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.

NTT DATA Announces Unmanned Traffic Management Software Package

NTT DATA Corporation has announced the forthcoming launch of its airpalette UTM software package, which consists of an FOS (Flight...

Jun 11, 2017
U.S. Navy Tests New Unmanned Mine Detection System

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has announced that, during a recent technology demonstration at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton,...

Jun 10, 2017
Commercial Drone Completes 30-Mile BVLOS Flight via 3G

Delair-Tech and electrical services company RTE have announced that they have set a new distance record by flying a civilian...

Jun 09, 2017
Long-Endurance USV Operated via Satellite Link

ASV Global has announced that its long-endurance autonomous surface vessel Thomas has embarked on a mission off Scotland out to...

Jun 08, 2017
Tersus GNSS Develops Advanced Multi-Constellation Inertial Navigation System

Tersus GNSS, a developer of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technologies, has announced its new INS-T-306 GNSS-Aided Inertial Navigation System (INS)....

Jun 08, 2017
Wirth Research Unveils New VTOL Hydrogen-Powered UAS

Wirth Research has announced the release of more details and the first images of its new tilt rotor, Vertical Take...

Jun 08, 2017
EMCORE Introduces Fiber Optic Gyro-Based Micro Inertial Navigation System

EMCORE Corporation, a provider of Mixed-Signal Optics products, has introduced a new Micro Inertial Navigation system (MINAV), the first product in...

Jun 08, 2017
SkyX Unveils New Drone Charging Stations

SkyX, a developer of long-range unmanned aerial monitoring technologies, has announced the successful delivery and installation of its first production...

Jun 08, 2017
Kraken to Provide AquaPix Sonar for AUVs

Kraken Sonar Inc. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Kraken Sonar Systems Inc., has been awarded a repeat contract valued...

Jun 07, 2017
Inertial Labs Delivers 1,000th IMU-P MEMS Inertial Measurement Unit

Inertial Labs has announced that it has delivered its 1,000th IMU-P Tactical Grade Inertial Measurement Unit. Since the IMU-P was...

Jun 07, 2017
NASA and Partners Test Next Phase of UAS Traffic Management System

The Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) has announced that, along with its NASA partners, it has flown five different...

Jun 07, 2017
Automated Object Detection Software to be Deployed on Wasp AE sUAS

Sentient Vision Systems has announced that its Kestrel automated object detection software will be deployed by the Australian Defence Force...

Jun 06, 2017
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
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