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.

Balloon-Assisted UAV Collects Stratospheric Samples in Antarctica

A balloon-assisted UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) named “Phoenix-S1,” developed by Kyushu University and Fukuoka University, Japan, has successfully brought back...

Mar 30, 2015
Raytheon Wins $46M Contract for South Korean Global Hawk Ground Stations

Raytheon Company has announced that it has been awarded a contract valued at up to $45.7 million by Northrop Grumman...

Mar 30, 2015
Modus Seabed Intervention Purchases Schilling Robotics ROV

Modus Seabed Intervention Ltd., a provider of integrated subsea project services, has announced that it has taken delivery of a...

Mar 30, 2015
FAA Authorizes SDG&E To Fly Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Aerial Inspections

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted the utilities company a...

Mar 30, 2015
Camber Corporation Forms Unmanned Systems Innovation Subsidiary

Camber Corporation, an organization that provides unmanned systems and other technology solutions, has announced the establishment of Unmanned Systems Innovation...

Mar 30, 2015
DARPA Issues RFI for Sensor Technologies for ACTUV Unmanned Surface Vessel

DARPA has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to help its Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) comply...

Mar 27, 2015
UMass Dartmouth Research to Improve Unmanned Underwater Vehicle Teamwork

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has announced that Professor of Computer Science and Associate Dean of the College of Engineering, Dr....

Mar 27, 2015
3D Robotics Announces Open Source Drone App Development Platform

3D Robotics (3DR), a manufacturer of consumer drones, has announced the release of a new open software product called DroneKit,...

Mar 27, 2015
Permac Industries Announces Quick Turn Small Parts Machining for UAV Manufacturers

Permac Industries, a company specializing in precision small part machining of metals and plastics for high-reliability and aerospace applications, has...

Mar 27, 2015
IMSI/Design to Create Automated Reporting App for UAVs

IMSI/Design, a developer of mobile solutions for engineering and construction, has announced that it is creating TurboSite Drone, the first...

Mar 26, 2015
Pole/Zero Releases New High-Performance Miniature Bandpass Filters

Pole/Zero, a designer and manufacturer of RF interference mitigation products, has announced the release of its new line of NANO-ERF™...

Mar 26, 2015
Nextel Leads Development of Simulators for UAV Pilot Training

A consortium lead by Nextel Aerospace Defence & Security has announced that it is developing a new generation of unmanned...

Mar 26, 2015
Micro/sys Releases ARM Cortex-A8 Single Board Computer with Image Processing

Micro/sys, a provider of industrial embedded computer products, has announced an enhancement to its 2.5-inch Pico-ITX™ ARM Cortex-A8 SBC5651 single...

Mar 26, 2015
FAA Announces New COA Policy for UAS Section 333 Exemptions

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that it has established an interim policy to speed up airspace authorizations for...

Mar 25, 2015
DARPA Awards Contracts for Phase 2 of UAS Project Tern

DARPA has announced that it has awarded prime contracts for Phase 2 of Tern, a joint program between DARPA and...

Mar 25, 2015
FPS Completes First Commercial UK Drone Delivery

FPS, a nationwide supply chain solution provider, has announced that it has completed what is believed to be the first...

Mar 25, 2015
Custom Case Group Announces New Line of Custom Drone Cases

Custom Case Group, a provider of protective storage and transport cases, has announced the launch of Drone Hangar, a new...

Mar 25, 2015
Northrop Grumman Completes Testing of Radiation-Hardened 1Mbit EEPROM Memory

Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that it has recently completed qualification testing of the W28C0108 1Mbit electrically erasable programmable read-only...

Mar 25, 2015
OXIS Energy to Develop Lithium Sulfur Batteries for Marine Autonomous Systems

OXIS Energy Ltd., a developer of Lithium Sulfur battery technologies, has announced that it will be one of the main...

Mar 25, 2015
Aitech Defense Systems Updates Single-Board Computers

Aitech Defense Systems Inc., a provider of embedded and computing technologies for mission-critical applications, has announced that it has enhanced...

Mar 24, 2015
ASV Awarded Maritime Autonomy R&D Funding

ASV Ltd., a manufacturer of unmanned marine systems, has announced that it has been awarded funding in partnership with nine...

Mar 24, 2015
TechSAT GmbH Announces Partnership with Ideal Aerosmith

TechSAT GmbH, a designer and developer of turnkey solutions for the integration, verification and validation of aircraft systems, has announced...

Mar 24, 2015
Carnegie Mellon Snake Robots Inspired by Real Rattlesnakes

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University who develop snake-like robots have announced that they have utilised movements from real sidewinder rattlesnakes...

Mar 24, 2015
ENSCO Avionics Software to be used in US Army GBSAA Program

ENSCO Avionics, Inc., a provider of DO-178 safety-critical avionics software and systems, has announced that the US Army will utilize...

Mar 24, 2015
Boeing to Conduct Milestone UAS Demonstrations in Denmark

Boeing has announced that it will conduct Denmark’s first ever beyond visual line-of-sight unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flights under civilian...

Mar 23, 2015
Aix-Marseille University Aerial Robot Utilizes Bio-Inspired Eye

Biorobotics researchers at the Institut des Sciences du Mouvement – Etienne-Jules Marey (CNRS/Aix-Marseille Université) have announced that they have developed...

Mar 23, 2015
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