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.

Microsemi Introduces Small-Form-Factor FPGAs for Defense, Comms & Imaging Applications

Microsemi Corporation, a leading provider of semiconductor solutions differentiated by power, security, reliability and performance, has announced the availability of...

Jan 27, 2014
3D Imaging System Integrated on Arcturus T-20 UAV

The GeoDragon sensor system has now been integrated and flown on an Arcturus UAV T-20 Tier II unmanned aerial vehicle....

Jan 24, 2014
Northrop Grumman BAMS-D Unmanned Aircraft Surpasses 10,000 Combat Flying Hours

The Northrop Grumman Corporation built unmanned demonstrator aircraft used for maritime surveillance missions by the U.S. Navy surpassed 10,000 combat...

Jan 24, 2014
Clearpath’s Husky Ground Robot Used for Lifesaving Humanitarian Research

The University of Coimbra’s Institute of Systems and Robotics is working diligently to automate the extremely dangerous and manual job...

Jan 23, 2014
Canadian Army to Test NovAtel’s GAJT GPS Anti-Jam Antenna

NovAtel has announced that Public Works and Government Services Canada (PWGSC) has selected its GAJT-700ML antenna for testing on Canadian...

Jan 23, 2014
Arotech Receives $2.4M in Orders for Batteries And Power Systems

Arotech Corporation‘s Battery and Power Systems Division has received $2.4 million in new orders. The majority of orders were batteries...

Jan 22, 2014
API Technologies Receives $1.4M Order for Power Systems

API Technologies Corp., a leading provider of high performance RF/microwave, power, and security solutions for critical and high-reliability applications, has...

Jan 22, 2014
Draganflyer sUAS Available with 3D Terrain Mapping and Modeling Package

Draganfly Innovations has partnered with Pix4D to combine the unique value of a Draganflyer sUAS (small Unmanned Aerial System) with...

Jan 22, 2014
Army Corps, Woolpert Conduct Unmanned Aerial Test Flights

Woolpert, a national geospatial, architecture and infrastructure firm headquartered in Dayton, announced it has conducted an unmanned aerial system (UAS)...

Jan 21, 2014
CAE to provide UAS Mission Trainer to Italian Air Force

CAE has been awarded a contract to provide Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force) with an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)...

Jan 21, 2014
DoD Leaders to Convene for Unmanned Systems Summit

With the newly released “DoD Unmanned Systems Roadmap”, Senior Leaders from within OSD, Army, Navy, and Air Force will join...

Jan 21, 2014
Trimble Adds UX5 Unmanned Aircraft System to its Agriculture Portfolio

Trimble has announced the addition of its Trimble® UX5 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to its Agriculture product portfolio for aerial...

Jan 21, 2014
CoroWare Partners With FRST to Develop Control Systems for Unmanned Applications

CoroWare, Inc. has announced that it has established a strategic partnership agreement with FRST, Inc., an Alamogordo, New Mexico based...

Jan 20, 2014
Chronos Technology Launch eLoran GPS UTC Timing Receiver

Chronos Technology has launched the CTL8200 eLoran GPS UTC Timing Receiver, a combination eLoran and GPS Timing Receiver which enables...

Jan 17, 2014
Diamond Systems Introduce Rugged COM Express Ethernet Switch

Diamond Systems, a global developer of compact, rugged, I/O-rich embedded computing solutions, has introduced the Epsilon-12G2 Express Ethernet Switch. The...

Jan 17, 2014
GA-ASI Predator-Series Aircraft Pivotal to Search and Rescue Missions

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) has announced that MQ-1 Predator® and Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft successfully supported...

Jan 16, 2014
Sagem Receives Order for Sperwer drones to be deployed by French Army

Sagem (Safran) has received a new order from French defense procurement agency DGA for five additional Sperwer tactical drones (including...

Jan 16, 2014
Unmanned Aircraft Used to Help Identify Subsurface Oil Reservoirs

Unmanned aircraft are being used to recover more of the oil reserves from the North Sea and beyond by studying...

Jan 15, 2014
Epson Partners with Geodetics for Inertial Navigation Systems

Epson Electronics America, Inc. (“EEA”), the world leader in compact, high-performance QMEMS Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs), announced today a strategic...

Jan 15, 2014
Draganfly Innovations Introduces Two New Multirotor Helicopters

Draganfly Innovations has launched two new multirotor helicopters, the Shadow and the Guardian. These quadrotor aircraft are built to carry...

Jan 14, 2014
Aeryon Labs Announces Map Edition Bundles for Aeryon sUAS

Aeryon Labs has introduced Map Edition bundles for the Aeryon small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). This new bundled option, available...

Jan 14, 2014
Northrop Grumman’s Hunter UAS Surpasses 100,000 Combat Flight Hours

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), in use with the U.S. Army since 1996, recently surpassed 100,000 combat...

Jan 14, 2014
Airware Completes Anti-Poaching UAV Field Tests in Africa

A team of engineers from Airware recently traveled to Kenya to conduct field tests of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed...

Jan 14, 2014
Global Hawk UAS Achieves Best Safety Record Designation

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) has been designated as the platform with the best safety record...

Jan 14, 2014
NuWaves signs AeroGear Telemetry as an Authorized Representative of its Products and Design Services

NuWaves Engineering, an international Radio Frequency (RF) and Embedded Systems solutions provider, announced today that the company has added AeroGear...

Jan 13, 2014
SeeTrack Neptune Software Successfully Integrated into OceanServer Iver2 AUV

SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software for unmanned maritime systems, has successfully integrated SeeTrack Neptune with the OceanServer...

Jan 13, 2014
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