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.

Lexycom Technologies Releases SDR TDMA Waveform for UAS Applications

Lexycom Technologies has released the new AM-TDMA Waveform for the company’s TELION 1.3GHz series of software defined radios (SDRs). The...

Aug 31, 2017
Challenger Aerospace Unveils New Hybrid VTOL UAS

The Challenger Aerospace Group has announced that it has unveiled the design of its new Stingray hybrid vertical take-off and...

Aug 30, 2017
MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS Exceeds 40-Hour Test Flight Goal

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has announced that its MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range (MQ-1C ER) aircraft has completed a...

Aug 30, 2017
Drone-Based Aerial Chemical Detection System Completes First Test

NevadaNano has announced that the U.S. Army has awarded the company and the University of Utah’s DARC Lab the next...

Aug 30, 2017
General Dynamics Demos Integrated UAV/UUV Teaming Technologies

General Dynamics Mission Systems and General Dynamics Electric Boat have announced that they have demonstrated multiple mission command, control and...

Aug 30, 2017
Flytrex Launches Autonomous Drone Delivery System

Flytrex has announced that, in partnership with online marketplace AHA, it has launched what it claims is the world’s first...

Aug 30, 2017
ECA Group Adds Wireless Comms Capabilities to USV

ECA Group has announced that it has extended the capabilities of its INSPECTOR MK2 Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) to provide...

Aug 30, 2017
GA-ASI Opens New Hangar at UAS Flight Test and Training Center

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced that it has opened a new Flight Test and Training Center (FTTC) hangar at...

Aug 29, 2017
New Tilt-Wing VTOL UAS Completes Evaluation Tests

VTOL AEROSPACE (formerly Elytron Aircraft LLC) has announced details of its UAV Converticopter™ line (CVC), designed for industries that require...

Aug 28, 2017
AAC Releases Long Endurance Hybrid VTOL UAS

Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC) has confirmed that customer deliveries of the new ‘Hercules’ unmanned aerial system (UAS) will begin in...

Aug 28, 2017
New Geodetics UAS Solution Allows Photogrammetry Without Multiple Flights

Geodetics, a manufacturer of integrated Mobile Mapping Systems that utilize LiDAR, has announced plans to introduce a new Point&Pixel capability...

Aug 25, 2017
Atlas Dynamics Announces Professional Drone System with 55-Minute Flight Time

Atlas Dynamics has announced that it will showcase live demonstrations of its autonomous professional drone, the Atlas Pro, at InterDrone...

Aug 23, 2017
HAZON Performs 100,000 Feet of UAS Bridge Inspections

HAZON Solutions has announced that the company has recently surpassed the inspection of more than 100,000 linear feet of railway...

Aug 23, 2017
QNA Demonstrates New Acoustic Underwater Data Communications Technology

QinetiQ North America (QNA) has announced that it has successfully demonstrated full-duplex underwater acoustic data communications, using its new proprietary...

Aug 23, 2017
NIAS and Microsoft Test Advanced UAS Artificial Intelligence

The Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) has announced that it has teamed up with the Nevada Governor’s Office of...

Aug 23, 2017
Persistent Systems Launches Lower C-Band RF Radio Module for UGVs

Persistent Systems, LLC has released a Lower C-Band RF module for its MPU5 radio system, reflecting the company’s commitment to...

Aug 23, 2017
Leidos Demos New Unmanned Surface Vessel Technologies

Leidos has announced that it has demonstrated new unmanned maritime capabilities at the U.S. Navy’s Advanced Naval Technology Exercise (ANTX...

Aug 22, 2017
DARPA Selects Teams to Develop UAS-Neutralizing Tech

DARPA has recently awarded Phase 1 agreements for the Mobile Force Protection (MFP) program, to develop real-time protection of ground...

Aug 22, 2017
DST Control Showcases Gyro-Stabilized UAS Gimbals and LWIR Thermal Cameras

DST Control, a leading supplier of lightweight thermal imagers and high-performance gyro-stabilized gimbals with both electro-optical (EO) and infrared (IR)...

Aug 22, 2017
MQ-9B SkyGuardian UAS Completes FAA-Approved Flight

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has announced that it has flown an MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) from Laguna...

Aug 20, 2017
Avion Unmanned Delivers UAS Training for Utilities Provider

Avion Unmanned, a provider of commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) training solutions, has provided formal training to Huntsville Utilities to...

Aug 18, 2017
New Industrial Electric Drone to Carry 100kg Payloads

A group of entrepreneurial engineers based in the UK has announced that it will build a mid-mass logistics drone for...

Aug 17, 2017
MILREM to Upgrade THeMIS UGV with Silvus Wireless Datalink

Silvus Technologies, a developer of military-grade tactical MIMO wireless communications, has confirmed that its StreamCaster 4200 radio has been selected...

Aug 17, 2017
Kudan Introduces 3D Recognition Position Tracking Software for Autonomous Vehicles

Kudan, a developer of SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) technology, has announced that it has developed real-time 3D mapping and...

Aug 17, 2017
Mobilicom Releases Advanced Data Link for DIY Drones

Mobilicom has announced the release of the SkyHopper ONE UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) data link, an advanced UAV communication system...

Aug 17, 2017
Volaero to Integrate Geodetics LiDAR into UAS

Volaero Drones has announced that it has partnered with Geodetics to integrate, deploy, and resell Geodetics’ advanced LiDAR and RGB...

Aug 16, 2017
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