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.

Curtiss-Wright Debuts High-Speed 40Gbps Gen3 OpenVPX™ Backplane

Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions has announced the industry’s first 40Gbps Gen3 OpenVPX backplane. The new Hybricon® Gen3 OpenVPX 6U 6-slot...

Dec 02, 2013
U.S. Army Purchases 36 Maveric Micro-UAS

The Army recently purchased 36 Maveric unmanned aerial systems as a result of an urgent request from Soldiers in theater....

Nov 27, 2013
AMP Launch New StreamCorder Video Streaming and Recording boards

Advanced Micro Peripherals (AMP) has announced its new StreamCorder board pair – the StreamCorder-SD4 and the StreamCorder-HD. Both boards are...

Nov 26, 2013
Additional MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Delivered to U.S. Navy

Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the second MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to the U.S. Navy after completing final assembly...

Nov 26, 2013
XFLY SYSTEMS Launches New Turn Key Commercial sUAV

XFLY SYSTEMS has announced the launch of their new XFS Mission Ready sUAS. The new sUAV line is designed as...

Nov 22, 2013
Navy’s Reliant AUV Sets Mission Endurance Record

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory’s (NRL) Acoustics Division, with Bluefin Robotics, executed a record setting 507 kilometer (315 mile), long-endurance...

Nov 22, 2013
US Air Force Deploys RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk UAS for First Time

An RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk took off from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., and flew into war for...

Nov 22, 2013
Techaya Debuts Military-grade, Ruggedized Compact 12- port Ethernet Switch with new embedded Cisco Router

Techaya, a prime developer of miltary-grade, ruggedized IP-based communication solutions wil debut the MILTECH™ 9012-C miltary- grade Ethernet switch with...

Nov 21, 2013
AAC Demonstrates Advanced Mine Hunting Capability Using Unmanned High Resolution Synthetic Aperture Sonar

Advanced Acoustic Concepts (AAC), a joint venture between DRS Technologies and Thales, successfully demonstrated advanced mine-hunting capabilities with the US...

Nov 21, 2013
Piaggio Aero Hammerhead UAS Completes Maiden Flight

Piaggio Aero, together with Selex ES, has announced at the Dubai Air Show 2013 that the P.1HH HammerHead Unmanned Aerial...

Nov 21, 2013
Navy Conducts Further X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Tests

The Navy concluded another round of carrier testing Nov. 19 to further demonstrate and evaluate the X-47B unmanned air system...

Nov 21, 2013
AgustaWestland “Project Zero” Technology Demonstrator Uses Wind River VxWorks 653 Platform

Wind River has announced that AgustaWestland is using the VxWorks® 653 Platform for its revolutionary “Project Zero” tilt rotor technology...

Nov 20, 2013
Cassidian’s Sagitta UAS Programme Enters Integration Phase

“Sagitta”, Cassidian’s research programme aiming at development of future Unmanned Aerial Systems’ (UAS) technologies is entering a new decisive phase....

Nov 20, 2013
MILCOM: Anite Demonstrates Unique Lab-based Mobile Ad-hoc Network Testing Capability

Anite, a global leader in wireless equipment testing technology, today announced that it has enhanced its unique Propsim Mobile Ad-hoc...

Nov 19, 2013
Autonomous Solutions, Inc. and Ford Motor Company Receive Hardware Innovation of the Year Award

The Automotive Testing Technology International magazine has announced that Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) and Ford Motor Company hve won the...

Nov 19, 2013
ASV delivers C-Target 9 Naval Target Drones to South Korea

Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) Ltd has successfully completed phase one of a two phase C-Target 9 programme with South Korea....

Nov 19, 2013
Sparton Releases Improved Attitude and Heading Systems

Sparton Navigation and Exploration has released its improved gyro enhanced attitude and heading measurement system, the GEDC-6E, and the enhanced...

Nov 19, 2013
UAV Solutions Debuts Phoenix 30 VTOL UAS

UAV Solutions, Inc. has debuted its new Phoenix 30 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) at Secured Cities 2013 which was held...

Nov 19, 2013
Wind River Updates Platform for Securing Critical Infrastructure

Wind River, a world leader in embedded software for intelligent connected systems, today announced updates to its platform for securing...

Nov 18, 2013
Arotech to Develop Battery Chargers For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Arotech Corporation‘s Battery and Power Systems Division has received orders in excess of $700,000 to develop specialist chargers for UAV...

Nov 18, 2013
VectorNav Technologies Announces New Headquarters to Accommodate Continued Growth

VectorNav Technologies, LLC, a leading provider of inertial sensing and GPS technology solutions for the industrial and military markets, is...

Nov 18, 2013
FIT/CorteXlab select Nutaq’s PicoSDR for Large Cognitive Radio Testbed

Nutaq’s PicoSDR software defined radio platform has been chosen by French Equipex FIT/CorteXlab for their large scale cognitive radio testbed...

Nov 18, 2013
Intelligent Automation, Inc. Launch Network Communication Testing Tool

Intelligent Automation, Incorporated (IAI) has announced the launch of its RFnest™ family of products. The Radio Frequency Network channel Emulator...

Nov 18, 2013
SAAB Skeldar UAS operationally deployed by the Spanish Navy

Defence and security company Saab’s Skeldar Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) is now operationally deployed on-board the offshore patrol vessel BAM Meteoro....

Nov 15, 2013
Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Electronic Attack Capability on Small Tactical UAS

Northrop Grumman Corporation has integrated and employed an internal miniature electronic attack payload on the Bat unmanned aircraft, marking the...

Nov 14, 2013
New Profile for Autonomous Surface Vehicles Ltd

Autonomous Surface Vehicles Ltd (ASV), a designer, manufacturer and operator of high-performance, rugged autonomous marine vehicle systems for military, government...

Nov 14, 2013
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