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.

DEMAND for UNMANNED Symposium Will Identify Challenges and Opportunities for UAS

The DEMAND for UNMANNED symposium, to be held 15-16 June in Washington, D.C. in conjunction with AIAA AVIATION 2016, will...

Jun 01, 2016
Aurora Tests Aircraft Autonomy Kit for U.S. Marines

Aurora Flight Sciences, a designer and manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has announced that it has tested new capabilities...

May 31, 2016
Aitech Defense Launches New SBC for High Bandwidth Data Processing Requirements

Aitech Defense Systems, a provider of rugged embedded computing products, has announced its newest single-board computer (SBC), the rugged 3U...

May 31, 2016
FAA Selects British Anti-UAV Defence System for US Airport Trials

The United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected the world’s first fully integrated detect-track-disrupt-defeat Anti-UAV Defence System (AUDS) for...

May 31, 2016
Australian Navy’s ScanEagle UAS Completes First Flight

The Royal Australian Navy’s Unmanned Aircraft System Unit has confirmed that their ScanEagle UAV completed the first of class flight...

May 30, 2016
Aeronautics Reveals Details of Orbiter 4 UAS

Aeronautics LTD has announced that it will launch a new Unmanned Aerial System platform, Orbiter 4, towards the end of...

May 30, 2016
NovAtel GPS Anti-Jam Technology Incorporated into Schiebel CAMCOPTER UAS

NovAtel, a developer of high precision OEM positioning technology, has announced that its compact GAJT anti-jam antenna is now on-board...

May 30, 2016
DroneDeploy Announces New Release of Automated Drone Flight and Mapping App

DroneDeploy, a cloud software platform for commercial drones, has announced the new release of its fully integrated, free iOS and...

May 27, 2016
ST Electronics Announces New HALE UAV Communication Solution

ST Electronics (Satcom & Sensor Systems) Pte Ltd, a manufacturer of VSAT products and solutions, has announced the release of...

May 27, 2016
Triad RF Systems Launches New COFDM Transmission Power Amplifier

Triad RF Systems, a designer and manufacturer of RF and Microwave amplifiers and amplifier systems, has announced the release of...

May 26, 2016
Aegis Power Systems Announces New High Power 270Vdc VPX Card

Aegis Power Systems, a designer and manufacturer of specialized power supplies, has announced the release of its latest power card,...

May 26, 2016
Erle Robotics Unveils PiZero USV Boat

Erle Robotics has unveiled the latest addition to its fleet of PiZero Smart robotic solutions. The Erle-Boat is a Linux-based...

May 25, 2016
RAID Project Demonstrates Safe UAS Integration into Civil Airspace

Partners of the RAID (RPAS ATM Integration Demonstration) Project have announced the successful completion of a flight trial campaign to...

May 25, 2016
Southwest Antennas Announces New Miniature Polarized Wireless Antennas

Southwest Antennas, a designer and manufacturer of high-performance RF and Microwave antennas, has announced the introduction of its new small...

May 25, 2016
10th Anniversary of CAMCOPTER S-100 – A Decade of Outstanding Success

Ten years after the first delivery of CAMCOPTER® S-100 to the launch customer, the Vienna-based Schiebel company proudly celebrates the...

May 25, 2016
U.S. CTTSO Evaluates New AeroVironment Tethered UAS for ISR and Security

AeroVironment, Inc., a developer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has announced that the United States Combatting Terrorism Technical Support Office...

May 24, 2016
FAA Tests FBI Drone Detection System at JFK Airport

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that, in conjunction with its government, industry and academia partners, it is expanding...

May 24, 2016
ARIADNA Consortium Completes Simultaneous Flight of Civilian UAS and Manned Aircraft

The European ARIADNA consortium, led by information technology and defense systems company Indra, has announced that it has completed simultaneous...

May 23, 2016
Yamaha RMAX Unmanned Helicopter Performs First U.S. Commercial Agricultural Flight

Yamaha Motor Corp. U.S.A. has announced the inaugural commercial operation of its RMAX remotely piloted helicopter for agriculture spraying service...

May 20, 2016
MicroLink Solar Cells will Power Airbus’ Zephyr HAPS UAS

MicroLink Devices has announced that Airbus Defence and Space has issued a production contract for the company’s epitaxial liftoff (ELO)-based multi-junction...

May 19, 2016
NovAtel Announces GNSS Positioning Technology for Autonomous Vehicles

NovAtel Inc., a provider of high-precision positioning technologies, has announced the company’s new initiative to develop functionally safe Global Navigation...

May 18, 2016
US Navy to Deploy AeroVironment Blackwing Reconnaissance UAS on Submarines

AeroVironment, Inc. has announced that the United States Navy plans to deploy the company’s Blackwing tube-launched small unmanned aircraft system,...

May 18, 2016
Aeryon and Liteye Systems to Integrate SkyRanger into Counter-UAS System

Aeryon, a manufacturer of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS), and Liteye Systems, a manufacturer and provider of products that protect...

May 18, 2016
Harris Geospatial Solutions to Offer Icaros OneButton Software for UAS Image Processing

Icaros Inc., a provider of aerial remote sensing services and software, has announced that Harris Geospatial Solutions, a division of...

May 18, 2016
X-ES Announces QorIQ ARM Processor-Based Boards with Up to Eight 64-bit Cores

Extreme Engineering Solutions (X-ES) has announced the company’s first NXP QorIQ ARM-based boards, the XPedite6401 XMC/PrPMC mezzanine module and the...

May 17, 2016
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