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 Flies in NATO Exercise to Evaluate Joint ISR Capabilities

Northrop Grumman Corporation has participated in Unified Vision 2014 (UV14), NATO’s largest trial of Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR)...

Jul 08, 2014
Video: BAE Systems’ technologies of the Future – On-board 3D Printing

Scientists and engineers at BAE Systems have lifted the lid on some futuristic technologies that could be incorporated in military...

Jul 07, 2014
UK MOD Deploy Additional Reaper RPAs in Afghanistan

Five more RAF Reaper remotely-piloted aircraft have begun supporting operations in Afghanistan. The additional Reaper aircraft are flying from Kandahar...

Jul 07, 2014
US Air Force RPA Crews Demonstrate Skills at Annual Wing Hunt Competition

Airmen from 17 different squadrons participated in the third annual 432nd Wing Hunt at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., June...

Jul 07, 2014
Leidos Build Anti-Submarine Warfare Autonomous Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel

An autonomous unmanned vessel designed to track quiet diesel-electric submarines spanning miles of ocean depths for months at a time...

Jul 07, 2014
GE Intelligent Platforms Releases New Rugged Single Board Computer for Unmanned Vehicles

GE Intelligent Platforms has launched the SBC626 rugged 6U VPX single board computer (SBC). Featuring the latest quad-core 4th generation...

Jul 04, 2014
Rockwell Collins and NASA Successfully Complete UAS Communications Test

With one crew squeezed into a computer-filled bus and another inside an airborne Lockheed S-3 Viking airplane, experts from Rockwell...

Jul 03, 2014
Engineering-Focused Unmanned Systems Technology Magazine to Launch Nov 2014

UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com, the online reference site showcasing innovative technologies within unmanned applications, will launch a new print publication in November 2014....

Jul 02, 2014
CybAero Wins Contract to Supply Unmanned Helicopters to China

First North-listed CybAero, which develops and sells unmanned helicopters, has received an order guarantee worth SEK 700-800 million through an...

Jul 02, 2014
Teledyne Partners with Ocean Aero to Develop Autonomous Marine Vehicles

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated has invested in and entered into a strategic partnership with Ocean Aero, Inc. Based in San Diego,...

Jul 02, 2014
High Performance SDI500 Tactical Grade Quartz MEMS IMU Selected for Two Weapons Programs

Systron Donner Inertial (SDI) has announced that its high performance, technically mature SDI500 tactical grade Quartz MEMS Inertial Measurement Unit...

Jul 02, 2014
OxTS Introduce Cost-effective Solution for Mobile Mapping

OxTS has added a new range of products to their Survey+ line, their flagship offering for surveying customers. The new...

Jul 01, 2014
TE Connectivity Enhances Undersea Capabilities with Acquisition of SEACON Group

TE Connectivity Ltd. has completed the acquisition of the SEACON group, a leading provider of underwater connector technology and systems....

Jul 01, 2014
Curtiss-Wright Launches Enhanced Rugged SWaP-C Optimized Mobile IP Router Subsystem

Curtiss-Wright Corporation has announced that its Defense Solutions division, a Cisco® Systems Solution Technology Integration (STI) partner, has introduced an...

Jul 01, 2014
French Air Force Successfully Pilot Harfang MALE UAS From Different Bases

A Harfang UAS belonging to the French Air Force (FAF) controlled by a crew from the French Military Flight Test...

Jun 30, 2014
Lockheed Martin To Enhance U.S. Navy C4ISR Data Exchange Capabilities

Lockheed Martin will work to enhance how the Navy exchanges C4ISR data throughout the space, air, surface, subsurface, and unmanned...

Jun 30, 2014
MEMSIC Launches High-Performance IMU Solutions for Unmanned Systems

MEMSIC Inc., a provider of sensing solutions for unmanned systems and robotic applications, has announced the availability of the first...

Jun 27, 2014
ASV to Supply C-Enduro USV to Heriot-Watt University

Heriot-Watt University’s Edinburgh Campus, have confirmed the order of an ASV C-Enduro. The C-Enduro Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) will be...

Jun 24, 2014
Rockwell Collins and NASA Plan Tests to Integrate UAS in National Airspace

Rockwell Collins and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have scheduled risk reduction tests that will eventually enable unmanned...

Jun 24, 2014
U.S. Army’s JLENS Radar Aerostat Ready for Deployment

Should the U.S. or its allies need enhanced protection against cruise missiles, hostile airplanes, sea-borne threats or unmanned aircraft, military...

Jun 24, 2014
CPI to Supply Airborne Data Links For Global Hawk UAS

The Malibu Division of Communications & Power Industries LLC (CPI) has been selected by an international defense technologies company to...

Jun 24, 2014
US Navy Purchases Four New Iver3 AUVs

OceanServer Technology has received orders for four new Iver3 Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) across three different US Navy contracts. The...

Jun 23, 2014
Royal Navy Completes First Flight of ScanEagle UAS

Just 7 months after the Ministry of Defence ordered the system from Boeing Defence UK, footage released today, 22 June,...

Jun 23, 2014
Thales Brings Together French Watchkeeper Team

Thales brought together the French SMEs that make up its Watchkeeper France Team at Eurosatory 2014 last week. The team...

Jun 23, 2014
Aero Surveillance & Robot Aviation Partner to Develop New Long Endurance UAS

Aero Surveillance has announced a new technical and marketing partnership with Robot Aviation to jointly develop and market an advanced...

Jun 19, 2014
Engility Subsidiary Awarded Task Orders to Support USAF Unmanned Aircraft Program

Engility Holdings, Inc. has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary Dynamics Research Corporation (DRC) has been awarded modifications to two task...

Jun 19, 2014
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