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.

Micro/sys Offers Embedded Computing Solutions for Unmanned Systems

Micro/sys, a provider of microprocessor control and connectivity solutions for embedded applications, are now showcasing their expertise on the Unmanned...

Jan 15, 2015
Aegis Announces New Line of KT&C Micro Video Cameras

Aegis Electronic Group, Inc., a distributor and technical support provider of KT&C camera solutions, has announced the addition of KT&C’s...

Jan 14, 2015
Battelle’s HorizonVue Camera Demos 360-Degree Views from ROV

Battelle, an applied science and technology development company, has integrated its HorizonVue undersea camera with a Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)...

Jan 13, 2015
CAE to Provide Simulation and Training for NASC TigerShark XP UAS

NASC (NAVMAR Applied Sciences Corporation), a supplier of unmanned aerial systems (UASs) and professional engineering services, has announced that it...

Jan 13, 2015
Predator B Unmanned Aircraft Reaches Record 20,000 Flight Hours

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that a Predator® B/MQ-9 Reaper® RPA has reached a record 20,000 flight...

Jan 13, 2015
Hobbico Announces ORA Drone System for Aerial Photography

Hobbico, a manufacturer of radio-control products, has announced the ORA, a camera-equipped drone that displays captured aerial images on a...

Jan 13, 2015
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Used to Study Deep-Sea Ecosystem

Scientists at the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) have used advanced photographic tools in an unmanned Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)...

Jan 13, 2015
FAA Grants Real Estate and Agricultural Unmanned Aircraft Exemptions

The Federal Aviation Administration has granted two regulatory exemptions for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations, including the first for real...

Jan 12, 2015
RT LTA to Provide Tactical Aerostats to Israeli Police

Israeli firm RT LTA, developer and manufacturer of surveillance aerostats, has recently been awarded a two year contract with the...

Jan 12, 2015
PrecisionHawk Announces Solution for Drone Integration into National Airspace

PrecisionHawk Inc., a manufacturer of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and provider of Aerial Data Processing and Analysis products, has announced a...

Jan 12, 2015
Consumer Electronics Association Supports UAS Safety Campaign

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® has announced its support of the new UAS safety campaign, “Know Before You Fly,” during...

Jan 12, 2015
DSLRPros Releases Drone Safety and Instruction Video Series

DSLRPros, Inc., an online retailer and distributor of aerial filmmaking equipment, has announced the release of Drone Academy X, a...

Jan 12, 2015
Drone Aviation Delivers Aerostat Systems to Eglin Air Force Base

Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a developer of specialized lighter-than-air aerostats and tethered drones, has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Drone...

Jan 12, 2015
Phoenix Completes Upgrade to US Navy Deep Drone ROV

Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. has completed an upgrade of the U.S. Navy’s 8,000-foot depth capable remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Deep...

Jan 09, 2015
Northrop Grumman HALE Unmanned Aircraft Set New Flight Record

The U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk and other variants of Northrop Grumman Corporation‘s High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned...

Jan 09, 2015
EHANG Secures $10 Million Funding for Ghost Personal Drones

EHANG, a manufacturer of personal drones, has announced that the company has closed $10 million in Series A funding led...

Jan 09, 2015
Kratos to Provide Unmanned Aerial Target Systems for US Air Force

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a National Security Solutions provider, has announced that its subsidiary, Composite Engineering, Inc. (CEI),...

Jan 08, 2015
X-ES Introduces Secure Solid-State Drives (SSD) for Long Life Cycle Applications

Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc. (X-ES) announces rugged Solid-State Drive (SSD) solutions that are ideally suited for applications requiring long-term availability...

Jan 07, 2015
MQ-8C Fire Scout Completes First Sea-Based Test Phase

The Navy’s new, larger MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter has returned from a five-day test period aboard the guided-missile destroyer...

Jan 07, 2015
QinetiQ North America Wins US Army and Navy TALON Contracts

QinetiQ North America has announced that it has been awarded a United States Army contract to build, refurbish and modernize...

Jan 07, 2015
Gumstix Launches AeroCore 2 Platform and Geppetto Version 2 Software

Gumstix, Inc., a provider of Linux® computers-on-module (COMs) for electronics manufacturers, has announced Geppetto 2.0, the most advanced version of...

Jan 07, 2015
Microdrones Provides Aurizon with UAVs for Rail Network Surveying

Australian rail company Aurizon has contracted German firm microdrones GmbH to provide two UAVs for the purpose of surveying its...

Dec 18, 2014
enrGies and PlateSmart Develop First License Plate Recognition Drones

PlateSmart Technologies, a provider of License Plate Recognition (LPR) solutions and video data analytics, has announced a partnership with defense...

Dec 18, 2014
US Army Research Laboratory Develops Miniature Robotic Wings

The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) in Adelphi, Maryland, following research into the field of miniature actuators, has developed a...

Dec 18, 2014
Unmanned Systems Expo 2015 Announces Speaker Line-Up

The Unmanned Systems Expo (TUSExpo), the first fully integrated European trade show and conference focused on the Unmanned Systems industry,...

Dec 18, 2014
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