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.

K-MAX Unmanned Helicopter and Indago Quad Rotor Demonstrate Firefighting Capability

A team of Lockheed Martin and Kaman unmanned aircraft has successfully demonstrated its ability to aid in firefighting operations. During...

Nov 20, 2014
Leidos Completes At-Sea Testing of Prototype Unmanned Surface Vessel

Leidos, a national security, health, and engineering solutions company, completed a total of 42 days of at-sea demonstrations of the...

Nov 20, 2014
University of Maryland UAS Test Site Receives FAA Approval

The University of Maryland (UMD) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site, located in California, Md. , has received a Certificate...

Nov 20, 2014
US Army Purchases MetaVR Simulation Software for UAS Training

MetaVR, a 3D visualization software development company, has announced that the U.S. Army recently purchased 300 new licenses of MetaVR...

Nov 19, 2014
3D Robotics Launches X8+ Personal Drone and FPV Kit

3D Robotics, a North American drone company that caters to both consumer and enterprise markets, has announced the launch of...

Nov 19, 2014
Section 333 Exemption Requested for Aeryon Labs Skyranger UAS

Aeryon Labs Inc. has announced that VDOS Global LLC has submitted a request to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for...

Nov 18, 2014
Hunton & Williams Launches UAS Integration Legal Unit

Hunton & Williams LLP, a US law firm, has announced the formation of a multidisciplinary Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Unit...

Nov 18, 2014
API Technologies Power Controller to be Used on US Navy Autonomous Vessels

API Technologies Corp., a provider of high performance RF/microwave, power and security solutions for high-reliability applications, has announced that its...

Nov 18, 2014
Velodyne Demonstrates 3D LiDAR Puck at UAS Mapping 2014

Velodyne LiDAR unveiled its new LiDAR Puck to the UAV market at the ASPRS UAS/UAV Mapping Forum 2014 in Reno,...

Nov 18, 2014
Kairos Autonomi Wins Robotic Business Review Game Changer Award

Kairos Autonomi, Inc., a developer of robotic appliqué kits, has been honored as a winner of the second annual Robotics...

Nov 18, 2014
CybAero Invests in Advanced Unmanned Helicopter Test Facility

CybAero, a Swedish company that develops and markets unmanned helicopters, has decided to build a test center which will house...

Nov 18, 2014
Sharper Shape Granted Permission for Advanced Long Distance UAV Flights

Sharper Shape, a supplier of UAV-based asset management solutions for utilities, has announced that the company has received approval from...

Nov 17, 2014
NJIT to Conduct UAS Flights Over Atlantic Ocean

The New Jersey Institute of Technology has announced that it will be conducting UAS flights over the Atlantic Ocean to...

Nov 17, 2014
xG Technology Radio Networking to be Used in Commercial UAV Infrastructure

xG Technology, Inc., a developer of patented wireless communications and spectrum sharing technologies, has received an order from Airogistic, LLC,...

Nov 17, 2014
PINC Solutions Announces Unmanned Aerial Real-Time Locating System

PINC Solutions, a provider of advanced yard management and supply chain execution solutions powered by the Internet of Things (IoT),...

Nov 14, 2014
Swedish Navy Orders Saab Seaeye Falcon ROVs

FMV, the Swedish Defence Material Administration, has ordered ten Falcon ROVs from Saab Seaeye. The vehicle was judged by FMV...

Nov 13, 2014
VineView and SkySquirrel to Launch New Specialized Agricultural UAV

VineView-SAI, Inc., a St. Helena-based remote sensing company, has partnered with SkySquirrel Technologies Inc. (SST), a commercial Unmanned Aerial System...

Nov 12, 2014
Northrop Grumman Awarded Sustainment Contract for Global Hawk UAV

The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $306 million contract to continue logistics and sustainment services...

Nov 12, 2014
DARPA Issues RFI for Insights into Aircraft Carriers for UAVs

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has invited input on how to enable existing large aircraft to carry, launch...

Nov 11, 2014
ING Robotic Aviation Wins Unmanned Systems Canada Award

ING Robotic Aviation, a provider of robotic aircraft airborne sensing solutions headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, has announced that the company...

Nov 11, 2014
Bathawk Recon Trials Anti-Poaching UAV in Tanzania

  Bathawk Recon, a private Tanzanian company set up to deliver UAV-based anti-poaching services, has performed UAV trials at Tarangire...

Nov 07, 2014
Kratos Announces Successful Test of BQM-177A UAS

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that its Unmanned Systems Division (USD) has successfully completed its first U.S....

Nov 07, 2014
Advanced UAV Lab to be Built at Imperial College London

A new £1.25 million arena for flying the next generation of aerial robots will be constructed at Imperial College London,...

Nov 06, 2014
EaglePicher Receives $22m to Expand Lithium-Ion Production

EaglePicher Technologies, LLC has announced that it has been awarded $22 million in funding under the Defense Production Act Title...

Nov 06, 2014
Altavian to Provide Sensor Payloads for US Army RQ-20 Puma UAS

Lockheed Martin’s partner Altavian Inc. has been awarded a $4 million contract to provide gimbaled sensor payloads for the Army’s...

Nov 06, 2014
Engineered Syntactic Systems Provides Buoyancy Solutions for Bluefin Robotics AUVs

Engineered Syntactic Systems (ESS), a global supplier of syntactic solutions, has provided Bluefin Robotics with syntactic buoyancy systems for their...

Nov 06, 2014
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