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.

New LiDAR Solution Developed for Autonomous Driving

Innoviz Technologies, a developer of LiDAR intelligent sensing solutions for autonomous vehicles, has announced the development of InnovizPro, an after-market...

May 24, 2017
CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS Completes Flight Trials in Norway

Schiebel has announced that its CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has been presented to the Norwegian Coastguard, Royal Norwegian...

May 23, 2017
MMC Announces New Tethered Drone Power Supply System

MMC has announced the introduction of the company’s new T1 drone tether system, which provides a direct power supply that...

May 23, 2017
Centaur UAS Demonstrates Unpiloted Air Taxi Service

Aurora Flight Sciences demonstrated the use of its Centaur unmanned aircraft as an unpiloted air taxi service during the opening of...

May 22, 2017
Xsens INS Tested at Autonomous Racing Track Day

Xsens has confirmed that they took part in the second ‘Self Racing Cars’ track day at Thunderhill Raceway, California in...

May 22, 2017
Insitu ScanEagle UAV Assists U.S. Coast Guard

Insitu has announced that the ScanEagle small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) deployed aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter STRATTON has...

May 22, 2017
Tersus GNSS Announces New PPK Board for Accurate Positioning

Tersus GNSS has announced the release of its new GNSS PPK board, the Precis-BX316R. The Precis-BX316R is a GNSS Post-Processing...

May 22, 2017
Drone Mapping Supports Search & Rescue Operations During Colombia Landslide

Pix4D has announced that its drone mapping technology has been used to support search & rescue operations in Mocoa, in...

May 22, 2017
Autonomous Co-Pilot Flies and Lands Simulated Boeing 737

Aurora Flight Sciences has announced that its Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program, developed for the Defense Advanced Research...

May 19, 2017
Octopus ISR Reveals World’s Smallest Four-Sensor MWIR Gimbal

Octopus ISR Systems has released a new gyro-stabilized MWIR gimbal. The Epsilon 175 weighs just 2.6 kg (5.7 lbs), and...

May 19, 2017
Yara and Kongsberg to Build Autonomous Zero Emissions Ship

Yara and Kongsberg have announced that the two companies have entered into a partnership to build the vessel “Yara Birkeland”,...

May 19, 2017
Lockheed Martin Indago UAS Selected for Search and Rescue Operations

Lockheed Martin has announced that its Indago quadrotor small unmanned aerial system (UAS) has been selected by sheriff’s agencies in...

May 19, 2017
Persistent Systems Unveils Embedded MANET Radio Module for UAVs, UGVs

Persistent Systems has announced an Embedded Mobile Ad Hoc Networking (MANET) radio, in a SWaP-conscious form factor. The Embedded Module...

May 18, 2017
Consortiq Launches New IoT Intelligence UAS Operations Portal

Consortiq has announced the launch of its IoT (Internet of Things) inspired flight planning portal, CQNet. Using real time data...

May 18, 2017
Hemisphere GNSS Announces New OEM Positioning and Heading Board

Hemisphere GNSS has announced the Vector Eclipse H328, the next offering in the company’s line of new and refreshed, low-power,...

May 18, 2017
ARGO Unveils Amphibious Robot for Defense and Disaster Recovery

ARGO’s Space, Robotics and Defense Division, a manufacturer of unmanned robots and lunar space rovers designed to tackle harsh environments,...

May 17, 2017
UAV Range Extender Enables BLOS Operations

Flyability SA has announced the introduction of the Range Extender, an accessory for the company’s collision-tolerant indoor drone Elios. The...

May 17, 2017
LCR Embedded Systems Receives Mission Assurance Award from Raytheon

LCR Embedded Systems has announced that it has been honored by Raytheon with the Raytheon Mission Assurance Award, given in...

May 16, 2017
MEMSIC Introduces New Compact, Highly Accurate Vertical Gyro Modules

MEMSIC Inc., a developer of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS)-based sensors, has added the VG380 range of vertical gyros to its portfolio...

May 16, 2017
XPONENTIAL 2017 – the UST Round-Up

More than 7,000 attendees and over 600 exhibitors attended XPONENTIAL 2017, the annual AUVSI trade show last week, held in Dallas. It...

May 15, 2017
3W-International Develops New Hybrid Wankel UAV Engine

Engine manufacturer 3W-International has expanded its range of drive products for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with its new 3W-180 SRE...

May 15, 2017
Drone Aviation Unveils New Heavy Lift Multirotor Tethered Drone

Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, has unveiled the company’s new WATT 300 heavy-lift...

May 15, 2017
New Record Set for Urban Package Delivery by Drone

A Nevada unmanned aircraft system (UAS) consortium (Team Roadrunner) has announced that it has set a new record flying a...

May 12, 2017
Inertial Sense Introduces New Miniature GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System

Inertial Sense has announced the forthcoming release of its new GPS-aided inertial navigation system, the μINS. Inertial Sense hopes to...

May 11, 2017
Pulse Aerospace Unveils New Long-Endurance Unmanned Helicopters

Pulse Aerospace, a developer of multirotor Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) platforms, has announced the release of two new VTOL UAS, the...

May 11, 2017
UAV Vision Launches New Lightweight 3-Axis Camera Gimbal

UAV Vision has announced the launch of a new 3-axis gyro-stabilised gimbal, which has been unveiled at the AUVSI XPONENTIAL...

May 11, 2017
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