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.

MQ-4C Triton UAS Completes First Cross-Country Flight, Enters Next Phase of Testing
MQ-4C Triton UAS Completes First Cross-Country Flight, Enters Next Phase of Testing

The first U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has completed a flight from California to Maryland. The UAS...

Sep 24, 2014
Lockheed Martin Awarded $18m Contract to Support U.S. Marine Corps Air Operations System
Lockheed Martin Awarded $18m Contract to Support U.S. Marine Corps Air Operations System

The battle command system used by the Marines to manage and monitor airborne platforms, including fighters, bombers, tankers, unmanned aerial...

Sep 24, 2014
Logos Technologies Authorized by FAA to Conduct UAS Flight Testing in New York
Logos Technologies Authorized by FAA to Conduct UAS Flight Testing in New York

Logos Technologies has received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to begin flight-testing of the unmanned Tactically Expandable Maritime...

Sep 23, 2014
Clearpath Robotics Launches Jackal Unmanned Ground Vehicle
Clearpath Robotics Launches Jackal Unmanned Ground Vehicle

Clearpath Robotics today released Jackal Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) at the International Conference for Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) in...

Sep 16, 2014
Moog, Inc: High Performance Guidance, Navigation & Control Solutions for Unmanned Vehicles
Moog, Inc: High Performance Guidance, Navigation & Control Solutions for Unmanned Vehicles

Moog, Inc has a new supplier profile on UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com, which highlights the company’s expertise and capabilities within the unmanned systems...

Sep 16, 2014
SeeByte’s SeeTrack Software Will Pilot NOC Glider Fleet
SeeByte’s SeeTrack Software Will Pilot NOC Glider Fleet

SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software for unmanned maritime systems, is pleased to announce collaboration with the National...

Sep 16, 2014
Orbital Delivers First ScanEagle UAV Engine to Insitu
Orbital Delivers First ScanEagle UAV Engine to Insitu

Orbital Corporation Limited (Orbital) has delivered the first purpose-built ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) propulsion system to Insitu Inc, a...

Sep 16, 2014
Boeing Partners With Sky-Watch to Develop New VTOL UAV
Boeing Partners With Sky-Watch to Develop New VTOL UAV

Boeing and Danish company Sky-Watch have signed an agreement that will enable Boeing to explore assisting the company in its...

Sep 16, 2014
Airware and NASA to Develop UAS Traffic Management System
Airware and NASA to Develop UAS Traffic Management System

Airware has partnered with NASA to develop a UAS Traffic Management (UTM) system that will enable safe and efficient low-altitude...

Sep 16, 2014
USAF Adds Three More RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS to Fleet
USAF Adds Three More RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS to Fleet

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $354 million primarily firm-fixed-price contract to expand their RQ-4 Global...

Sep 16, 2014
Navy Integrates Common Control System Software Into UCLASS System
Navy Integrates Common Control System Software Into UCLASS System

NAVAIR engineers recently installed new software for the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) system’s control station at...

Sep 14, 2014
Curtiss-Wright Introduces New Central-Switched and Pass-Through Backplanes for Harsh Environments
Curtiss-Wright Introduces New Central-Switched and Pass-Through Backplanes for Harsh Environments

Curtiss-Wright Corporation has announced that its Defense Solutions division has expanded its industry leading family of 40Gbps Gen3 OpenVPX™ backplanes...

Sep 10, 2014
Unmanned X-47B Completes First Night Time Deck Handling and Taxi Tests
Unmanned X-47B Completes First Night Time Deck Handling and Taxi Tests

The Navy’s X-47B completed its final test aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Aug. 24 and returned to its home...

Sep 09, 2014
Delair-Tech Partners With PIX4D and Releases New UAV Packages
Delair-Tech Partners With PIX4D and Releases New UAV Packages

Delair-Tech is excited to announce their partnership with Pix4D and the release of seven new UAV system packages. Each of...

Sep 09, 2014
Canadian DND Orders 20 iRobot 510 PackBots
Canadian DND Orders 20 iRobot 510 PackBots

iRobot Corp., a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, has been awarded multi-year contracts with an initial value of $9.6...

Sep 09, 2014
DARPA Developing Armored Ground Vehicles That Autonomously Avoid Threats
DARPA Developing Armored Ground Vehicles That Autonomously Avoid Threats

One of the key goals of DARPA’s Ground X-Vehicle Technology (GXV-T) program is improving the survivability of ground-based armored fighting...

Sep 08, 2014
SBG Systems Launches Ellipse Series Miniature Inertial Sensors
SBG Systems Launches Ellipse Series Miniature Inertial Sensors

SBG Systems has released the Ellipse Series, a brand new range of miniature inertial systems replacing the IG-500 Series. For...

Sep 03, 2014
Velodyne Breaks LiDAR Sensor Price Barrier with Sub $8k 3D Real-Time ‘LiDAR Puck’
Velodyne Breaks LiDAR Sensor Price Barrier with Sub $8k 3D Real-Time ‘LiDAR Puck’

In a bid to dramatically expand the use of 3D LiDAR sensors in robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles and automation applications,...

Sep 03, 2014
microdrones VTOL UAVs Aid Rescue Efforts After Floods
microdrones VTOL UAVs Aid Rescue Efforts After Floods

Rescue teams have been using md4-1000 Quadrocopters, developed by Germany-based microdrones GmbH, following recent flooding and landslides in Serbia and...

Sep 02, 2014
FLIR Unveils New “Muon” OEM Thermal Imaging Core
FLIR Unveils New “Muon” OEM Thermal Imaging Core

FLIR Systems, Inc. has launched its latest thermal imaging core, Muon, which is designed specifically for volume OEMs capable of...

Sep 02, 2014
DRDC Integrate SeeByte’s SeeTrack Neptune Software into SeaRobotics’ Catamaran USV
DRDC Integrate SeeByte’s SeeTrack Neptune Software into SeaRobotics’ Catamaran USV

SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software for unmanned maritime systems, and SeaRobotics, a leading provider of autonomous and...

Sep 02, 2014
Research Students Test UAV Autonomous Mission Control System
Research Students Test UAV Autonomous Mission Control System

A team of research students and staff from Warsaw University of Technology have successfully demonstrated the first phase of flight...

Sep 01, 2014
GA-ASI Radar Detects Maritime Targets from Airborne Reaper UAS
GA-ASI Radar Detects Maritime Targets from Airborne Reaper UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, a leading manufacturer of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optical and related mission systems...

Sep 01, 2014
U.S. Coast Guard & NOAA Evaluate Puma UAS During Arctic Exercise
U.S. Coast Guard & NOAA Evaluate Puma UAS During Arctic Exercise

Scientists at the Coast Guard Research and Development Center, based in New London, Connecticut, have a long history of studying...

Sep 01, 2014
Topcon & MAVinci Release Aerial Mapping UAS
Topcon & MAVinci Release Aerial Mapping UAS

Topcon Positioning Group has announced the worldwide availability of two unmanned aerial systems (UAS) for mapping — the Sirius Pro...

Sep 01, 2014
ING Robotic Aviation Increases Responder UAS Flight Time
ING Robotic Aviation Increases Responder UAS Flight Time

The flight time of Responder, a rotary wing robotic aircraft system, has been upgraded from 25 minutes to 40 minutes,...

Aug 29, 2014
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