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 Conference Covers Use of Drones for Accident and Investigation

The Institution of Mechanical Engineers has announced the launch a new conference to be held on 21st February 2017 in...

Jan 04, 2017
VideoRay and Elbit Systems Develop Satellite Control for ROV Aboard USV

Elbit Systems and VideoRay have announced that technical teams from the two companies have worked together to complete successful tests...

Dec 30, 2016
TriLumina to Demonstrate 3D Solid-State LiDAR Systems for Autonomous Vehicles

TriLumina, a developer of solid-state illumination modules for LiDAR, has announced that it will be demonstrating a new 256-pixel 3D...

Dec 28, 2016
US Navy Develops New UUV Mission Software Framework

Scientists and engineers at the U.S. Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division have announced that they have developed...

Dec 28, 2016
Orbital Signs Agreement with Insitu for UAV Propulsion Systems

Orbital Corporation has announced that it has signed a long-term agreement (LTA) with Insitu, valued at up to US$91m (A$120...

Dec 23, 2016
RT LTA Systems Announces New SkyStar 110 Aerostat

RT LTA Systems has announced that it has developed a new member of its Skystar family of aerostats, the Skystar...

Dec 23, 2016
Schmidt Ocean Institute’s New ROV Completes First Expedition

The Schmidt Ocean Institute has announced that a team of geologists, chemists and biologists aboard its research vessel Falkor have...

Dec 23, 2016
GRIFF Aviation Announces New GRIFF 300 Heavy Lifting Drone

GRIFF Aviation has launched its new GRIFF 300 drone. The GRIFF 300 is an unmanned aircraft with fully customisable payload...

Dec 21, 2016
Aegis Power Systems Announces New 650W 3U VPX Power Card

Aegis Power Systems has announced the release of a new 3U VPX power card, the VPX2703UC. Designed to meet various...

Dec 21, 2016
US Navy Tests Autonomous Swarmboats

The U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR) has announced that it has recently tested autonomous unmanned swarming boats in a...

Dec 19, 2016
Leonardo-Finmeccanica Begins SW-4 Solo Remotely Piloted Helicopter Testing

Leonardo-Finmeccanica has announced that it has begun flight testing of its remotely piloted helicopter SW-4 Solo at Taranto-Grottaglie Airport. The...

Dec 19, 2016
ECA Group Equips French Navy AUVs with Long-Range Communications

ECA Group has announced that the company is to update six of the French Navy’s A9-M Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs)...

Dec 19, 2016
Ballard Power Systems Develops Fuel Cell & Charging Technologies for Unmanned Systems

Ballard Power Systems, a global provider of clean energy solutions and proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell technologies, has partnered...

Dec 19, 2016
NASA JPL Researches Artificial Intelligence for Submersible Drones

  NASA has announced that a team of researchers from its Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) and other institutions recently visited...

Dec 18, 2016
Neva Aerospace Announces Electric Turbo-Fans for VTOL and STOL UAS

Neva Aerospace, a pan-European consortium which is developing industrial and commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) based on its patented distributed...

Dec 17, 2016
DARPA Funds LiquidPiston Rotary Engine Prototype

LiquidPiston has announced that the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the company $2.5 million to continue...

Dec 17, 2016
PrecisionHawk Releases Pathfinder UAS Research Phase 2 Results

PrecisionHawk has released its Phase 2 Pathfinder results as part of UAS TAAC (Unmanned Aircraft Systems Technical Analysis and Applications Center)...

Dec 16, 2016
New Triple Frequency Helix Antenna for Autonomous Vehicle Navigation

Harxon has announced the release of the HX-CH7603A, the company’s new design of helical antenna which supports the GPS L1/L2,...

Dec 16, 2016
AirMap and DigiCert Announce Digital Identity Certificates for Drones

AirMap has announced Drone ID, a partnership with DigiCert that will enable instant authentication of an unmanned aircraft’s identity via...

Dec 14, 2016
DARPA Launches OFFSET Swarm Tactics Program for Unmanned Vehicles

DARPA has announced that it has launched its new OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program, which aims to increase the effectiveness...

Dec 14, 2016
BAE Systems Trials Next Phase of New Unmanned Aircraft Technologies

BAE Systems has announced that, as part of collaborative efforts across the UK to assess how autonomous air vehicles could...

Dec 14, 2016
Octopus ISR Systems Unveils Enhanced Dual-Sensor UAV Payload

Octopus ISR Systems has announced an enhanced version of the company’s Epsilon 140, a UAV gimbal with a dual-sensor payload....

Dec 14, 2016
UKRspecsystems Selects Robotic Skies for Worldwide UAS Support Services

UKRspecsystems has announced that it has selected Robotic Skies to provide worldwide support services for its line of Unmanned Aircraft...

Dec 14, 2016
MetaVR Provides MQ-9 Reaper UAS Training Simulation Software to US Air Force

MetaVR has announced that it has sold new Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) licenses to unmanned air system (UAS) or...

Dec 13, 2016
New 24-Hour Endurance Hybrid Drone Developed for Monitoring & Inspection

Defiant Labs, the new technology division of Canadian drone company The Sky Guys Ltd., has announced its new drone, the...

Dec 12, 2016
Arcturus and HEC-TINA to Develop Hydrogen-Fueled Engine for UAVs

The Hydrogen Engine Center (HEC-TINA) and Arcturus UAV have announced that the two companies have formed a joint partnership to...

Dec 12, 2016
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