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.

GA-ASI Completes Transition to Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS
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
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
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
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
DTC Releases Robust 5W IP Wireless Mesh Radio for Unmanned Vehicles
DTC Releases Robust 5W IP Wireless Mesh Radio for Unmanned Vehicles

Domo Tactical Communications (DTC), a specialist in IP Mesh Networks and Video technology, has released an integrated 5 Watt IP...

Oct 10, 2017
AeroVironment to Upgrade Puma and Raven Small UAS
AeroVironment to Upgrade Puma and Raven Small UAS

AeroVironment, Inc. has announced that its Puma™ AE and Raven® small unmanned aircraft systems, the most widely deployed drones in the United States Department of...

Oct 10, 2017
New Geospatial Solution Turns Drones into Accurate Mapping Systems
New Geospatial Solution Turns Drones into Accurate Mapping Systems

Verity has announced the release of Verity Mapper, a complete drone mapping solution that combines professional geospatial products to enable...

Oct 10, 2017
RT LTA Systems Unveils Upgraded Skystar 100 Aerostat
RT LTA Systems Unveils Upgraded Skystar 100 Aerostat

RT LTA Systems, a developer of aerostats for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and communications applications, has announced that it will present...

Oct 09, 2017
Endeavor Robotics to Develop UGV Platform for U.S. Army
Endeavor Robotics to Develop UGV Platform for U.S. Army

Endeavor Robotics, a developer of tactical ground robotics, has announced that it has been awarded the United States Department of...

Oct 09, 2017
Applanix Updates Positioning and Orientation System for Autonomous Ground Vehicles
Applanix Updates Positioning and Orientation System for Autonomous Ground Vehicles

Applanix has announced the introduction of an updated version of its POS LVX system, which provides high-accuracy positioning and orientation...

Oct 07, 2017
Pix4Dmapper 4.0 Features Machine Learning Point Cloud Technology
Pix4Dmapper 4.0 Features Machine Learning Point Cloud Technology

Pix4D has announced that it has released version 4.0 of the company’s Pix4Dmapper software, which introduces supervised machine-learning point cloud...

Oct 06, 2017
Article: Achieving Three Phase Active Power Factor Correction in a Single Step
Article: Achieving Three Phase Active Power Factor Correction in a Single Step

Marotta Controls, Inc. has released a technical article which explains how their 1-STEP AC-DC Conversion™ circuit solution improves the performance...

Oct 06, 2017
Boeing to Acquire Aurora Flight Sciences to Advance Autonomous Aircraft Technologies
Boeing to Acquire Aurora Flight Sciences to Advance Autonomous Aircraft Technologies

Boeing has announced plans to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of advanced aerospace platforms, under an...

Oct 05, 2017
Trimble Announces New GNSS Systems for UAVs
Trimble Announces New GNSS Systems for UAVs

Trimble has announced the introduction of three new GNSS-Inertial Systems for Direct Georeferencing on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs): the Trimble...

Oct 04, 2017
Insitu Demonstrates GIS-Enabled UAS for Fighting Wildfires
Insitu Demonstrates GIS-Enabled UAS for Fighting Wildfires

Insitu has announced that together with Esri, a specialist spatial analytics company, it has successfully completed test flights for a...

Oct 04, 2017
Aitech Announces New Rugged Low Power 6U VME Single Board Computer
Aitech Announces New Rugged Low Power 6U VME Single Board Computer

Aitech Defense Systems has introduced a new rugged 6U VME single board computer (SBC) that brings the powerful QorIQ T1042,...

Oct 04, 2017
UAV Propulsion Tech to Distribute Nova Ray ROV
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 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
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
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
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 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 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 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
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 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
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