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.

Ampex Introduces Rugged Network Attached Storage Device for UAVs

Ampex Data Systems has announced the release of its new TuffServ 540 Rugged Network Attached Storage Device. Designed with a...

Jun 06, 2017
New Flight Mode Adds As-Built Surveying Capabilities to Drone Data Capture App

3DR has announced Perimeter Scan, a new flight mode for the Site Scan Field iOS drone data platform app for...

Jun 06, 2017
Robosea Unveils Unmanned Underwater Vehicle with Bionics Technology

Robosea has announced the launch of BIKI, a new unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) designed with advanced bionics technology. BIKI can...

Jun 06, 2017
Echodyne to Develop Radar Vision for Autonomous Vehicles

Echodyne Corporation has confirmed that following significant investment, the company will focus on developing and commercializing it’s patented MESA (Metamaterial Electronically Scanning...

Jun 05, 2017
US Air Force Personnel to be Equipped with Counter-UAV Detection and Jamming Systems

Radio Hill Technologies (RHT), based in Portland, Oregon, has confirmed that the US Air Force has selected the Block 3...

Jun 05, 2017
Avion Unmanned partners with TN Sheriff’s Association for Online Drone Training

Avion Solutions, Inc. has announced a new partnership with the Tennessee Sheriffs’ Association (TSA) to pay 10% of UAS training...

Jun 05, 2017
UAS Students to use Augmented Reality Software for Disaster Relief Study

Rapid Imaging Software has announced that unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) students from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University will use the company’s SmartCam3D...

Jun 04, 2017
New Parallel Data Engineering Solution Speeds Up Drone Image Processing

Manifold has announced the release of Radian Studio, a massively parallel data engineering environment for DBMS (database management systems) and...

Jun 04, 2017
DARTdrones to Provide UAV Pilot Training for Project Lifesaver

Project Lifesaver International (PLI) and DARTdrones have announced a formal partnership between the two organizations in which DARTdrones will provide...

Jun 02, 2017
SMP Robotics Unveils Security Robots with Enhanced AI

SMP Robotics, a manufacturer of autonomous mobile robots, has unveiled its new product line at the NVIDIA GTC Technology Conference...

Jun 01, 2017
Insitu Integrator UAV Selected by Netherlands MoD

Insitu has announced that it has been awarded a Short Range Tactical UAV (SRTUAV) contract for its Integrator unmanned aircraft...

Jun 01, 2017
Indago UAS Performs BVLOS Pipeline Inspections

Lockheed Martin has announced that, in partnership with Canadian UAVs, it has completed what it claims is the first beyond...

Jun 01, 2017
The Importance of Drones and Photogrammetry for the Insurance Industry

Pix4D has released the following article detailing how drones and photogrammetry are changing the insurance industry: Drone-based photogrammetry, popularly known...

Jun 01, 2017
Agenda Confirmed for Energy Drone Summit

The Energy Drone Coalition, a ground-breaking resource with events, news and market intelligence that focuses specifically on collaboration within the...

Jun 01, 2017
Drone Aviation Announces Automated Smart Winch Tethering System

Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, has announced the introduction of FUSE, the company’s...

Jun 01, 2017
DJI Launches Spark Miniature Gesture-Controlled Camera Drone

DJI has announced the launch of Spark, a miniature camera drone that can lift off from the palm of a...

May 31, 2017
New Hybrid Power System Design to Streamline UAS Development

Alta Devices and PowerOasis have announced that the two firms have entered into a partnership to develop a reference design...

May 28, 2017
Conference Programme Finalised for Commercial UAV Expo Europe

Organisers of the inaugural edition of Commercial UAV Expo Europe, a trade fair and conference that will focus on the...

May 26, 2017
Aeroscout Introduces Scout B-330 VTOL UAV

Swiss-based UAV manufacturer, Aeroscout, has launched the new Scout B-330 UAV Helicopter, which is built with a high payload capacity...

May 26, 2017
ECA Group Tests Towed Side Scan Sonar System on USV

ECA Group has announced that it has successfully tested its new TOWSCA Towed Side Scan Sonar system on board one...

May 26, 2017
Fury Precision-Guided Glide Munition Tested from Tactical UAS

Textron Systems Weapon & Sensor Systems has announced that it has successfully tested its Fury lightweight precision guided glide munition...

May 26, 2017
MQ-9B SkyGuardian UAS Flies for 48 Hours Continuously

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has announced that its new MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) system, a “Certifiable” (STANAG...

May 25, 2017
Avion Unmanned Provides UAS Training for Sheriff’s Office

Avion Unmanned has announced that it has provided the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) in Alabama with training to allow...

May 25, 2017
DARPA Selects Boeing Design for Unmanned Spaceplane Program

DARPA has announced that it has selected The Boeing Company to complete advanced design work for the Agency’s Experimental Spaceplane...

May 25, 2017
UAS Technology Assists Tornado Damage Assessment

Aeryon Labs has partnered with Textron Systems Unmanned Systems’ Civil & Commercial team to support disaster response efforts for the...

May 24, 2017
Atmos UAV Unveils Data Gathering UAS for Mapping Applications

Atmos UAV, a start-up originating from the Technical University of Delft, has announced the launch of Marlyn, a lightweight data-gathering...

May 24, 2017
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