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.

Northrop Grumman Displays Andros FX Unmanned Ground Vehicle at DSEI

Northrop Grumman Corporation has featured its recently-launched Andros FX unmanned ground vehicle at the DSEI exhibition in London. The firm’s...

Sep 16, 2015
Aeryon Partners with TrellisWare to Integrate TSM Technology with Skyranger sUAS

Aeryon Labs, a provider of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) for military, public safety and commercial operators, has announced that...

Sep 15, 2015
Boston Engineering Receives Grant to Commercialize BIOSwimmer UUV

Boston Engineering, an engineering consultancy firm, has announced that it has been awarded a $500,000 START Stage III grant from...

Sep 15, 2015
ASV To Develop Unmanned Mine Countermeasures System

Recognised as a world leader in the provision of autonomous surface vehicles, ASV has been enlisted as part of the...

Sep 15, 2015
DJI Announces New Professional-Grade Micro Four-Thirds Aerial Cameras

DJI, a developer of aerial imaging technology, has announced two new cameras for its DJI Inspire 1 professional unmanned aerial...

Sep 15, 2015
Zettlex Expands IncOder Sensor Range, Offering 100 million Variants

Zettlex, the Cambridge-based sensor specialist, has chosen the opening of the Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) 2015 show to...

Sep 14, 2015
FLIR Introduces New Professional-Grade Thermal Camera for Commercial UAVs

FLIR Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of infrared cameras, has announced the newest member of the FLIR Vue™ thermal imaging camera...

Sep 11, 2015
Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon Flight Consumer Drone Platform

Qualcomm Incorporated, a developer of wireless technologies, has announced the Qualcomm Snapdragon Flight, a platform based around a highly optimized...

Sep 11, 2015
Inaugural Unmanned Maritime Systems Summit to take place in Washington

IDGA, the premier military and government conference company, is proud to announce the Unmanned Maritime Systems Summit is Dec.7-9, in...

Sep 11, 2015
Phoenix Aerial Systems Introduces New LiDAR Mapping System for UAVs

Phoenix Aerial Systems, a provider of geo-spatial information collection systems, has announced the Scout, a small real-time kinematic (RTK) LiDAR...

Sep 11, 2015
NASA Global Hawk to Improve Hurricane Forecasting in Atlantic Ocean Basin

Cherokee Nation Technologies (CNT), a tribally owned company of the Cherokee Nation, has announced that it is working alongside the...

Sep 10, 2015
Laflamme Aero and RAAS Undertake UAV Research and Development Project

Roy Aircraft and Avionic Simulation, Inc (RAAS), a developer of modelling and simulation tools for the aerospace market, and Laflamme...

Sep 10, 2015
Triad RF Systems Announces New Solid-State Power Amplifier for UAV Communications

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

Sep 10, 2015
Avio Aero Joins Platform for Unmanned Cargo Aircraft Group

Avio Aero, a subsidiary of GE Aviation, has announced that it has become an official member of the Platform for...

Sep 09, 2015
Queensland University of Technology Develops Starfish-Killing Underwater Drone

Australia’s Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has announced that it has developed the world’s first autonomous robot designed to seek...

Sep 09, 2015
FAA Releases B4UFLY Unmanned Aircraft App Beta Test

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that it has released the beta version of a new smartphone application called...

Sep 08, 2015
DARPA Announces “Gremlins” UAS Program

For decades, U.S. military air operations have relied on increasingly capable multi-function manned aircraft to execute critical combat and non-combat...

Sep 08, 2015
Naval Postgraduate School Engineering Laboratory Simultaneously Flies 50 UAVs

The US Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) Advanced Robotic Systems Engineering Laboratory (ARSENL) has announced that it has flown 50 autonomous...

Sep 08, 2015
XCMG Launches Fully Remote-Controlled Intelligent Excavator

XCMG, a construction equipment company, has developed the company’s first fully remote-controlled excavator – the XE15R. Without a cab, the XE15R...

Sep 07, 2015
World’s Lightest UAV LiDAR Utilises Ellipse-E Miniature INS

YellowScan® will present the world’s lightest LiDAR for fixed and rotary wing UAVs at the Intergeo trade show in Stuttgart....

Sep 07, 2015
DeTect HARRIER Air Surveillance Radar Installed at ATLAS UAS Flight Center

DeTect, Inc., a radar engineering company, has announced that its HARRIER S200d Air Surveillance Radar (ASR) has been installed at...

Sep 05, 2015
Telit Introduces Small-Footprint GNSS Module with Flash Memory

Telit, a provider of communications and Internet of Things (IoT) products, has introduced the company’s newest GNSS module, the Jupiter...

Sep 04, 2015
LDUUV Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Program to Enter Next Development Stage

The US Naval Sea Systems Command has announced that it has received a risk-reduction decision approval, known as a Milestone...

Sep 04, 2015
Global Forum for Commercial and Civilian UAVs Comes to London

The Commercial UAV Show takes place 20-21 October 2015 at the ExCel, London. It’s a conference and exhibition featuring the...

Sep 04, 2015
X-ES Introduces New 6U OpenVPX 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch Module

Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc. (X-ES) announces the XChange3100, a conduction- or air-cooled, 6U OpenVPX™ 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch module that...

Sep 03, 2015
Neurotechnology Announces SentiBotics Mobile Robotics Development Kit 2.0

Neurotechnology, a developer of robotics and high-precision object recognition and biometric identification technologies, has announced the release of the SentiBotics...

Sep 02, 2015
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