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.

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If you’re exhibiting at AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems in Washington next month and would like us to stop by your booth...

Jul 18, 2013
DreamHammer Demonstrates ‘Plug & Play’ Capabilities of Multi-Drone Operating System

DreamHammer®, creator of Ballista®, the first commercial multi-drone operating system, has announced that it has recently completed a series of...

Jul 17, 2013
NAVAIR Flight Ready: UAS Sensor Demonstration [Video]

New technology being developed by the Program Executive Office for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapon’s (PEO (U&W)) Common Standards and...

Jul 17, 2013
Boston Engineering Awarded START Grant for Underwater Robotics

Boston Engineering Corporation has been awarded a Phase I START grant in support of an existing Phase II Small Business Innovation...

Jul 17, 2013
NAWCAD to use VT MÄK’s Link, Simulation and Visualization Products for UAS and Autonomy Research

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) has selected VT MÄK’s link, simulation, and visualization products for the HCIL’s Unmanned Aerial...

Jul 17, 2013
WLANmall Launches Industries’ Smallest Ruggedized Ethernet Switch for Unmanned Systems

WLANmall, a leading supplier of IP video, wired and wireless connectivity solutions has announced the availability of the Techaya MILTECH...

Jul 17, 2013
MilSource Introduces Industries’ Smallest Ruggedized Ethernet Switch from Techaya to the US Market

MilSource, a newly-formed U.S.-based distributor of miltary-grade Ethernet connectivity solutions, today announced the availabilty of the Techaya MILTECH 308 ultra-compact...

Jul 16, 2013
Two Advanced GNSS Positioning Products Added to NovAtel’s OEM6 Signature Receiver Line

NovAtel Inc., the world’s leading supplier of high precision OEM Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) components and subsystems, has announced...

Jul 16, 2013
NovAtel Introduce SMART6 Integrated GNSS SMART Antenna for Agricultural Applications

NovAtel Inc., the world’s leading supplier of OEM Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) components and subsystems today introduced the SMART6...

Jul 15, 2013
Spirit System use PinPoint® MEMS Gyro in new Helicopter design

Spirit System, who design and manufacture radio controlled helicopter models from their headquarters in Orlova Lutyne, Czech Republic, are currently...

Jul 15, 2013
Unmanned Systems Group Announces Merger with Swiss UAV

Swiss based Unmanned Systems AG, the parent company of Unmanned Systems Group, and Swiss UAV AG have agreed on an...

Jul 12, 2013
U.S. Army Awards $30m Contract to iRobot

As previously announced by the U.S. Army, iRobot Corp., a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, has been awarded a...

Jul 12, 2013
Saab’s Skeldar UAS Will be Deployed for Maritime Operations

Defence and security company Saab has signed a contract to deploy the Skeldar Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) for maritime operations....

Jul 11, 2013
Dual Use Underwater Vehicle Wins Prestigious R&D 100 Award

R&D Magazine bestowed one of its coveted R&D 100 Awards on Proteus co-developers Battelle, The Columbia Group and Bluefin Robotics....

Jul 11, 2013
Phoenix AUV Upgraded to Dive to 4,500 Meters

Phoenix International Holdings, Inc. announced that the company has taken delivery of their Bluefin-21 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) after designer...

Jul 11, 2013
X-47B Makes Historic First Arrested Landing at Sea [Video]

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completed its first carrier-based arrested landing on board USS George H.W. Bush...

Jul 11, 2013
Modular Snake Robot Crawls Through Pipes to Inspect Unreachable Areas

Tests of a modular snake robot in an Austrian nuclear power plant proved the multi-jointed robot with a camera on...

Jul 10, 2013
3rd ID Soldiers Certify on Raven UAS While Deployed to Afghanistan

Eight Soldiers assigned to the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, were certified as Raven unmanned aircraft system...

Jul 10, 2013
Seatronics Predator ROV to use SeeByte’s SeeTrack CoPilot Software

SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software for unmanned maritime systems, and Seatronics, the world’s largest marine electronic equipment...

Jul 09, 2013
DiSTI’s GL Studio Selected for Military Embedded Systems Editor’s Choice Award

The DiSTI Corporation, a pioneer of innovative and highly advanced graphical user interface software solutions, has received recognition for their...

Jul 05, 2013
Clearpath Robotics Named Finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year Award

The Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards, celebrating 20 years of honoring entrepreneurship and innovation in Canada, announced...

Jul 05, 2013
Schiebel Camcopter S-100 Completes Flight Tests with Local Positioning System

Schiebel has successfully concluded a series of flight trials with EADS Astrium’s Pseudolite-based Local Positioning System “DeckFinder”, expanding its automated...

Jul 03, 2013
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Management Of Varied UAVs from One Integrated Control System

During a recent demonstration at NAVAIR, Lockheed Martin monitored and controlled multiple types of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) from one...

Jul 02, 2013
Cornell University’s CUAir Team Wins Unmanned Air Systems Competition

CUAir, a group of high-flying Cornell engineering students, soared into first place at the Student Unmanned Air Systems Competition held...

Jul 02, 2013
Law Enforcement Uses for UAS Presented by Liberty University & Industry Professionals

John Marselus, associate dean of Flight Operations for Liberty University School of Aeronautics, joined a team of industry professionals in...

Jul 02, 2013
Raytheon Awarded NAVAIR Cross-domain Surveillance System Contract

Raytheon Company has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to build an integrated multi-INT...

Jul 02, 2013
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