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.

Octopus Ground Robot to Assist With Natural Disaster Recovery

Waseda University’s Future Robotics Organization and the Kikuchi Corporation have announced that they have developed a remote-controlled four-armed, four-wheeled crawler...

Mar 23, 2015
Clear Flight Solutions Receives Funding for Robotic Birds

Clear Flight Solutions, a manufacturer of lifelike robotic birds, has received an €1.6 million investment from the Cottonwood Euro Technology...

Mar 20, 2015
Top Flight Technologies Announces Hybrid Multirotor Drone

Top Flight Technologies, a manufacturer of multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) solutions, has announced that it has developed a hybrid...

Mar 20, 2015
WireMasters Inc. Acquires Wyre Tek

WireMasters, Inc., a distributor of high-performance military specification wire and cable, has announced the acquisition of Wyre Tek, LLC., a...

Mar 20, 2015
Kansas State University Leads UAV Crop Monitoring Project

Kansas State University has announced that it is leading an international, multimillion-dollar project that is looking at unmanned aerial systems...

Mar 20, 2015
Panoptes Systems Introduces eBumper4 Drone Obstacle Avoidance System

Panoptes Systems, a developer of environmental awareness solutions for drones, has introduced the eBumper4, the first commercially-available, sonar-based, small drone obstacle...

Mar 19, 2015
VersaLogic Announces Intel-Based Bengal Single-Board Computer

VersaLogic Corp., a manufacturer of embedded computing systems, has announced the launch of Bengal – a rugged new PCIe/104 Single...

Mar 19, 2015
Clearpath Robotics Receives $14 Million Funding to Expand Portfolio

Clearpath Robotics, a robotics company that provides intelligent automation solutions for industrial applications, has announced that it has raised $14...

Mar 19, 2015
ANADIGICS Announces WiFi Power Amplifier for DJI Phantom 2 Vision Drones

ANADIGICS, Inc., a manufacturer of radio frequency (RF) solutions, has announced that it has begun shipping production volume of its...

Mar 19, 2015
Sparton Hydrophone Used to Create Acoustic System for Maritime RobotX Challenge

Sparton, a manufacturer of navigation solutions, has announced that its NavEx PHOD-1 Hydrophone was used to create an acoustic sensor...

Mar 19, 2015
RT LTA Systems Skystar 180 Selected for Purchase by US Army

RT LTA Systems Ltd., the designer, developer, and manufacturer of the Skystar™ family of aerostats, has announced that its Skystar...

Mar 19, 2015
Predator B Fleet Achieves One Million Flight Hours

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that its Predator® B/MQ-9 Reaper® RPA fleet has achieved a historic milestone...

Mar 18, 2015
Unmanned Vehicle University to Host Fundamentals of UAVs Seminar

Unmanned Vehicle University, based in Phoenix, Arizona, and the only university in the world that is licensed to offer graduate...

Mar 18, 2015
Kongsberg Gallium Provides Software for Unmanned Systems Canada UAS Competition

Kongsberg Gallium Inc, a developer of geospatial software solutions, has announced that it has become a key sponsor of the...

Mar 18, 2015
SLANTRANGE Wins Award at 2015 SXSW Accelerator Competition

SLANTRANGE, Inc., a drone-based agricultural crop sensor and data analytics company, has announced that it has been awarded first place...

Mar 18, 2015
Itchimi-Asia to Distribute SmartC2 VirtualAirBoss Aviation Software

SmartC2 Inc., a developer of aviation software solutions, has announced a new distribution agreement for its VirtualAirBoss™ software with Itchimi-Asia,...

Mar 18, 2015
University of Hertfordshire Completes Climate Research Instrument for NASA Global Hawk

Scientists at the University of Hertfordshire have designed and built a new type of instrument for climate research that is...

Mar 17, 2015
Aeros NADATS Successfully Tests ISR Early Warning System

The NADATS division of Aeros, a lighter-than-air (LTA) aircraft manufacturer, has announced that it has successfully completed integrated functionality testing...

Mar 17, 2015
Reactel: RF and Microwave Filters, Diplexers and Sub-assemblies for Unmanned Systems

Reactel Inc. have just launched their new company profile on the Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) website. The ‘Gold‘ profile highlights...

Mar 17, 2015
Draganfly Innovations Releases Agricultural UAV Solution with MicaSense Multispectral Camera

Draganfly Innovations Inc., a manufacturer of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS), has released an all-inclusive agricultural imaging solution that can...

Mar 16, 2015
Motorola Solutions Invests in UAV Manufacturer CyPhy Works

Motorola Solutions has announced that it has made an investment in CyPhy Works, a developer of advanced unmanned aerial vehicles...

Mar 16, 2015
Saab Seaeye Demonstrates AUV 4D Geospatial Data Acquisition System

Saab Seaeye, a manufacturer of electric underwater vehicles, has demonstrated a 4D geo-spatial data acquisition system with real-time data visualisation...

Mar 13, 2015
PrecisionHawk and University of Toronto to Develop Solution for UAV GPS Loss

PrecisionHawk and the University of Toronto have announced a collaboration to develop a solution for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in the...

Mar 13, 2015
Adept Technology Launches New Fleet Management System for Mobile Robots

Adept Technology Inc., a provider of intelligent robots, autonomous mobile solutions and services, has announced that it has launched Lynx...

Mar 13, 2015
University of Western Australia Explores Perth Canyon with ROV

The University of Western Australia’s Oceans Institute has announced that it has completed a successful two-week mission to Perth Canyon,...

Mar 13, 2015
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