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.

U.S Air Force Awards Northrop Grumman $71m Contract for Global Hawk UAS

Northrop Grumman recently received an undefinitized contract award valued at more than $71 million for its Global Hawk unmanned aircraft...

Apr 10, 2013
Insitu Announces Successful First Maritime Flight of RQ-21A UAS

Insitu Inc. has announced the successful first maritime flight of the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned...

Apr 10, 2013
General Dynamics Completes Successful Critical Design Review for Knifefish UUV

General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has successfully completed the critical design review for Knifefish, the surface-mine countermeasure unmanned undersea vehicle...

Apr 09, 2013
Kongsberg Maritime to offer Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Rental Service

Kongsberg Maritime Ltd has announced that it will add a number of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) to its rental pool...

Apr 09, 2013
DJI Introduce Phantom Vision UAV with Integrated 14MP HD Camera

DJI Innovations has launched the PHANTOM Vision, the industry’s first professional grade, consumer-focused quadcopter with integrated HD camera. Based upon...

Apr 08, 2013
AAI to Start Shadow TUAS Training with Australian Army

AAI Logistics & Technical Services will welcome its first Australian Army trainees starting in May for Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft...

Apr 08, 2013
New Carbon Fabric Offers Airlines Significant Fuel Savings

A unique carbon fabric from Sweden, TeXtreme®, could substantially reduce weight of existing aircraft and thereby enable significant savings in...

Apr 08, 2013
U.S. Navy Unveils Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (LASR)

Scientists based in the nation’s capital are stepping into the desert and rainforest to run experiments on autonomous systems without having to...

Apr 08, 2013
Aerial Robotics Industry Association (ARIA) Created by Hoverfly Technologies

Following a positive meeting with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the entrepreneurs behind Hoverfly Technologies are moving forward to create...

Apr 08, 2013
LAAD 2013: Boeing to Showcase UAS, Cybersecurity & Super Hornet Simulator

An F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block II simulator, cybersecurity demonstration, and unmanned airborne system models will anchor Boeing’s display at the...

Apr 08, 2013
BlueBird To Supply SpyLite Mini-UAV Systems to Chilean Army

BlueBird Aero Systems – a leader in the design, development and production of Micro, Mini and Small tactical UAS and...

Apr 05, 2013
Kratos Receives $11.5m in Specialty Product Orders for UAS and Other Programs

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Unmanned Systems Solutions Division...

Apr 04, 2013
LAAD: UVision to Introduce Command and Control System for HERO Family of UAS

UVision – a leader in the design, development and manufacturing of UAVs – will introduce a common command and control...

Apr 04, 2013
Omnetics’ New SureCon 360 Nano-Connectors Pass Shock, Vibration and Immersion Tests

Omnetics, a leading supplier of micro and nano miniature interconnect products, has announced the latest addition to it’s NANO 360°...

Apr 04, 2013
DoD Receive Initial Blimp in a Box Aerostat System

World Surveillance Group Inc., a developer of lighter-than-air aerostats and unmanned aerial systems (“UAS”), today announced that, with the support...

Apr 04, 2013
U.S. Navy’s BAMS-D UAS Exceeds 10,000 Flight Hours

The Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator (BAMS-D) surpasses 10,000 flight hours April 1, marking another milestone for Navy unmanned aviation....

Apr 04, 2013
LAAD: Gilat to Showcase Lightweight Satellite Communications Solution for UAVs

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. – a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions, and services – will be showcasing its...

Apr 04, 2013
U.S. Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Completes 600th Flight

The U.S. Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter surpassed another milestone in March when the MQ-8B Fire Scout helicopter completed...

Apr 03, 2013
Bluefin Completes Deep-Water Tests of DARPA UUV

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), announced that the company has successfully completed deep-water testing of...

Apr 03, 2013
Israel to Promote Cooperation and Partnership with Brazil at LAAD 2013

SIBAT, the International Defense Cooperation Division of the Israel Ministry of Defense, is promoting defense cooperation between Brazilian and Israeli...

Apr 03, 2013
Ittiam Unveils Full HD Low Latency Video Streaming Solution

Ittiam has unveiled its latest low latency server-client streaming solution, which delivers high quality, full HD video (1080p60) at less...

Apr 03, 2013
Velodyne LiDAR Demonstrates use of LiDAR in 3-D Mapping, Autonomous Vehicles, Surveillance & Security

Featured as a leader in revolutionary technology, Velodyne LiDAR recently presented a seminar at NACSA’s “Beyond Semiconductor: The New Trend...

Apr 03, 2013
FAA to Hold Online Session on UAS Test Site Privacy Policy

The FAA will hold an online public engagement session on Wednesday, April 3 from 12 noon to 2 p.m. EDT...

Apr 03, 2013
Bluefin Subsea Lithium Battery Receives Navy Safety Approval

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and related subsea technologies, announced that the US Navy has...

Apr 02, 2013
Clearpath Robotics’ Kingfisher USV Named Edison Awards Finalist

Clearpath Robotics has been named a 2013 Award Finalist by the internationally renowned Edison Awards. The Kingfisher Remote Survey System...

Apr 02, 2013
NASA Studies Volcanic Plume with Aerovironment RQ-14 Dragon Eye UAV

NASA Earth science researchers last month traveled to Turrialba Volcano, near San Jose, Costa Rica, to fly an Aerovironment Dragon...

Apr 02, 2013
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