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.

OXIS Energy to Develop Lithium Sulfur Batteries for Marine Autonomous Systems
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 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 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 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
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 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 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
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
Octopus Ground Robot to Assist With Natural Disaster Recovery
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 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 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. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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 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 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 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
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
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
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