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.

Unmanned Surface Vehicles Successfully Detect & Track Live Submarine

Liquid Robotics and Boeing have announced that the two firms have used a network of persistent unmanned surface vehicles (USVs)...

Oct 31, 2016
New Firewatch Payload Enhances Aerosonde sUAS Surveying Capabilities

Textron Systems Unmanned Systems has announced that the company has begun to offer the TK-7 Firewatch precision survey sensor on...

Oct 31, 2016
Analog Devices Introduces New Tactical Grade IMU

Analog Devices, Inc. has announced the introduction of a new tactical grade Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU). The ADIS16490 IMU is...

Oct 31, 2016
OmniVision Launches 12-Megapixel Image Sensor for Consumer Drones

OmniVision Technologies, a developer of digital imaging solutions, has announced the OV12895, the latest addition to the company’s stacked-die technology...

Oct 29, 2016
Juliet Marine Systems to Construct Submersible Unmanned Surface Vehicle

Juliet Marine Systems, Inc. has announced plans to construct Guardian, a submersible unmanned surface vehicle (USV) that is a variation...

Oct 28, 2016
Swift Navigation Announces New Multi-Band and Multi-Constellation GNSS Receiver

Swift Navigation, a developer of GPS technology for autonomous vehicles, has announced its newest product, Piksi Multi, a multi-band, multi-constellation...

Oct 28, 2016
OriginGPS Announces New SiRFstar V GPS/GNSS Modules

OriginGPS, a manufacturer of miniature Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) modules, has announced the launch of three new products built...

Oct 28, 2016
Sentera Unveils Quad-Rotor Omni UAV with Multi-Angle Data Capture

Sentera has announced the release of its new Omni Quad-Rotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), which is partnered with a gimbaled...

Oct 28, 2016
e-con Systems Launches 4K Enabled 13MP Autofocus Embedded Camera

e-con Systems Inc., a developer of embedded camera solutions, has announced the launch of See3CAM_130, a 4K Autofocus USB 3.0...

Oct 28, 2016
AeroVironment Awarded Netherlands MoD Contract for New & Upgraded sUAS

AeroVironment has announced that it has received a contract from the Netherlands Ministry of Defence for small unmanned aircraft systems...

Oct 28, 2016
Northrop Grumman Demonstrates AQS-24B Mine Hunting System

Northrop Grumman has announced that it has successfully demonstrated the AQS-24B mine hunting system at the Royal Navy-sponsored Unmanned Warrior...

Oct 28, 2016
Makeblock Announces Airblock Modular Hexacopter and Hovercraft Drone

Robotics startup Makeblock has announced the release of Airblock, a modular six-axis drone that transforms into various flying configurations, including...

Oct 27, 2016
Textron Systems Demonstrates Aerosonde HQ sUAS

  Textron Systems Unmanned Systems has announced that it has completed its inaugural customer demonstration of the Aerosonde HQ. The...

Oct 26, 2016
ASV Global Completes 1000 Days of Unmanned Surface Vehicle Operations

  ASV Global, a manufacturer of autonomous surface vehicles, has announced that it has reached the landmark of 1000 days...

Oct 26, 2016
NASA Awards Silent Falcon UAS Airworthiness Statement

Silent Falcon UAS Technologies has announced that it has been granted an Airworthiness Statement by the Airworthiness & Flight Safety...

Oct 24, 2016
Triumph Supports MQ-4C Triton UAS Transition to Production

Triumph Group has announced that, in conjunction with Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy, the company will be paving...

Oct 24, 2016
Ellipse-D INS Selected for new NEXUS 800 Drone

HYPACK, a Xylem brand, has released a new multi-rotor UAV surveying solution: the NEXUS 800. The NEXUS 800 is an...

Oct 24, 2016
UK and France Launch Next Phase of Maritime Mine Counter Measures Program

The UK Ministry of Defence and its French counterpart have announced the launch of the next phase of a £117...

Oct 23, 2016
Dstl MAST USV Tested at Unmanned Warrior

The UK Ministry of Defence’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has announced that its new Maritime Autonomy Surface Testbed...

Oct 22, 2016
New Warthog Amphibious UGV Developed for Robotics Research

Clearpath Robotics and ARGO XTR have announced the release of Warthog – a large, amphibious, all-terrain mobile robot designed for...

Oct 22, 2016
DCNS and Airbus to Design Tactical VTOL UAS for French Navy

Naval defense firm DCNS and Airbus Helicopters have announced that the two companies are joining forces to design the future...

Oct 21, 2016
Yost Labs Develops Precision AHRS and Inertial Measurement Solutions for Unmanned Systems

Yost Labs, a developer of real-time inertial motion tracking solutions for unmanned systems, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”)...

Oct 21, 2016
US Navy Tests Common Control System for Unmanned Vehicle Interoperability

The U.S. Navy has announced that it has recently tested its Common Control System (CCS) during a Tri-Service demonstration that...

Oct 20, 2016
Draganfly to Test New Miniaturized Hyperspectral Sensor System

Draganfly Innovations has announced that the company has signed an agreement with Optical Filter Corporation, a subsidiary of Corning Incorporated,...

Oct 20, 2016
Honeywell Developing Smaller, More Precise Inertial Navigation Solutions

Honeywell has signed an agreement with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to further develop the next generation of...

Oct 20, 2016
Saab Acquires Mine Disposal Systems Manufacturer Nordic Defence Industries

Saab has announced that it has acquired the Danish naval company Nordic Defence Industries (NDI). NDI designs and manufactures mine...

Oct 19, 2016
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