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.

Rotron UAV Heavy Fuel Engine Begins Test Program

Rotron Power Ltd., a specialist manufacturer of advanced rotary engines for UAV applications, has taken a crucial step in preparing...

Nov 06, 2014
£120m Contracts Agreed for Anglo-French Combat UAVs

A set of contracts worth £120 million has been awarded for the early phase of a development programme for unmanned...

Nov 06, 2014
PrecisionHawk Receives $10m of Funding from Intel Capital

PrecisionHawk, an unmanned aerial systems and remote sensing company, has announced that Intel Capital has joined its previously announced Series B funding round...

Nov 05, 2014
AutoNaut USV Successfully Completes First Mission

The British USV AutoNaut has arrived back in the Isles of Scilly after a 13 day autonomous mission in which...

Nov 04, 2014
Leica Geosystems Aircraft to Incorporate Headwall Imaging Sensors

Leica Geosystems and Headwall Photonics have announced the establishment of a partnership agreement whereby Leica Geosystems will resell and integrate...

Nov 03, 2014
MIT-Olin Team Wins First Place in RobotX USV Challenge

After months of preparation and three days of actual competition, the MIT-Olin team won first place in the final standings...

Nov 03, 2014
Trimble Announces Enhancements to UAV Aerial Imaging Application

Trimble has announced the latest enhancements to its Trimble® Access™ Aerial Imaging 2.0 application — making it even more robust,...

Nov 03, 2014
UAV Solutions Announces New Line of Combined EO/IR Sensors

UAV Solutions, Inc. announced a new line of sensors, named Dragon View, at the annual International Association of Chiefs of...

Oct 31, 2014
Multiverse Media Group Launches UAV Videography Service

Multiverse Media Group, a firm comprised of marketing, web and video experts, has announced the launch of its aerial videography...

Oct 31, 2014
University of Hawaii Maps Lava Flow with Sensefly UAV

Researchers from the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo have successfully mapped the active flow front of the June 27, 2014...

Oct 31, 2014
HGH Infrared Systems Provides 360 Degree Thermal Imaging for UGVs

HGH Infrared Systems has demonstrated its Spynel thermal imaging system at the Eurosatory 2014 exhibition. The system was installed onto...

Oct 31, 2014
Australian Air Force to Retain Heron Unmanned Aircraft

Australian Minister for Defence Senator David Johnston has announced the return of a Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) to Australia...

Oct 31, 2014
Saab to Deliver ROV to US Underwater Hazardous Device Teams

Defense and security company Saab has won a contract to deliver a Water Borne Improvised Explosive Device Remotely Operated Vehicle...

Oct 31, 2014
Colombian Ministry of Defense Orders UAV Systems

AERTEC Solutions, an aeronautical engineering company, and In-Nova Group, a multinational technological innovation firm, have been awarded a contract to...

Oct 31, 2014
Insitu Announces Next-Generation ScanEagle 2 UAV Platform

Insitu has announced the ScanEagle 2, the next generation of its revolutionary ScanEagle platform. Leveraging lessons learned from more than...

Oct 30, 2014
Airbus Defence & Space and DCNS to Develop Ship-Based UAS

Airbus Defence and Space and DCNS have signed a cooperation agreement to develop a ship-based helicopter UAS capability. This technological...

Oct 30, 2014
UMS Demonstrate Tactical Fixed-Wing UAV in Uruguay

UMS Group AG, a Swiss/Swedish unmanned systems developer and manufacturer, has demonstrated their F-330 tactical fixed-wing UAS to a delegation of over...

Oct 28, 2014
Michigan State Police Standardizes UAS Program with Aeryon SkyRanger

Aeryon Labs Inc. has announced that the Michigan State Police (MSP) has chosen to standardize its state-wide UAS deployment with...

Oct 27, 2014
ING Robotic Aviation Launch Updated Rapid Wide Area Mapping UAV

ING Robotic Aviation, a Canadian provider of robotic aircraft sensing solutions, has announced the launch of the next version of...

Oct 27, 2014
MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter to Undergo Shipboard Testing

Northrop Grumman have successfully completed precision sloped landing tests with the MQ-8C Fire Scout at Naval Base Ventura County, Point...

Oct 24, 2014
RIEGL Release Video of RiCOPTER UAV Flight Demonstration

RIEGL have released a video of the flight performance of their recently launched RiCOPTER UAV laser scanning system. RiCOPTER is a...

Oct 24, 2014
UAS Europe Releases New Spy Owl 200 Surveillance UAV

UAS Europe has announced the launch of a surveillance version of its flight-proven Spy Owl 200 Unmanned Aircraft System. The...

Oct 24, 2014
Presagis and Ryerson University to Partner on UAV Technologies

Presagis, a provider of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) modeling, simulation, and embedded graphics software, and Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, are...

Oct 23, 2014
Textron Awarded $33.8 M Contract by US Navy for Common Unmanned Surface Vessel

Textron Systems Unmanned Systems has announced that it has received a $33.8 million contract to provide its Common Unmanned Surface...

Oct 23, 2014
Headwall Delivers Imaging Sensors to Columbia University for Climate Change Investigation

Headwall Photonics has delivered two high-performance hyperspectral imaging sensors to Columbia University as part of its Air-Sea-Ice Physics and Biogeochemistry...

Oct 23, 2014
Stark Aerospace Introduces HoverLite Tethered Hovering Aerial ISR System

Stark Aerospace, as part of a rapid research and development effort sponsored by the Combatting Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO),...

Oct 23, 2014
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