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.

General Atomics Predator B UAS Demonstrates Threat Radar Detection
General Atomics Predator B UAS Demonstrates Threat Radar Detection

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA‑ASI) has announced the successful airborne demonstration of a Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) on a GA-ASI...

Apr 10, 2017
Whitepaper: Integrating Magnetometers into MEMS-Based Inertial Systems
Whitepaper: Integrating Magnetometers into MEMS-Based Inertial Systems

Sparton Navigation and Exploration, a developer of advanced inertial sensor systems, has released a technical whitepaper that discusses techniques to...

Apr 10, 2017
VTOL Drone Autonomously Transports Lab Samples Between Hospitals
VTOL Drone Autonomously Transports Lab Samples Between Hospitals

Swiss Post has announced that, in conjunction with the Ticino EOC hospital group and drone manufacturer Matternet, it has been...

Apr 09, 2017
SolAero Solar Cells Used on Naval Research Lab UAV
SolAero Solar Cells Used on Naval Research Lab UAV

SolAero Technologies, a provider of high efficiency solar cells and panels for satellite and aerospace applications, has announced that it...

Apr 07, 2017
INS-Aided Subsea LiDAR Successfully Collects Mapping Data at Depth
INS-Aided Subsea LiDAR Successfully Collects Mapping Data at Depth

3D at Depth, a provider of advanced subsea LiDAR systems and solutions, has announced the success of a recent trial...

Apr 06, 2017
Hirth Motors Develops New Gasoline Engine for V-BAT UAV
Hirth Motors Develops New Gasoline Engine for V-BAT UAV

Hirth Motors has developed a new propulsion system for MartinUAV‘s V-BAT transitional vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system. Hirth’s new 15hp 4201...

Apr 05, 2017
SBG Systems Unveils Qinertia INS/GNSS Post-Processing Software
SBG Systems Unveils Qinertia INS/GNSS Post-Processing Software

SBG Systems has announced that it has unveiled Qinertia, the company’s new in-house post-processing software, at the Ocean Business conference....

Apr 05, 2017
NuWaves Engineering Finishes R&D Phase of 4-Watt Linear RF Amplifier
NuWaves Engineering Finishes R&D Phase of 4-Watt Linear RF Amplifier

NuWaves Engineering has announced that it has completed the Independent Research and Development (IRaD) phase for its miniaturized VHF/UHF RF...

Apr 05, 2017
microdrones Provides UAS Mapping Solutions to Martin Instrument
microdrones Provides UAS Mapping Solutions to Martin Instrument

microdrones has announced that it has formed a partnership with Martin Instrument, a provider of equipment for surveying and construction...

Apr 05, 2017
Sharp Selects Rajant Kinetic Mesh Wireless Technology for INTELLOS UGV
Sharp Selects Rajant Kinetic Mesh Wireless Technology for INTELLOS UGV

Rajant has announced that Sharp Electronics Corporation (“SEC”) will use its Kinetic Mesh technology as the wireless communications infrastructure for...

Apr 05, 2017
Phase One and ATI Announce New Aerial Inspection Drone Solution
Phase One and ATI Announce New Aerial Inspection Drone Solution

Phase One Industrial and Aerial Technology International (ATI) have announced that the two companies have developed a professional aerial inspection...

Apr 05, 2017
LightningStrike VTOL UAS Demonstrator Completes Subscale Flight Test Program
LightningStrike VTOL UAS Demonstrator Completes Subscale Flight Test Program

Aurora Flight Sciences has announced that its unmanned XV-24A LightningStrike Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) X-Plane subscale vehicle demonstrator (SVD)...

Apr 05, 2017
Sentera Upgrades Incident Light Sensor for NDVI Applications
Sentera Upgrades Incident Light Sensor for NDVI Applications

Sentera has announced that it has launched updates to its Incident Light Sensor (ILS) for use on NDVI-Upgraded DJI Phantom...

Apr 05, 2017
Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests MQ-4C Triton UAS Mission Capability Upgrade
Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests MQ-4C Triton UAS Mission Capability Upgrade

Northrop Grumman has announced that its MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS), built for the U.S. Navy, has completed formal...

Apr 05, 2017
Sparton AHRS Integrated onto Riptide Micro-UUV
Sparton AHRS Integrated onto Riptide Micro-UUV

Sparton Corporation has announced the integration of its Attitude Heading Reference System (AHRS) products onto Riptide Autonomous Solutions’ unmanned undersea...

Apr 04, 2017
Aerobits Wins Awards for Innovation
Aerobits Wins Awards for Innovation

Aerobits, a developer of miniature ADS-B technology for small UAS, has received a number of awards recognising the innovation of...

Apr 04, 2017
New UAV Provides Full 4G Cell Phone Service
New UAV Provides Full 4G Cell Phone Service

Fenix Group, a private technology firm, has announced that, in partnership with Martin UAV, it has launched what it claims...

Apr 03, 2017
AGERpoint Develops New Small Form Factor LiDAR Sensor
AGERpoint Develops New Small Form Factor LiDAR Sensor

AGERpoint has announced the development of its new LiDAR sensor, the GML100. The GML100, according to AGERpoint, is the first...

Apr 03, 2017
Textron Systems Provides U.S. Navy with Mine-Hunting USVs
Textron Systems Provides U.S. Navy with Mine-Hunting USVs

Textron Systems Unmanned Systems has announced that it has received a $14.8 million contract to provide two additional fourth-generation Common...

Apr 03, 2017
VT MÄK Releases VR-Forces 4.5
VT MÄK Releases VR-Forces 4.5

VT MÄK has announced the release of version 4.5 of its VR-Forces simulation environment. The VR-Forces software is a complete...

Apr 03, 2017
Schiebel Develops Manned-Unmanned Teaming Technology for CAMCOPTER UAS
Schiebel Develops Manned-Unmanned Teaming Technology for CAMCOPTER UAS

Schiebel has announced that it has been working with defense and aviation technology company Patria to integrate Patria’s sophisticated Compact...

Mar 31, 2017
Airobotics Approved to Fly Fully-Automated BVLOS Drones
Airobotics Approved to Fly Fully-Automated BVLOS Drones

Airobotics has announced that it has been granted authorization by the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel (CAAI) to fly fully...

Mar 31, 2017
Sky-Futures and Bristow Conduct Successful Manned-Unmanned Interoperability Flight Tests
Sky-Futures and Bristow Conduct Successful Manned-Unmanned Interoperability Flight Tests

Sky-Futures and Bristow Group have announced that they have successfully conducted their first interoperability test between a helicopter and an...

Mar 31, 2017
Rotron Power UAV Engine Completes 1000 Hour Simulated Flight Endurance Test
Rotron Power UAV Engine Completes 1000 Hour Simulated Flight Endurance Test

Rotron Power, a manufacturer of advanced rotary-powered propulsion systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) applications, has announced the successful completion...

Mar 31, 2017
Opgal Announces New Eye-Q Thermal Imaging Processor
Opgal Announces New Eye-Q Thermal Imaging Processor

Opgal Optronic Industries has announced the launch of its new Opgal Eye-Q thermal image processor. Based on many years of...

Mar 31, 2017
Riptide Autonomous Solutions Unveils New Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
Riptide Autonomous Solutions Unveils New Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

Riptide Autonomous Solutions, a developer of unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs), has announced two new platform offerings to complement their initial...

Mar 31, 2017
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