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.

Telemedical Drones Deliver Supplies During Demonstration

HiRO (Health Integrated Rescue Operations), a telemedical drone project, has announced that it has tested two new disaster drones, delivering...

Dec 12, 2016
Opal Kelly Announces New FPGA-on-Module with Altera Cyclone V E

Opal Kelly, a developer of FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) integration modules, has announced the FOMD-ACV-A4, the company’s first FPGA-on-Module for...

Dec 10, 2016
AeroVironment and CSU-Fresno Begin Water Stress Research with Drones

AeroVironment has announced that it has begun a year-long study with California State University, Fresno to research how unmanned aerial...

Dec 09, 2016
MBDA Brimstone Missile to be Tested for RAF Protector UAS

MBDA Systems has announced that its Brimstone precision strike missile is being planned as the UK’s guided missile solution for...

Dec 09, 2016
GA-ASI Begins Flight Testing for Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced the commencement of flight testing for its MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range (ER) series...

Dec 09, 2016
Memsic Announces New High Performance 3-Axis Magnetic Sensor

Memsic has announced the availability of the MMC5883MA 3-Axis Magnetic Sensor, the newest member of Memsic’s Anisotropic Magneto Resistive (AMR)...

Dec 07, 2016
New Facility Offers US-wide Professional Drone Repairs

Unmanned Systems and Solutions (USAS) has announced that it has opened a 120,000 square foot professional drone repair facility capable...

Dec 07, 2016
Boeing to Acquire Liquid Robotics

Boeing has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Liquid Robotics, a developer of autonomous maritime systems...

Dec 07, 2016
Pix4D and Parrot Drones Create 3D Multispectral Images of National Park

Pix4D has announced that, as part of a joint project with Parrot, it has used drones and multispectral technology to...

Dec 07, 2016
Unmanned Safety Institute Launches Online Safety Training Course for Drone Pilots

The Unmanned Safety Institute (USI) has announced that it has launched an online training course, designed by its team of...

Dec 07, 2016
UST Launches World’s-First Virtual Unmanned Systems Tradeshow

The team behind UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com (UST) are pleased to announce plans to introduce a virtual tradeshow in 2017. The UST Expo...

Dec 06, 2016
UK MoD Invests £100M in ‘Protector’ Remotely Piloted Air System

The UK’s Defence Secretary, Sir Michael Fallon, has agreed a £100M contract with General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. to develop...

Dec 06, 2016
Nicomatic Develops High Performance Connectors for Unmanned Systems

Nicomatic, a designer and manufacturer of electronic connectors and cables for unmanned systems, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”)...

Dec 06, 2016
NATS and Altitude Angel Release New App for UK Drone Pilots

NATS and cloud technology developer Altitude Angel have announced that they have developed an app in response to the significant...

Dec 06, 2016
Morai Motion Introduces Inline Nexus Series of Micro Linear Actuators

Morai Motion has launched the new Inline Nexus series of micro linear actuators. The Inline Nexus has been designed to...

Dec 05, 2016
NaviPack Announces LiDAR Navigation Module for Autonomous Vehicles

NaviPack has announced the release of a LiDAR navigation module for autonomous control of drones, robots, and other devices. The...

Dec 03, 2016
Milrem Conducts First Live Fire Tests of THeMIS ADDER UGV

Milrem has announced that, with support from ST Kinetics, it has successfully tested its weaponized fully modular unmanned ground vehicle,...

Dec 02, 2016
Kratos to Supply High Performance Jet Powered Target Drone Systems

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that its Unmanned Systems Division (USD) has recently received a contract award...

Dec 01, 2016
NuWaves Engineering Announces New MMIC-Based RF Power Amplifier Module

NuWaves Engineering, a developer of Radio Frequency (RF) and Microwave solutions, has announced the upcoming release of the latest offering...

Dec 01, 2016
DARPA’s Autonomous Unmanned Surface Vessel Undergoes Testing

Leidos has announced that it is beginning operational testing of the technology demonstration vessel it is developing for the Defense...

Nov 30, 2016
Groen Aeronautics to Develop VTOL Gyroplane Drones

Groen Aeronautics Corporation (GAC) has announced that it has received funding to develop the company’s ReconHawk Gyroplane Drone through to...

Nov 30, 2016
FLIR Systems Acquires Prox Dynamics

FLIR Systems has announced that it has acquired Prox Dynamics AS, a developer of nano-class unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for...

Nov 30, 2016
LEMO Opens New Middle East Subsidiary in Dubai

The LEMO Group has announced the creation of new subsidiary LEMO Middle East. The sales office is located in Dubai,...

Nov 30, 2016
Type-Certifiable Predator B UAS Completes First Flight Test

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI) has announced that its Type-Certifiable Predator® B (TCPB) variant completed its first flight...

Nov 29, 2016
New Cloud-Based UAV Platform to aid Autonomous Search and Rescue

Mouser Electronics, together with Easy Aerial and engineer Grant Imahara, has announced the launch of its newest entry in the...

Nov 29, 2016
Presagis Launches New Customizable UAV Simulation Platform

Presagis has announced the launch of its CRAFT series line of customizable aircraft simulation platforms. The new CRAFT Series includes...

Nov 29, 2016
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