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.

Global Hawk UAS Variants Exceed 100,000 Combat/Operational Support Hours

Two U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in Northrop Grumman Corporation’s high altitude long endurance (HALE)...

Aug 27, 2014
Scion UAS Demonstrate Autonomous Takeoff and Landing on a Moving Platform

Scion UAS raised the bar on unmanned aerial system (UAS) capabilities by demonstrating autonomous takeoff and landing from a moving...

Aug 26, 2014
U.S. Coast Guard Research and Development Center Tests ROVs in the Arctic

Being a multi-mission agency with a diverse range of responsibilities, the Coast Guard relies on a wide variety of technologies...

Aug 26, 2014
RQ-4 Global Hawk Completes 100th NASA Flight

The first completed Global Hawk has made history again with its 100th flight in support of NASA environmental research. The...

Aug 26, 2014
BAE Developing Smart Skin Technology to Detect Damage on Aircraft

Work is underway at BAE Systems to give aircraft human-like ‘skin’, enabling the detection of injury or damage and the...

Aug 22, 2014
UAS Flies Beyond Visual Line of Sight in Spain

An unmanned aircraft flight beyond visual line of sight (BLOS) has been conducted a the ATLAS (Air Traffic Laboratory for...

Aug 20, 2014
Northrop Grumman Developing DARPA’s XS-1 Experimental Spaceplane Design

Northrop Grumman Corporation with Scaled Composites and Virgin Galactic is developing a preliminary design and flight demonstration plan for the...

Aug 19, 2014
K-MAX Unmanned Helicopter Deploys SMSS UGV During Fully Autonomous Demonstration

Lockheed Martin, in collaboration with the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), successfully conducted a fully...

Aug 19, 2014
X-47B Unmanned Air System and F/A-18 Conduct Cooperative Flights

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy offered a glimpse of the future of carrier aviation on Aug. 17 by...

Aug 18, 2014
DARPA Launches X-Vehicle Program; Aims to Break the “More Armor” Paradigm for Protection

For the past 100 years of mechanized warfare, protection for ground-based armored fighting vehicles and their occupants has boiled down...

Aug 18, 2014
Global Hawk UAS Completes 100th Operational Mission & Deploys to Pacific

The U.S. Air Force’s RQ-4 Global Hawk, a wide area surveillance unmanned aircraft system, has just completed its 100th operational...

Aug 14, 2014
API Technologies Unveils New Rugged Multi-Octave Broadband Amplifier

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

Aug 14, 2014
Remotec to Repair and Upgrade U.S. Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Robots

The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation subsidiary Remotec Inc. an $8.8 million contract to repair and upgrade 103...

Aug 14, 2014
Neya Systems Releases UxAB Autonomy Hardware and Software Module

Neya Systems has announced the release of its UxAB™ Autonomy hardware and software stack. As a part of Neya’s growing...

Aug 14, 2014
Omnetics’ Ruggedized Strip Connectors Proven in Extreme Environments

The Omnetics range of high reliability strip connectors feature ruggedized insulators and military quality Flex Pin® technology, and have proven...

Aug 14, 2014
Headwall Releases New High Resolution Hyperspectral Sensor for UAVs

Headwall has announced the availability of a new hyperspectral imager targeting very high resolution spectral measurements of 0.1 nm over...

Aug 12, 2014
New UST Profile: Unmanned Systems Source – Supplier of Unmanned Systems, Components and Accessories

The new Unmanned Systems Source profile is now live on the Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) website. The ‘Gold‘ profile highlights...

Aug 12, 2014
Cubic Wins Contract to Supply Common Data Link for Small UAS

Cubic Corporation has announced that it has been awarded a contract valued at $1.8 million from Idaho National Laboratory to...

Aug 12, 2014
QinetiQ Launches New Airborne Communications Surveillance System

QinetiQ, building on its heritage of providing high end strategic communications intelligence systems (COMINT) for large platform operators, has developed...

Aug 11, 2014
Latest UAS Test Site Becomes Operational in New York

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has announced that the Griffiss International Airport unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test...

Aug 11, 2014
DJI Selects Vicon’s T40S Motion Capture System for Phantom 2 Vision+ Quadcopter

OMG plc, the technology group providing image capture products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries, announces its...

Aug 05, 2014
Ocean Optics Introduces Spectral Sensing Development Kit for Robotics and Unmanned Vehicles

Ocean Optics has introduced a new set of spectral sensing tools for developers and others who want to deploy spectroscopy...

Aug 04, 2014
API Launches New Configurable Frequency Synthesizers for Unmanned Systems

API Technologies Corp. (“API” or the “Company”), a provider of high performance RF/microwave, power, and security solutions for critical and...

Aug 04, 2014
Multirotor UAV Protecting Rhinos in South Africa

The second largest land mammal on earth, the majestic white rhino is under siege by poachers looking to make big...

Aug 04, 2014
UK MoD Allocates £9m for Maritime Autonomous Systems

The Ministry of Defence through the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory and in partnership with a number of associations and...

Aug 01, 2014
All-HD TASE500 Payload with SWIR Technology Unveiled

UTC Aerospace Systems (now Collins Aerospace) announces a new TASE500 camera system configuration. This optimized system brings capabilities of much...

Aug 01, 2014
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