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.

UAS Europe Releases New Spy Owl 200 Surveillance UAV
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 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 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 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 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
Blue Bear and e-Go Announce Partnership at Commercial UAV Show
Blue Bear and e-Go Announce Partnership at Commercial UAV Show

Blue Bear Systems Research and e-Go aeroplanes have announced their signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the two...

Oct 23, 2014
QinetiQ North America Introduces TALON V at AUSA 2014
QinetiQ North America Introduces TALON V at AUSA 2014

QinetiQ North America (QNA) introduced the TALON V at the 2014 Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Annual Meeting...

Oct 21, 2014
UTC Aerospace Systems Imaging Technology to Support US Navy ISR Program
UTC Aerospace Systems Imaging Technology to Support US Navy ISR Program

UTC Aerospace Systems, a designer and manufacturer of integrated systems and components for the aerospace and defense industries, has been...

Oct 21, 2014
Scion UAS Successfully Completes SA-400 Jackal Flight Test Program
Scion UAS Successfully Completes SA-400 Jackal Flight Test Program

Scion UAS has completed a series of capability demonstrations of the SA-400 Jackal, an optionally piloted helicopter system. The demonstration...

Oct 21, 2014
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Used to Photograph Killer Whales
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Used to Photograph Killer Whales

For the first time, scientists have used an unmanned aerial vehicle to study killer whales from above. The device they’re...

Oct 21, 2014
Phoenix Aerial Introduces New UAV LiDAR Systems
Phoenix Aerial Introduces New UAV LiDAR Systems

Phoenix Aerial Systems, a manufacturer of unmanned aerial LiDAR products, has announced two new revolutionary LiDAR products, the Scout and...

Oct 20, 2014
Boeing X-37B Unmanned Orbital Vehicle Successfully Completes 3rd Flight
Boeing X-37B Unmanned Orbital Vehicle Successfully Completes 3rd Flight

The Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) has successfully de-orbited and landed at Vandenberg Air Force Base, concluding a 674-day...

Oct 20, 2014
Fusion of Manned and Unmanned Aerial Systems Used to Fight California Wildfire
Fusion of Manned and Unmanned Aerial Systems Used to Fight California Wildfire

  SkyIMD, a provider of aerial imaging solutions, combined UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) and manned aircraft technologies to fight the...

Oct 17, 2014
Alta Devices and Airware to Integrate Solar Power into Small UAVs
Alta Devices and Airware to Integrate Solar Power into Small UAVs

Alta Devices has announced cooperation with Airware to enable manufacturers of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) to seamlessly integrate solar...

Oct 17, 2014
3D Robotics Launches New UAV 2D and 3D Mapping Platforms
3D Robotics Launches New UAV 2D and 3D Mapping Platforms

  3D Robotics have announced the launch of their new 3DR Mapping Platforms, consisting of the 3DR X8-M (multi-copter) and...

Oct 17, 2014
DRS Technologies to Launch New Tactical RF Tuner
DRS Technologies to Launch New Tactical RF Tuner

DRS Technologies Inc., a Finmeccanica Company, announced that its Signal Solutions business has launched Polaris, its newest and smallest tactical...

Oct 17, 2014
Second US Navy Triton UAS Completes First Flight
Second US Navy Triton UAS Completes First Flight

The U.S. Navy’s second MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has successfully completed its first flight. Operating out of a...

Oct 16, 2014
Kingfisher USV Wins Robobusiness 2014 Game Changer Award
Kingfisher USV Wins Robobusiness 2014 Game Changer Award

Clearpath Robotics has been announced a winner of the 2014 Game Changer Awards for its Kingfisher unmanned surface vessel at...

Oct 16, 2014
Formira Fuel Cell Technology to be Integrated into Silent Falcon UAVs
Formira Fuel Cell Technology to be Integrated into Silent Falcon UAVs

Neah Power Systems, Inc. will be partnering with Silent Falcon UAS Technologies to integrate formic acid reformer-based Formira fuel cell...

Oct 15, 2014
Revolutionary ‘Vortex’ 3D-Printed Multi-Rotor UAV Launched
Revolutionary ‘Vortex’ 3D-Printed Multi-Rotor UAV Launched

  Atlanta Hobby has launched the Vortex, an advanced, highly customizable hexacopter platform capable of long flight duration. Designed and...

Oct 15, 2014
WAM-V USV Platform to be used in Maritime RobotX Challenge
WAM-V USV Platform to be used in Maritime RobotX Challenge

Students from 15 major universities representing the United States, Singapore, Australia, Japan, and South Korea will compete from October 20...

Oct 14, 2014
Neya Systems Integrates UxAB with QinetiQ TALON V Robot
Neya Systems Integrates UxAB with QinetiQ TALON V Robot

Neya Systems has successfully integrated its UxAB autonomy hardware and software with the QinetiQ North America (QNA) TALON V platform....

Oct 14, 2014
Raytheon Demonstrates Integration of JLENS Radar Aerostat into NORAD
Raytheon Demonstrates Integration of JLENS Radar Aerostat into NORAD

Raytheon Company has completed a series of laboratory tests that demonstrated how the JLENS radar can be integrated into North...

Oct 14, 2014
Upgraded Textron Remote Video Terminal Enhances U.S. Army UAS Interoperability
Upgraded Textron Remote Video Terminal Enhances U.S. Army UAS Interoperability

Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, a Textron Inc. business, has commenced deliveries of the One System® Remote Video Terminal (OSRVT™) -50...

Oct 14, 2014
Exelis Introduces New CorvusEye Sensor With Night Surveillance Capabilities
Exelis Introduces New CorvusEye Sensor With Night Surveillance Capabilities

A new Exelis CorvusEye™ 1500 visible color and infrared (IR) sensor provides day and nighttime wide area airborne surveillance coverage...

Oct 14, 2014
US Navy Grants ARES UAS With Flight Clearance
US Navy Grants ARES UAS With Flight Clearance

SHIELD Aviation, Inc. has been granted a Category 3 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Interim Flight Clearance (IFC) for the ARES...

Oct 14, 2014
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