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.

TCOM Launch Tactical Aerostat for Military Forces and First Responders
TCOM Launch Tactical Aerostat for Military Forces and First Responders

TCOM has announced the launch of its newest aerostat platform, the 12M™ Tactical Aerostat. The system is designed specifically to...

Sep 23, 2013
Prodrive Appoints Aerospace Specialist to Grow Aviation Composites Business
Prodrive Appoints Aerospace Specialist to Grow Aviation Composites Business

Dominic Cartwright has joined UK-based Prodrive Composites as managing director. Cartwright, who was previously managing director at Banbury-based CTG, part of...

Sep 21, 2013
DARPA Launches Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) Program to Develop Reusable Unmanned Space Vehicle
DARPA Launches Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) Program to Develop Reusable Unmanned Space Vehicle

New program seeks to lower satellite launch costs by developing a reusable hypersonic unmanned vehicle with costs, operation and reliability...

Sep 20, 2013
Northrop Grumman Conduct Tests of Maritime Surveillance Sensor For Triton UAS
Northrop Grumman Conduct Tests of Maritime Surveillance Sensor For Triton UAS

Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed more than 25 flight tests of the U.S. Navy Triton unmanned aircraft system’s (UAS) primary...

Sep 20, 2013
X-47B UCAS-D Completes 100th Flight
X-47B UCAS-D Completes 100th Flight

The X-47B (AV-2) conducted the 100th flight for the Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) program on Sept. 18....

Sep 20, 2013
British Army Hermes 450 UAS Exceed 70,000 Flight Hours in Afghanistan
British Army Hermes 450 UAS Exceed 70,000 Flight Hours in Afghanistan

The British Army’s Hermes 450 (H-450) unmanned air systems have completed over 70,000 hours of surveillance support in Afghanistan. This...

Sep 20, 2013
SBG Systems Launches Ekinox Land Solution For Accurate Vehicle Positioning
SBG Systems Launches Ekinox Land Solution For Accurate Vehicle Positioning

SBG Systems releases Ekinox Land Solution, an all-in-one solution combining the cost-effective Inertial Navigation System with an odometer, and a...

Sep 19, 2013
Video: Boeing Develop Phantom Swift UAS Prototype for DARPA’s VTOL X-Plane Competition
Video: Boeing Develop Phantom Swift UAS Prototype for DARPA’s VTOL X-Plane Competition

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking for a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that can fly...

Sep 19, 2013
US Navy Increases Surveillance Flights of Northrop Grumman’s BAMS-D UAV
US Navy Increases Surveillance Flights of Northrop Grumman’s BAMS-D UAV

The U.S. Navy will increase by 50 percent the monthly surveillance flights of a Northrop Grumman Corporation-built maritime unmanned demonstrator...

Sep 19, 2013
CoroWare Launches CoroBot Pro Smart UGV
CoroWare Launches CoroBot Pro Smart UGV

CoroWare Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of CoroWare Inc., has announced availability and pricing for the CoroBot Pro[TM], the most...

Sep 18, 2013
AUV Gliders Deployed to Collect Ocean Data For Improved Storm Forecasting
AUV Gliders Deployed to Collect Ocean Data For Improved Storm Forecasting

A fleet of underwater robots is descending into waters off the east coast to collect data that could help improve...

Sep 18, 2013
Aurora’s Orion UAS Successfully Completes First Flight
Aurora’s Orion UAS Successfully Completes First Flight

Aurora Flight Sciences has announced that the Orion Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) successfully completed its first flight on August 24,...

Sep 18, 2013
Aurora’s Skate® SUAS Supports Military Missions in Afghanistan
Aurora’s Skate® SUAS Supports Military Missions in Afghanistan

Aurora Flight Sciences announced that the Skate® Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) was recently deployed to Afghanistan in support of...

Sep 18, 2013
LynuxWorks Announces the First Rootkit Detection System Powered by the LynxSecure Separation Kernel
LynuxWorks Announces the First Rootkit Detection System Powered by the LynxSecure Separation Kernel

LynuxWorks™, Inc, a technology leader in the cyber threat defense market, today announced at the Gartner Security & Risk Management...

Sep 18, 2013
Klein 3500 Sonar Added to Bluefin AUV Payload Options
Klein 3500 Sonar Added to Bluefin AUV Payload Options

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), has added the L-3 Klein UUV-3500 Side Scan Sonar to...

Sep 17, 2013
Embry-Riddle Tests Robotic Security Vehicle at Daytona Beach International Airport
Embry-Riddle Tests Robotic Security Vehicle at Daytona Beach International Airport

A team of Embry-Riddle students and faculty has successfully tested a fully autonomous perimeter-patrol system at Daytona Beach International Airport,...

Sep 16, 2013
MSHIPCO, Ocean Aero Build SUBMARAN Unmanned Vehicle Prototype
MSHIPCO, Ocean Aero Build SUBMARAN Unmanned Vehicle Prototype

MSHIPCO’s research and development team is working with the creative Ocean Aero design and engineering group to build and test...

Sep 16, 2013
VITEC Releases World’s Fastest HD H.264 IP Streaming Codec
VITEC Releases World’s Fastest HD H.264 IP Streaming Codec

VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video solutions, announces the official release of its new portable encoding/decoding appliance – MGW...

Sep 13, 2013
Advanced Micro Peripherals Launches New Rapid Synthesis Video Platform
Advanced Micro Peripherals Launches New Rapid Synthesis Video Platform

Advanced Micro Peripherals (AMP), a world leader in the design and development of ultra-low latency, high throughput embedded video, introduced...

Sep 13, 2013
QinetiQ Successfully Demonstrates Autonomous Control of Multiple Unmanned Aircraft
QinetiQ Successfully Demonstrates Autonomous Control of Multiple Unmanned Aircraft

QinetiQ recently demonstrated coordinated command and control (C2) of multiple unmanned aircraft, and their on-board mission system sensors, from a...

Sep 13, 2013
QinetiQ Signs Agreement to Further Develop Wales’ Unmanned Aircraft System Environment
QinetiQ Signs Agreement to Further Develop Wales’ Unmanned Aircraft System Environment

QinetiQ and Llanbedr Airfield Estates (LAE) have signed an agreement to further develop the Wales Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Environment,...

Sep 13, 2013
SeeByte to Supply Software to UK DSTL for Royal Navy Maritime Autonomous Systems Trials Team
SeeByte to Supply Software to UK DSTL for Royal Navy Maritime Autonomous Systems Trials Team

SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software for unmanned maritime systems, is pleased to announce that the UK’s Defence...

Sep 13, 2013
QinetiQ Opens UK’s First Maritime Autonomy Centre
QinetiQ Opens UK’s First Maritime Autonomy Centre

QinetiQ has launched a Maritime Autonomy Centre (QMAC), providing an extensive range of equipment and software to support the entire...

Sep 13, 2013
AMREL Launch World’s Lightest, Thinnest Rugged Laptop
AMREL Launch World’s Lightest, Thinnest Rugged Laptop

The leader in rugged mobile solutions, American Reliance, Inc. (AMREL), announced the launch of thinnest, lightest rugged laptop on the...

Sep 12, 2013
Teradek Announces Miniature HD Video Streaming Solution for UAVs
Teradek Announces Miniature HD Video Streaming Solution for UAVs

Teradek is bringing the capabilities of professional video encoders to a chassis that can fit in the palm of your...

Sep 12, 2013
Selex ES to Supply Surveillance UAS for United Nations Peace Keeping Missions
Selex ES to Supply Surveillance UAS for United Nations Peace Keeping Missions

Selex ES a Finmeccanica company, was awarded, on 31 July, a service agreement by the United Nations for the provision...

Sep 12, 2013
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