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.

Aeryon SkyRanger sUAS Completes First Approved BVLOS Flight Test in Canada

Aeryon Labs has announced that the Aeryon SkyRanger small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) has successfully completed the first Beyond Visual...

Feb 27, 2017
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Develops UAV Tactical Battle Manager

The Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence (NCARAI) at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has announced that...

Feb 27, 2017
MMC Introduces Second Generation Hydrogen Fuel Cell Drone

MMC has introduced the next generation of its hydrogen technology-powered multirotor drone at the International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX 2017)...

Feb 27, 2017
UAS Fleet Provides Situational Awareness During Army & Fire Rescue Joint Exercise

Airborne Response, a drone services and consulting firm, has announced that a fleet of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), consisting of...

Feb 27, 2017
Cloud-Seeding UAV Completes BVLOS Test Flight in Nevada

A cloud-seeding research team led by the Desert Research Institute (DRI) flight operations node has announced that it has realized...

Feb 27, 2017
ECA Group Announces New 300m Rated Inspection-Class ROV

ECA Group has announced the launch of the H300-V, the company’s latest Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). Announced at the Underwater...

Feb 25, 2017
AirMap and senseFly Partner to Deliver Safer Commercial Drone Solutions

AirMap and senseFly have announced that they have partnered to deliver AirMap’s airspace services to senseFly’s eBee fixed wing drones...

Feb 25, 2017
Leonardo to Provide AESA Radar for French Army Patroller UAVs

Leonardo has announced that it has been selected by Safran Electronics & Defense to provide the PicoSAR AESA (active electronically...

Feb 24, 2017
Deep Ocean Engineering Announces Phantom L6 ROV

Deep Ocean Engineering has announced the Phantom L6, the company’s newest addition to the Phantom series of inspection-class ROVs. The...

Feb 23, 2017
NuWaves Engineering Announces New Low Noise C to X Band Amplifier

NuWaves Engineering has announced the company’s newest broadband low noise amplifier, which covers C- to X-Band frequencies, extending the frequency...

Feb 22, 2017
Verizon Acquires Skyward to Provide Simplified Drone Operations

Verizon has announced that it has purchased Skyward, thus adding drone operations management to the Verizon Internet of Things (IoT)...

Feb 21, 2017
New Russian UAV Developed for ISR Operations

Zala Aero Group has unveiled the ZALA 421-16E2, its latest unmanned reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft. Introduced at IDEX-2017, the new...

Feb 21, 2017
New ALPHA 800 Unmanned Helicopter Offers Greater Endurance

Alpha Unmanned Systems has released the ALPHA 800 unmanned helicopter – an evolution of the SNIPER UAS. Following 18 months...

Feb 21, 2017
Nokia Showcases LTE-Connected Drones for First Responders

Nokia has showcased how drones can facilitate efficient rescue operations for first responders. Using its Ultra Compact Network – a...

Feb 20, 2017
uAvionix’ FYXNAV GNSS Position Source Receives FAA TSO Approval

uAvionix Corporation, a provider of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) ADS-B avionics solutions, has confirmed that its FYXNAV GPS position source...

Feb 20, 2017
DJI and AMA Announce New Drone Safety and Training Program

The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA) and DJI have announced the launch of a joint program to promote safe and...

Feb 18, 2017
US Navy Selects Forward Operating Base for MQ-4C Triton

The U.S. Navy has announced that it has selected Naval Station (NS) Mayport in Florida as the East Coast Forward...

Feb 16, 2017
New Wide-Area Sensor Tested Aboard Insitu Tactical UAS

Logos Technologies and Insitu have announced the successful initial flight test of the Redkite wide-area sensor aboard the Integrator small...

Feb 16, 2017
US Marines Test New Reconnaissance sUAS

The U.S. Marine Corps has announced that it has tested the capabilities of a new drone known as the Instant...

Feb 16, 2017
Sentera Integrates NDVI Crop Health Sensor with DJI Phantom 4

Sentera has announced its new conversion of a DJI Phantom 4 Pro drone into a precision scouting tool that collects...

Feb 16, 2017
Leica Geosystems Announces New Single Photon LiDAR Sensor

Leica Geosystems has announced the release of the company’s new Leica SPL100 single photon LiDAR (SPL) and imaging sensor as...

Feb 15, 2017
GPSdome Successfully Tests GPS Jamming and Spoofing Protection

GPSdome has announced the successful results of tests of its commercially available product GPSdome 1.0, which protects GPS systems against...

Feb 15, 2017
Speaker Line-Up Confirmed for Unmanned Maritime Systems Conference

The SMi Group has confirmed the speaker line-up for the forthcoming Unmanned Maritime Systems Technology conference, taking place in London...

Feb 15, 2017
Aeryon and DroneDeploy to Deliver Commercial & Industrial UAS Solutions

Aeryon Labs and DroneDeploy have announced a partnership between the two companies to deliver integrated UAS solutions to end-users and...

Feb 14, 2017
DARPA’s SideArm Prototype Successfully Retrieves UAS Mid-Flight

DARPA has confirmed that in December 2016, Aurora Flight Sciences successfully tested a full-scale technology demonstration system that repeatedly captured...

Feb 14, 2017
senseFly Granted First BVLOS Drone Authorisation in Switzerland

senseFly has announced that it has become the first drone operator to be granted anytime Beyond Visual Line of Sight...

Feb 13, 2017
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