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.

MilSource Introduces New Four Port Versions of Ultra-compact, Ruggedized Military Ethernet Switches from Techaya
MilSource Introduces New Four Port Versions of Ultra-compact, Ruggedized Military Ethernet Switches from Techaya

MilSource, a newly-formed U.S.-based distributor of miltary-grade Ethernet connectivity solutions, today announced the availabilty of the two lower-port versions of...

Oct 06, 2013
LTAS Aerostat Platforms to Be Used in U.S. Army Network Integration Experiment
LTAS Aerostat Platforms to Be Used in U.S. Army Network Integration Experiment

Aerostat platforms provided by Lighter Than Air Systems Corp. (“LTAS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of World Surveillance Group Inc. (OTCQB:...

Oct 04, 2013
Curtiss-Wright Launches New Rugged T2080 Quad-Core Power Architecture® 3U OpenVPX™ Single Board Computer
Curtiss-Wright Launches New Rugged T2080 Quad-Core Power Architecture® 3U OpenVPX™ Single Board Computer

Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions, a business unit of Curtiss-Wright Controls, has introduced the new VPX3-133, a rugged 3U OpenVPX™ single...

Oct 04, 2013
AeroVironment Receives $20m U.S. Army Order for RQ-11B Raven UAS Gimbaled Sensor Payloads
AeroVironment Receives $20m U.S. Army Order for RQ-11B Raven UAS Gimbaled Sensor Payloads

AeroVironment, Inc. today announced it has received an order from the U.S. Army for the company’s Mantis™ i23 gimbaled sensor...

Oct 02, 2013
AMREL Launch New Lightweight ROCKY DF6 Rugged Handheld Platform
AMREL Launch New Lightweight ROCKY DF6 Rugged Handheld Platform

American Reliance, Inc. (AMREL), announced the launch of ROCKY DF6, a fully rugged handheld that’s small on Size, Weight, and...

Oct 02, 2013
SwRI Expands Ocean Simulation Laboratory with Five New Chambers for Deep Water Simulation Testing
SwRI Expands Ocean Simulation Laboratory with Five New Chambers for Deep Water Simulation Testing

Five additional chambers for high-pressure, high-temperature testing are now available for use at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI).The deep water ocean...

Oct 02, 2013
Curtiss-Wright Introduce High-Speed Fabric40 OpenVPX Switch Card
Curtiss-Wright Introduce High-Speed Fabric40 OpenVPX Switch Card

Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls, has introduced the newest member of its recently announced industry-leading...

Oct 01, 2013
NovAtel Inc. Awarded FAA Contract to Supply WAAS G-lll Reference Receivers for 3rd Gen. SBAS System
NovAtel Inc. Awarded FAA Contract to Supply WAAS G-lll Reference Receivers for 3rd Gen. SBAS System

NovAtel, an OEM provider of high precision Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning products today announced it has been contracted...

Oct 01, 2013
TAG Issued U.S. Patent Award for Field-Upgradable CPU Technology
TAG Issued U.S. Patent Award for Field-Upgradable CPU Technology

Technology Advancement Group, Inc. (TAG®) has been issued a US patent (8,537,540) for a Field Serviceable CPU Module. TAG has...

Oct 01, 2013
SeeByte Presented with VIPS Innovation Award
SeeByte Presented with VIPS Innovation Award

SeeByte, creators of smart software for unmanned maritime systems, was awarded the Marcus Kolb prize for Innovation at last week’s...

Oct 01, 2013
AUVSI 2014 Call for Technical Papers is Now Open
AUVSI 2014 Call for Technical Papers is Now Open

AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems 2014, being held 12-15 May in Orlando, Fla., will highlight the most important technological advancements, cutting edge...

Oct 01, 2013
CUVR Announces the Formation of The Rising Talent Expo
CUVR Announces the Formation of The Rising Talent Expo

The Cluster for Unmanned Vehicles and Robotics (CUVR, Inc.) has announced the launch of the Rising Talent Expo Program in...

Sep 30, 2013
DUALOBE Connectors Deliver Superior Performance in Harsh, High-Temp Mil/Aero Environments
DUALOBE Connectors Deliver Superior Performance in Harsh, High-Temp Mil/Aero Environments

TE Connectivity’s (TE) DUALOBE connectors are designed to help withstand extreme temperatures in harsh environments within the military and commercial...

Sep 30, 2013
Omnetics Unveils Complete Range of Surface-Mount Nano-Connectors for Rugged PCBs
Omnetics Unveils Complete Range of Surface-Mount Nano-Connectors for Rugged PCBs

Omnetics Connector Corporation has completed a full line of Nano-D shaped connectors designed for automatic and hand assembly for densely...

Sep 27, 2013
Video: Astrium’s Zephyr Solar Powered High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite Completes Test Flight
Video: Astrium’s Zephyr Solar Powered High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite Completes Test Flight

Astrium has successfully completed the first flight of its long endurance Zephyr solar powered High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) since it acquired...

Sep 27, 2013
U.S. Marines Put Stingray Micro Unmanned Ground Vehicle to the Test
U.S. Marines Put Stingray Micro Unmanned Ground Vehicle to the Test

Marines with the Special Operations Training Group tested a prototype advanced robotics system known as the Stingray Micro Unmanned Ground...

Sep 27, 2013
QinetiQ North America to Supply TALON Robots to Iraq
QinetiQ North America to Supply TALON Robots to Iraq

QinetiQ North America (QNA) today announced it is being awarded a $20 million, firm-fixed-price contract for its TALON® IV military...

Sep 27, 2013
Schiebel CAMCOPTER® S-100 UAS Completes Inspection Demonstrations Using FLIR Corona 350 Sensor
Schiebel CAMCOPTER® S-100 UAS Completes Inspection Demonstrations Using FLIR Corona 350 Sensor

Schiebel, FLIR and Transpower are proud to announce the successful demonstration of the Schiebel CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS)...

Sep 26, 2013
UAV Solutions, Inc. to Provide Engineering Support Services to JHU for Unmanned Vehicle Development
UAV Solutions, Inc. to Provide Engineering Support Services to JHU for Unmanned Vehicle Development

UAV Solutions, Inc. has announced the company received a Master Service Agreement from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory...

Sep 26, 2013
Lighter Than Air Systems’ Aerostats to Support U.S. Army Overseas Operations
Lighter Than Air Systems’ Aerostats to Support U.S. Army Overseas Operations

World Surveillance Group Inc., a developer of lighter-than-air aerostats and unmanned aerial systems, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lighter...

Sep 26, 2013
Raytheon’s AI3 Intercepts & Destroys UAS Target
Raytheon’s AI3 Intercepts & Destroys UAS Target

In a first-of-its-kind test for Raytheon Company’s Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative system, AI3 destroyed an unmanned aerial system (UAS) in...

Sep 26, 2013
Team Registration Open for NASA-DPI UAS Airspace Operations Challenge
Team Registration Open for NASA-DPI UAS Airspace Operations Challenge

NASA and Development Projects Inc. (DPI) of Dayton, Ohio, have opened registration for the 2014 Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Airspace...

Sep 25, 2013
Velodyne Launch Visualization and Recording Software for LiDAR Sensors
Velodyne Launch Visualization and Recording Software for LiDAR Sensors

Velodyne Acoustics Inc.’s LiDAR division has announced the release of VeloView, a new visualization and recording software for Velodyne’s real-time,...

Sep 24, 2013
Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout Completes Initial Ground Testing
Northrop Grumman MQ-8C Fire Scout Completes Initial Ground Testing

Northrop Grumman Corporation turned on the power to the U.S. Navy’s first MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter and rotated the...

Sep 24, 2013
NuWaves expands into the UK and Ireland with the signing of Castle Microwave
NuWaves expands into the UK and Ireland with the signing of Castle Microwave

NuWaves Engineering, an international Radio Frequency (RF) and Embedded Systems solutions provider, has added Castle Microwave as an authorized representative...

Sep 24, 2013
Boeing QF-16 Aerial Target Completes First Pilotless Flight
Boeing QF-16 Aerial Target Completes First Pilotless Flight

Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have completed the first unmanned QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target flight, demonstrating the next...

Sep 23, 2013
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