking Technology

DJI has announced that it has unveiled AeroScope, the company’s new solution to identify and monitor airborne drones with existing...

Oct 16, 2017
Unmanned Vehicles Win UK MoD Innovation Challenge

UK Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon has announced the winners of an innovation challenge aimed at finding solutions for investigating...

Oct 16, 2017
Z3 Technology Unveils 4K Visible+Thermal Dual Camera Encoder System

Z3 Technology has unveiled a dual camera H.265 4K video encoder system designed for visible monitoring and IR solutions. The...

Oct 13, 2017
Article: Maintaining Accurate Heading in Magnetically Disturbed Environments

Xsens, a developer of inertial sensing technology, has issued an article which discusses how unmanned applications that rely on accurate...

Oct 13, 2017
IMSAR Announces Extended Range Imaging Radar for High Altitudes

IMSAR has announced that it is expanding its line of miniaturized synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems to include a new...

Oct 13, 2017
ASV Global and TerraSond Complete First USV-Supported Cable Route Survey

ASV Global and TerraSond have announced that the two companies have completed the first ever seabed cable route survey supported...

Oct 13, 2017
E-Commerce Delivery Pilot Project Pairs Vans with Drones

Mercedes-Benz Vans has announced that, in conjunction with US drone systems developer Matternet and Swiss online marketplace siroop, it has...

Oct 13, 2017
SRC to Provide U.S. Army and Air Force with Counter-UAS Systems

SRC, a not-for-profit research and development company, has announced that it has been awarded a $12.7M contract to provide the...

Oct 13, 2017
Yamaha Motor Unveils Agricultural USV

Yamaha Motor has unveiled the company’s new Water Strider unmanned surface vessel (USV), designed for remotely controlled herbicide spraying work...

Oct 12, 2017
Flirtey Plans Drone Defibrillator Delivery Program

Flirtey, a drone delivery service, and REMSA, a community-integrated emergency medical services provider, have announced a partnership to launch the...

Oct 12, 2017
U.S. Navy to Continue and Expand Blackwing UAS Program

AeroVironment has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the United States Navy for continuation and expansion of...

Oct 11, 2017
Uavos Improves GPS Spoofing Protection for UAVs

Uavos has announced that it has improved its GPS spoofing identification algorithms for its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), protecting against...

Oct 11, 2017
Roboteam Unveils New Tactical UGV

Roboteam, a developer of tactical ground robotic systems, has announced that it has unveiled its new Transportable Interoperable Ground Robot...

Oct 11, 2017
GA-ASI Completes Transition to Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has announced that it has officially transitioned its production line from the MQ-1C Gray Eagle...

Oct 10, 2017
DTC Develops IP Mesh and Software Defined Radios for Unmanned Systems

Domo Tactical Communications (DTC), a leading developer of surveillance, communications and broadcast technologies for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and other...

Oct 10, 2017
New Privacy Mode Stops Internet Data Transfer to DJI Drones

DJI has announced that it has launched a new Local Data Mode that stops internet traffic to and from its...

Oct 10, 2017
New Ultra-Miniature AHRS Developed for Unmanned Navigation

Yost Labs, developers of advanced inertial motion tracking solutions, has released the 3-Space Sensor™ LX, an ultra-miniature Attitude & Heading Reference...

Oct 10, 2017
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