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.

X-47B Completes First Ever Carrier Touch-and-Go Landing Operations

The Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) has begun touch-and-go landing operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS George...

May 21, 2013
A-NSE T-C350 Airborne Surveillance System to be Deployed the Middle-East

The T-C350 is an aerial surveillance platform loaded on an aerostat. It can lift a 200 kg payload. Its integrated...

May 17, 2013
Liquid Robotics Receives Guinness World Record for Longest Unmanned ASV Journey

Liquid Robotics®, an ocean data services provider and developer of the Wave Glider®, announced it has been officially awarded the...

May 17, 2013
Australia Renews Interest in MQ-4C Triton UAS

The Australian Ministers for Defence and Defence Materiel announced May 15 that the government of Australia will enter into a...

May 17, 2013
Trimble Enhances Business Center Software to Process Gatewing X100 UAS Images

Trimble has introduced a new version of its office surveying software—Trimble® Business Center Software version 3.00. Trimble Business Center Software...

May 16, 2013
iRobot Wins $7.2m Contract to Supply PackBot Robots to Brazilian government

iRobot Corp., a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, has won contracts totaling $7.2 million from the Brazilian government to...

May 15, 2013
Saab’s Skeldar V-200 Vertical Lift UAS Demonstrates Key Capabilities

Defence and security company Saab has verified a number of key capabilities of its Skeldar V-200 vertical lift UAS through...

May 15, 2013
X-47B UCAS Demonstrator Completes First Carrier-Based Catapult Launch

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) completed its first ever carrier-based catapult launch from USS George H.W. Bush...

May 14, 2013
ASI Releases New Version of Mobius™ Command & Control Software

Autonomous Solutions, Inc. announces that Version 6.0 of Mobius™ Command & Control Software has been released. Mobius v6.0 features Windows...

May 14, 2013
Insitu Pacific Delivers ScanEagle UAS for the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force

Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., announced today that it has delivered a ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)...

May 14, 2013
U.S Army Gray Eagle UAS Receives Electronic Jamming Capability

Raytheon Company has delivered two electronic attack payloads in support of the U.S. Army’s Networked Electronic Warfare, Remotely Operated (NERO)...

May 14, 2013
VITEC’s Rugged H.264 Encoders receive MIL-STD-810F and MIL-STD461 Certifications

VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video solutions, today announced its military-grade family of portable Full-Motion-Video encoding and streaming appliances...

May 14, 2013
Robotics Firms Falkor Systems and I Heart Engineering Announce Merger

Falkor Systems, Inc., the developers of the autonomous flying pet drone, and I Heart Engineering, TurtleBot manufacturer and open source...

May 13, 2013
PolyU Students Show Prowess in UAV Design Competition

A student team from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has made a strong presence in the 2013 Taiwan Innovative...

May 13, 2013
NRL Extend Electric UAV Flight Time Using Liquid Hydrogen

Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory flew their fuel cell powered Ion Tiger unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for 48...

May 10, 2013
Development Projects to Oversee NASA’s UAS Airspace Operations Challenge 2014

NASA has selected Development Projects Inc. of Dayton, Ohio, to manage a new Centennial Challenge prize competition involving unmanned aircraft...

May 10, 2013
Omnetics Offers Custom Designed Micro and Nano Cables for Unmanned Systems

Omnetics’ miniature cables and connectors are designed to fit into tight spaces, meet connection routes, and reduce weight. Omnetics, a...

May 10, 2013
WineHawk Labs Re-Brands as Precision Hawk To Launch New UAV Platform

Unmanned aerial systems and remote sensing company, Winehawk Labs, has announced they will release a new model of their successful...

May 10, 2013
Lockheed Martin’s Marlin AUV Now Available for Underwater Inspections

Lockheed Martin is leveraging its proven capabilities and technology with autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV) to enable the oil and gas...

May 09, 2013
Navy’s Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron to Operate Manned and Unmanned Aircraft

Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35 became the first composite expeditionary helicopter squadron to include both the world’s most technologically...

May 09, 2013
NuWaves introduces Bidirectional L- & S-Band Power Amplifier

NuWaves Engineering, an international Radio Frequency (RF) and Embedded Systems solutions provider, announces the release of the NuPower Xtender(TM) Bidirectional...

May 09, 2013
Centaur Optionally Piloted Aircraft Wins C4ISR Award for Innovation

Aurora Flight Sciences‘ Centaur Optionally Piloted Aircraft was awarded the “Big 25 Award” from C4ISR Journal on April 26 during...

May 08, 2013
iGT Launches Airborne Satcom Solutions for Secure Connectivity and Situational Awareness

As the demand for airborne applications increases, iDirect Government Technologies (iGT), a wholly owned subsidiary of VT iDirect (iDirect), launches...

May 08, 2013
Primordial to Develop Immersive Surveillance System for Unmanned Systems

Primordial has announced that it has received $848,791 in Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contracts...

May 07, 2013
Boeing’s Unmanned X-51A WaveRider Completes Longest Hypersonic Flight

A Boeing X-51A WaveRider unmanned hypersonic vehicle achieved the longest air-breathing, scramjet-powered hypersonic flight in history May 1, flying for...

May 07, 2013
Simlat to Provide UAS & ISR Training & Simulation Systems to Summit Advanced Systems

Simlat Ltd. has been chosen to provide its advanced UAS & ISR Training and Simulation systems to Summit Advanced Systems,...

May 07, 2013
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