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.

DARPA Funds Second Tern Unmanned Test Aircraft
DARPA Funds Second Tern Unmanned Test Aircraft

DARPA has announced that it has tasked Northrop Grumman with building a second test vehicle for Tern, a joint program...

Nov 21, 2016
Schiebel CAMCOPTER UAS Supports Migrant Offshore Aid Station Mission
Schiebel CAMCOPTER UAS Supports Migrant Offshore Aid Station Mission

Schiebel has announced that its CAMCOPTER S-100 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has been operating onboard the charity organization MOAS’ (Migrant...

Nov 21, 2016
DJI Announces New Inspire 2 and Phantom 4 Pro Drones
DJI Announces New Inspire 2 and Phantom 4 Pro Drones

DJI has announced the introduction of two new drones for professional imaging: Inspire 2, a ready-to-fly platform for high-end film...

Nov 18, 2016
AeroVironment Launches Quantix Drone and Decision Support System for Real-Time Intelligence
AeroVironment Launches Quantix Drone and Decision Support System for Real-Time Intelligence

AeroVironment has announced the launch of its new integrated commercial information solution featuring the new Quantix drone and Decision Support...

Nov 18, 2016
Urban Aeronautics Cormorant UAV Completes First Fully Autonomous Pattern Flight
Urban Aeronautics Cormorant UAV Completes First Fully Autonomous Pattern Flight

Urban Aeronautics has announced that its Cormorant Unmanned Air vehicle (UAV) prototype has performed its first autonomous pattern flight including...

Nov 17, 2016
Elbit Systems Announces Anti-Drone Protection and Neutralization System
Elbit Systems Announces Anti-Drone Protection and Neutralization System

Elbit Systems has announced the development of ReDrone, a solution for the protection of closed air spaces, national infrastructures and...

Nov 16, 2016
uAvionix and PrecisionHawk to Integrate ADS-B with LATAS-Enabled Drones
uAvionix and PrecisionHawk to Integrate ADS-B with LATAS-Enabled Drones

uAvionix and PrecisionHawk have announced that the two companies plan to jointly develop the next generation of LATAS (Low Altitude Tracking and...

Nov 16, 2016
Certifiable Predator B UAS Sale Approved to United Kingdom
Certifiable Predator B UAS Sale Approved to United Kingdom

The United States Defense Security Cooperation Agency has announced that a determination has been made approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to...

Nov 16, 2016
FAA Conducts Drone Detection Tests At Denver Airport
FAA Conducts Drone Detection Tests At Denver Airport

The FAA and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have conducted drone-detection research in the vicinity of Denver International Airport,...

Nov 16, 2016
Article: The Importance of Miniature Valves on Satellite Design
Article: The Importance of Miniature Valves on Satellite Design

Marotta Controls, Inc. has released a technical article which looks at the importance that miniature valves have on the design of...

Nov 16, 2016
Aeryon Labs Recognized as Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Company
Aeryon Labs Recognized as Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Company

Aeryon Labs has announced that it has been ranked 24th in the 2016 Deloitte Technology Fast 50 awards as well...

Nov 16, 2016
Dawn VME Introduces New 800 Watt 3U OpenVPX Conduction Cooled Power Supply
Dawn VME Introduces New 800 Watt 3U OpenVPX Conduction Cooled Power Supply

Dawn VME Products, a designer and manufacturer of embedded technology based on the VITA and PICMG architectures, has announced its...

Nov 16, 2016
Lockheed Martin UAS and Helicopters Demonstrate Firefighting and SAR Capabilities
Lockheed Martin UAS and Helicopters Demonstrate Firefighting and SAR Capabilities

Lockheed Martin has announced that it has demonstrated for the first time how its suite of optionally-piloted helicopters and small...

Nov 15, 2016
X-ES Launches Integrated 10 Gigabit Ethernet & PCIe Gen3 Switch
X-ES Launches Integrated 10 Gigabit Ethernet & PCIe Gen3 Switch

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) has announced the release of its newest 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch module, the XChange302. The 3U...

Nov 15, 2016
H3 Dynamics Launches Hydrogen Fuel Cell UAV with 10 Hour Flight Time
H3 Dynamics Launches Hydrogen Fuel Cell UAV with 10 Hour Flight Time

H3 Dynamics, a developer of robotics technologies, has announced the release of HYWINGS, a hand-launchable Fixed Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle...

Nov 15, 2016
uAvionix’ ADS-B Transceivers Receive CAA Approval
uAvionix’ ADS-B Transceivers Receive CAA Approval

uAvionix has achieved the first two portable, low-power ADS-B transceiver approvals under the United Kingdom’s (UK) Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)...

Nov 15, 2016
General Atomics’ UAV to Deliver Humanitarian Relief Supplies
General Atomics’ UAV to Deliver Humanitarian Relief Supplies

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that it can provide a company-owned unmanned aircraft to support humanitarian relief...

Nov 15, 2016
LDS Unveils Drone-Based Explosive Detection Sensor
LDS Unveils Drone-Based Explosive Detection Sensor

Following extensive testing in the laboratory and in the field, Laser Detect System (LDS) Ltd. has introduced SpectroDrone – the...

Nov 15, 2016
Geodetics Launches LiDAR Mobile Mapping System for UAS
Geodetics Launches LiDAR Mobile Mapping System for UAS

Geodetics, a developer of advanced sensing and navigation technologies, has announced the expansion of its mapping capabilities by offering a...

Nov 14, 2016
AT&T and NASA Collaborate on Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management
AT&T and NASA Collaborate on Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management

  AT&T has announced that, in conjunction with NASA, it is researching traffic management solutions for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)....

Nov 12, 2016
Aurora Flight Sciences to Develop Unmanned UH-1H Helicopter
Aurora Flight Sciences to Develop Unmanned UH-1H Helicopter

Aurora Flight Sciences has announced that it will be integrating the company’s Tactical Autonomous Aerial Logistics System (TALOS) on a...

Nov 11, 2016
GA-ASI Conducts First Flight of Avenger Extended Range UAS
GA-ASI Conducts First Flight of Avenger Extended Range UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has announced the successful first flight of its new Avenger Extended Range (ER) aircraft, an...

Nov 11, 2016
San Francisco Circuits Chosen as “World’s Greatest” PCB Supplier
San Francisco Circuits Chosen as “World’s Greatest” PCB Supplier

San Francisco Circuits, a provider of printed circuit board (PCB) fabrication and assembly solutions for unmanned systems and robotics, has...

Nov 10, 2016
Fruity Chutes Introduces Non-Pyro CO2 UAV Parachute Release Valve
Fruity Chutes Introduces Non-Pyro CO2 UAV Parachute Release Valve

Fruity Chutes, a manufacturer of parachute recovery systems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has announced the availability of the company’s...

Nov 10, 2016
Trust Automation Provides Capture and Recovery System for Medical Drones
Trust Automation Provides Capture and Recovery System for Medical Drones

Trust Automation, Inc., a developer of high-efficiency motors and control systems, has announced that it has provided critical engineering support...

Nov 09, 2016
Echodyne Successfully Tests Airborne Detect and Avoid Radar on sUAS
Echodyne Successfully Tests Airborne Detect and Avoid Radar on sUAS

Echodyne has announced that it has performed what it claims is the first ever successful test of an airborne Detect...

Nov 09, 2016
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