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.

New Profile for LORD MicroStrain: Inertial Sensors, DVRTs & Wireless Sensor Networks

LORD MicroStrain, who design and manufacture a wide range of inertial sensors, DVRTs and wireless sensor network solutions, has a...

Oct 30, 2013
FreeWave Technologies Hosts Local Unmanned Systems Education And Networking Event

FreeWave Technologies, the innovator in industrial-grade secure M2M wireless networking solutions, will host an unmanned systems event at its Boulder,...

Oct 29, 2013
Elbit Skylark I-LE Mini-UAS Tested with Imint Vidview Software

The Swedish software company Imint and the Israeli Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) provider Elbit Systems UAS division field tested new software in...

Oct 29, 2013
Pentek Introduces Wideband Software Radio Module for UAV, Radar and Communications Applications

Pentek, Inc., has announced the newest member of its highly popular Onyx® family of high-speed data converter XMC FPGA modules:...

Oct 29, 2013
Carbon by Design Releases Carbon Fiber UAV Case Product Line

Carbon by Design, manufacturer of Small UAV systems and Structures, has delivered the first in a series of Carbon Fiber...

Oct 28, 2013
AeroVironment and Eurocopter To Explore Joint Opportunities for Expanding Product Portfolios, Markets and Capabilities

AeroVironment, Inc., the world’s highest volume manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), and Eurocopter, the leading global helicopter manufacturer, announced...

Oct 25, 2013
VITEC Unveils New Ruggedized HD Military Encoder with KLV/STANAG Metadata

VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video solutions, has announced the release of MGW Nano TOUGH – its new ruggedized...

Oct 25, 2013
ASI’s Forge Robotic Platform Wins RBR Game Changer Award

The Robotics Business Review announced today that the Forge™ Robotic Platform received its inaugural Game Changer Award. Forge, developed by...

Oct 24, 2013
Mercury Systems to Supply High-Performance Digital Signal Processing Modules for Unmanned SAR Application

Mercury Systems, Inc., a best-of-breed provider of commercially developed, open sensor and Big Data processing systems for critical commercial, defense...

Oct 24, 2013
GA-ASI Gray Eagle UAS Completes 20,000 Automated Takeoffs and Landings

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance...

Oct 24, 2013
U.S. Air Force RPAs Reach 2 Million Flight Hours

The U.S. Air Force’s MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft accumulated 2 million flight hours Oct. 22, not...

Oct 24, 2013
Aerovel’s Flexrotor UAS Completes Autonomous Flights from Unmanned Boat

The newest aircraft carrier does not have acres of flight deck. In fact it has no deck at all. Its...

Oct 24, 2013
Aurora Wins DARPA TERN Program Contract Award

Aurora Flight Sciences has been as awarded a $2,811,232 contract by the Defense Advanced Projects Research Agency (DARPA) for the...

Oct 23, 2013
New Profile for Simlat: UAS Training & Simulation Solutions

Israel-based Simlat Ltd, who provide high-end, state-of-the-art training systems and simulators for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) and Unmanned Aerial...

Oct 23, 2013
Elmo Adds Advanced Features to its Gold Maestro Motion Controller

Elmo Motion Control has announced the firmware release for Gold Maestro Motion Controller Version 1.1.2.0, including a range of powerful...

Oct 23, 2013
AUSA: AeroVironment Unveils Four-Ounce Pocket DDL Secure Video and Data Receiver

AeroVironment, Inc. has unveiled its new Pocket DDL™ secure digital video and data receiver at the 2013 AUSA Annual Meeting...

Oct 23, 2013
GA-ASI Gray Eagle UAS Completes 45 Hour Non-Stop Flight

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has completed the first of two planned U.S. Army endurance demonstration flights with its Improved...

Oct 22, 2013
AUSA: Comrod Introduce Rugged LTE Antennas and Power Supplies

Comrod, an international supplier of rugged communications equipment, has launched a new family of LTE antennas and power supplies, and...

Oct 22, 2013
Raytheon Delivers 2000th Multi-Spectral Targeting System

Raytheon Company achieved a historic first with the delivery of its 2000th Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS) from its factory in...

Oct 22, 2013
Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Micro-Gyro Prototype for DARPA Program

Northrop Grumman Corporation has developed and demonstrated a new micro-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Gyro (micro-NMRG) prototype for the Defense Advanced Research...

Oct 22, 2013
Velodyne to Discuss the Future of Real-Time, 3D Vision for Robots at RoboBusiness

At the 9th Annual RoboBusiness Conference, Velodyne Acoustics Inc.’s LiDAR division will exhibit the latest real-time, 3D LiDAR vision technology...

Oct 22, 2013
Lockheed Martin Links Ground Sensor Network With Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

A wireless ground sensor network developed by Lockheed Martin will soon have the option of being fully integrated with Unmanned...

Oct 21, 2013
AUSA: AeroVironment Introduces Block Upgrade to Puma AE Unmanned Aircraft System

At the Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting, AeroVironment, Inc. has introduced a series of enhancements to the...

Oct 21, 2013
QinetiQ North America’s TALON Robot Deployed in 30 Countries

QinetiQ North America’s TALON® robot is now actively deployed in 30 countries globally. Since its introduction more than a decade...

Oct 21, 2013
Lockheed Martin Awarded $345m PTDS Operation Contract

Lockheed Martin will continue to support a tethered aerostat-based system that provides real-time, around-the-clock reconnaissance and surveillance for warfighters in...

Oct 21, 2013
AUSA 2013: UTC Aerospace Systems to Showcase UAS Technology

UTC Aerospace Systems will have an extensive display of technology and solutions for defense, unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and security...

Oct 18, 2013
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