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.

Navy’s SM-6 Successfully Destroys Target UAV During Test
Navy’s SM-6 Successfully Destroys Target UAV During Test

The USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) used a Raytheon Company Standard Missile-6 to destroy a supersonic high altitude target...

Jul 15, 2014
U.S. Army Selects Micro Systems Inc. for Unmanned Aerial, Ground and Sea Surface Drone System Contract
U.S. Army Selects Micro Systems Inc. for Unmanned Aerial, Ground and Sea Surface Drone System Contract

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Micro Systems, Inc. subsidiary...

Jul 15, 2014
Unmanned Systems Retailer Positioned for Growth
Unmanned Systems Retailer Positioned for Growth

A new company with long-standing ties to the unmanned industry, seeks to change the way unmanned systems are configured and...

Jul 14, 2014
U.S. Army Test NERO Electronic Warfare Jammer on UAV
U.S. Army Test NERO Electronic Warfare Jammer on UAV

Last month within the mountainous terrain of The Great Salt Lake Desert at Dugway Proving Ground Utah, the U.S. Army...

Jul 14, 2014
North Atlantic Industries’ Flight Control System Selected for ARES Unmanned Demonstrator
North Atlantic Industries’ Flight Control System Selected for ARES Unmanned Demonstrator

North Atlantic Industries (NAI) has been chosen by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® to provide navigation system solutions for the Aerial...

Jul 14, 2014
Kratos Wins $4.2m Contract For Unmanned Aerial Drone System
Kratos Wins $4.2m Contract For Unmanned Aerial Drone System

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Advanced Drones & Target...

Jul 14, 2014
OxTS Inertial+ Navigation System now Compatible with two new GPS Receivers
OxTS Inertial+ Navigation System now Compatible with two new GPS Receivers

The latest update of the Oxford Technical Solutions’ Inertial+ now allows customers using NovAtel’s OEM638 products or Topcon’s B110 GNSS...

Jul 10, 2014
Australia Extends Heron RPA Mission in Afghanistan
Australia Extends Heron RPA Mission in Afghanistan

The Royal Australian Air Force’s Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft mission in Afghanistan has been extended to the end of 2014...

Jul 09, 2014
NuWaves Engineering Wins Small Business Innovation Research Contract For GPS III Satellite RF Filters
NuWaves Engineering Wins Small Business Innovation Research Contract For GPS III Satellite RF Filters

NuWaves Engineering, an international Radio Frequency (RF) and Microwave solutions provider, has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation...

Jul 08, 2014
Global Hawk Flies in NATO Exercise to Evaluate Joint ISR Capabilities
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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 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 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 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
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 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 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
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