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.

Elbit to Supply Hermes 900 HFE UAS to Swiss Air Force

Elbit Systems Ltd., has been awarded a contract, worth approximately $200 million, from the Swiss Federal Department of Defense, Civil...

Nov 30, 2015
Heron 1 Reaches 25,000 Flight Hour Milestone in Afghanistan

Airbus Defence and Space has announced that one of its Heron Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) has completed 25,000 flight hours...

Nov 27, 2015
DJI Announces Agras MG-1 Agricultural Drone

DJI, a developer of unmanned aerial vehicle technology, has announced the launch of a smart, crop-spraying agricultural drone. The DJI...

Nov 27, 2015
New South Wales Government Trials Shark Surveillance Drones

The New South Wales government has announced that drones will be trialled and aerial surveillance boosted on the North Coast...

Nov 26, 2015
Marine Robotics Innovation Centre Opens at National Oceanography Centre

NERC, a UK environmental science agency, has announced that a new Marine Robotics Innovation Centre has been opened at its...

Nov 26, 2015
U.S. Marines Order RQ-20A Puma AE sUAS for Remote Scouting

AeroVironment, Inc. has received a firm fixed-price order valued at $13,015,396 for RQ-20A Puma™ AE small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)...

Nov 26, 2015
QinetiQ to Develop Multiple Unmanned Vehicle Control System

QinetiQ, an aerospace and defense company, has announced that it has secured a £4.2m contract with the UK’s Defence Science and...

Nov 24, 2015
NASA Awards Humanoid Robots to University R&D Groups

NASA has announced that it has awarded prototypes of its R5 humanoid robot to two universities for advanced research and...

Nov 24, 2015
Aegis Releases Low-Profile DC-DC Converter for Rugged Applications

Aegis Power Systems, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of custom power supplies, has announced the release of its latest DC-DC...

Nov 23, 2015
CACI Launches SkyTracker UAS Detection and Tracking System

CACI International Inc has released SkyTracker, a precision system to protect high-value assets and support public safety against the escalating...

Nov 23, 2015
US Army Organizations Collaborate on Counter-Drone Solutions

The US Army has announced that its Rapid Equipping Force (REF), on Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG),...

Nov 20, 2015
Thales Announces Spy’Ranger Mini-Drone for Reconnaissance and Surveillance

Thales, an aerospace and defense firm, has announced Spy’Ranger, the firm’s latest-generation surveillance and reconnaissance small fixed wing unmanned aircraft...

Nov 20, 2015
Gray Eagle UAS Conducts Manned-Unmanned Teaming in South Korea

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems and related mission systems solutions, has...

Nov 20, 2015
MQ-4C Triton UAS Begins Operational Assessment

The US Naval Air Systems Command has announced that it has begun one of the events that will be used...

Nov 20, 2015
ETV Joins NASA’s Unmanned Aerial Systems Traffic Management Programme

Strat Aero plc, an international aerospace company focused on the rapidly emerging Unmanned Aerial Vehicle sector, has announced that its...

Nov 19, 2015
Raytheon Completes Sonar for DARPA Unmanned Anti-Submarine Vessel

Raytheon Company has announced that it has completed delivery of its latest Modular Scalable Sonar System (MS3), a hull-mounted sonar system, for...

Nov 19, 2015
DJI Introduces New Drone Geofencing System

DJI, a developer of drone and unmanned camera technology, has announced that the company will launch a new geofencing system...

Nov 19, 2015
VectorNav Technologies Expands Current Headquarters to Accommodate Growth

VectorNav Technologies, the leading innovator of embedded navigation solutions, is doubling the size of its current headquarters at 10501 Markison...

Nov 17, 2015
Garmin’s GSX 70 Weather Radar Selected for RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS Fleet

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd. has announced the selection of the GSX 70, a full-featured solid-state weather...

Nov 17, 2015
US Air Force Global Hawk Reaches 500-Mission Milestone

The US Air Force has announced that an unmanned aircraft from its fleet of EQ-4 Global Hawks has successfully completed...

Nov 17, 2015
Hexagon Geospatial Announces GeoApp.UAS Data Processing App

Hexagon Geospatial, a provider of geospatial infrmation solutions, has announced the official launch of GeoApp.UAS, the company’s latest app that...

Nov 17, 2015
Aerialtronics Adds Nuclear Radiation & Chemical Detection Sensors to UAS

Aerialtronics, a leading manufacturer of commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has revealed a unique series of commercial drone sensors for...

Nov 17, 2015
Schiebel Develops New Heavy Fuel Engine for CAMCOPTER® S-100 UAS

Schiebel is delighted to announce the completion of testing of a new heavy fuel engine for the CAMCOPTER® S-100 UAS...

Nov 16, 2015
Aeryon Labs Ranked in Top Ten of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Companies

Aeryon Labs Inc., a premier manufacturer of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS), has been ranked 10th in the 2015 Deloitte...

Nov 16, 2015
SkySentry Tests Aerostat-Enhanced Expansive Mobile Network

SkySentry, a developer of lighter-than-air unmanned systems, has announced that it has completed successful baseline performance testing of a self-contained...

Nov 13, 2015
MIT Develops Autonomous Drone Obstacle Detection System

MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has announced that it has developed an obstacle-detection system that allows a...

Nov 13, 2015
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