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.

UNICEF and Malawi Government Test UAV Flights for Blood Sample Transportation

UNICEF has announced that, in conjunction with the Government of Malawi, it has begun testing the use of Unmanned Aerial...

Mar 14, 2016
UAE Armed Forces Orders 8 Piaggio HammerHead UAVs

The General Headquarters of the United Arab Emirates Armed Force (GHQ) has agreed a contract with Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems...

Mar 14, 2016
Maersk Tankers Successfully Completes Drone Delivery to Vessel at Sea

Maersk Tankers has announced that it has successfully completed what the company claims is the first drone delivery to a...

Mar 11, 2016
Boeing Introduces Echo Voyager Unmanned Undersea Vehicle

Boeing has announced Echo Voyager, the company’s latest unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV), which can operate autonomously for months at a...

Mar 11, 2016
ATLAS Flight Test Center to Develop Agricultural Security UAS Project

The Andalusian Foundation for Aerospace Development (FADA) has announced that it has begun to develop, through the ATLAS Flight Test...

Mar 11, 2016
Wolf-Tek Announces New Drone Autopilot App

Wolf-Tek, a developer of mobile GIS applications, has announced that it has released its Drone-Tek app to the Google Play...

Mar 10, 2016
Intelsat General and L-3 Successfully Demo Automatic Satellite Beam Switching for UAS

Intelsat General Corporation (IGC), a satellite network operator, and L-3 Communication Systems-West (L-3 CS-West), a provider of networked communication solutions,...

Mar 10, 2016
Tekever Launches New Version of AR3 Net Ray Maritime UAS

The Tekever Group, a developer of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has announced that it will be launching a new version...

Mar 10, 2016
US DoD Awards Contract to Drone Aviation for WASP Tactical Aerostat System

Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, has announced that it has been awarded a...

Mar 10, 2016
Bell Helicopter Selects Systron Donner’s QRS21 Multi-Axis Quartz MEMS Gyro

Systron Donner Inertial (SDI), a brand of InnoVista Sensors™ has been awarded a Firm Fixed Price Contract in the amount...

Mar 09, 2016
Liquid Robotics’ Wave Glider USVs Reach One Million Nautical Miles at Sea

Liquid Robotics, a developer of wave and solar powered ocean robots, has announced that its fleets of Wave Gliders have...

Mar 09, 2016
SeeByte and ASV to Develop Next Generation of Adaptive Autonomous Systems

SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software technology for unmanned systems and ASV, leading supplier of Unmanned and Autonomous...

Mar 08, 2016
Omnetics Outline the Significance of Miniature Connectors in Unmanned Systems

The miniaturization of electronic components has been a significant trend over the past few decades, allowing products and devices to...

Mar 08, 2016
3D Robotics and Autodesk to Develop UAV-to-Cloud Data Capture Solution

3D Robotics, a manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and Autodesk, a developer of 3D design software, have announced that...

Mar 07, 2016
Northrop Grumman’s AHRS Navigation System used on nEUROn UCAV Demonstrator

Northrop Grumman Corporation, in cooperation with Saab Aerosystems, has provided the Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS) for the nEUROn...

Mar 07, 2016
Army Developing Autonomous Squad Maneuver Equipment Transport

The U.S. Army has confirmed that it, in partnership with industry, is in the process of developing requirements and capabilities...

Mar 07, 2016
DARPA Selects Aurora for Phase 2 of VTOL X-Plane Program

Aurora Flight Sciences, a designer and manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects...

Mar 04, 2016
VectorNav Technologies Introduces VN-360 GPS-Compass Heading & Position Sensor

VectorNav Technologies, a developer of high-performance inertial navigation systems, has announced the introduction of the VN-360 GPS-Compass heading and position...

Mar 03, 2016
CRP to Showcase Innovations in Additive Manufacturing

CRP Technology, specialists in 3D Printing, will be showcasing their capabilities and innovative Windform materials at JEC World 2016 (formerly...

Mar 03, 2016
SeeByte Copilot Software Successfully Integrated with Normand Oceanic ROVs

SeeByte, a developer of smart software for unmanned maritime systems, has announced that Subsea 7, a subsea engineering services company,...

Mar 03, 2016
Olaeris Unveils Unmanned Multirotor Aircraft with 5 Hour Flight Time

Olaeris, a developer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has unveiled AEVA, a new unmanned aircraft with a 4-5 hour flight...

Mar 03, 2016
General Dynamics Mission Systems Acquires Bluefin Robotics

General Dynamics Mission Systems has announced that it has acquired Bluefin Robotics, a manufacturer of unmanned undersea vehicles (UUVs) that...

Mar 03, 2016
Simpulse Announces Flexible Embedded SDR Modem Board for Video Transmissions

Simpulse, specialist in embedded Software-Defined Radio (SDR) solutions for innovative communication systems, has announced availability of an ultra flexible embedded SDR...

Mar 02, 2016
DJI Launches Phantom 4 Quadcopter Drone with Advanced Sensing and Computer Vision

DJI, a manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles, has announced the launch of its new Phantom 4 drone, which the company...

Mar 01, 2016
Battelle to Unveil HorizonVue 360-Degree Subsea Video System

Battelle, a developer of undersea technology for the oil and gas and defense markets, has announced that it will demonstrate...

Mar 01, 2016
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