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.

World Surveillance Group Acquires Lighter Than Air Systems to Support DOD Contract

World Surveillance Group Inc. (“WSGI”), a developer of lighter-than-air aerostats and unmanned aerial systems, today announced that it has completed...

Apr 01, 2013
Xsens to Showcase Next Generation IMU, VRU & AHRS Technology

Xsens will display its range of next generation MTi® technology for the first time at Ocean Business in Southampton. The...

Apr 01, 2013
Hoverfly Founder Seeks FAA Partnership for ‘Film Flight School’ Certification

In the midst of a recovering economy, a 7.7 percent unemployment rate and federal sequestration, a group of Central Florida...

Mar 29, 2013
Ventura County Public Safety Agencies to Evaluate Aerovironment Qube UAV

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office has applied for a Certificate of Authorization (COA) through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to...

Mar 29, 2013
X-ES Announces New Rugged Embedded Computer for Small Unmanned Vehicles

Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc. (X-ES) has introduced the XPand6103, the industry’s smallest and most rugged fanless embedded box computer using...

Mar 28, 2013
Shiebel Demonstrates CAMCOPTER S-100 Capabilities at LIMA

Shiebel will demonstrate the capabilities of the CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Aircraft System during flight displays at Langkawi International Maritime and...

Mar 27, 2013
Tesla Offshore Selects Bluefin-21 AUV to for Deepwater Surveying

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and related subsea technologies, announced that Tesla Offshore LLC has...

Mar 27, 2013
AMP Launches Miniature PCI Express Card with 8-Channel Video Capture

Advanced Micro Peripherals (AMP) has announced the launch of the AVC8000nano, a market leading 8 channel video capture on a...

Mar 27, 2013
VITEC Launches the World’s Smallest Professional-grade H.264 Rugged HD Encoder

VITEC, a worldwide leader in advanced video solutions, has announced the availability of Optibase MGW Pico, the world’s smallest professional-grade H.264...

Mar 27, 2013
Finnish Defence Forces to use Simlat UAS Training Center

Simlat Ltd. has been awarded a contract to deliver a UAS training and simulation center to the Finnish Defence Forces...

Mar 26, 2013
microdrones Launches New md4-3000 UAS

microdrones GmbH has announced details of the latest addition to their rotary wing aircraft portfolio, the md4-3000. Designed to carry...

Mar 26, 2013
OceanWorks Returns VENUS Coastal Network to Operation

OceanWorks International, who specialize in design and manufacture of manned and unmanned subsea systems, has successfully re-deployed the VENUS coastal...

Mar 26, 2013
Japan Drones Selects Guardtime to Deliver Keyless Signature Infrastructure for UAVs

Guardtime, the leading provider of Keyless Signature Infrastructure (KSI) technology for the authentication of electronic data, today announced it is...

Mar 25, 2013
Northrop Grumman Announces New Retrofit MEMS-Based Attitude and Heading Reference System

Northrop Grumman Corporation is introducing its new LCR-200 Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS), based on micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) technology,...

Mar 25, 2013
ASI’s Guideline™ Robotic Convoy System Selected as Edison Award Finalist

Autonomous Solutions, Inc. (ASI) has announced that their Guideline™ Robotic Convoy System has been named a 2013 Award Finalist by...

Mar 25, 2013
NuWaves Awarded Unmanned Aircraft Systems Data Link Range Extension Contracts

NuWaves Engineering, an international Radio Frequency (RF) and Embedded Systems solutions provider, announced today that it has been awarded two...

Mar 25, 2013
Western Canada’s Unmanned Vehicle Systems Sector Receives Federal Investment

The Harper Government is supporting Western Canada’s unmanned vehicle systems (UVS) sector through an investment that aims to improve competitiveness...

Mar 21, 2013
Marinvent’s Adaptive Flight Test-Bed Project Wins C2-MTL’s Prize for Aviation & Aerospace

Marinvent has been awarded C2-MTL’s Prize for Aviation & Aerospace for its adaptive flight test-bed project. Marinvent’s prize is one...

Mar 21, 2013
VectorNav Technologies Partners With NavtechGPS to Market GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System

VectorNav Technologies, a leading provider of inertial navigation solutions to the industrial and military markets, announced today a new strategic...

Mar 21, 2013
Rockwell Collins’ Tactical Targeting Network Technology Instrumental in X-47B Unmanned Demonstrator Trials

Rockwell Collins Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) was used by Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy as they successfully...

Mar 20, 2013
OpenClovis to Provide Software for DARPA’s ACTUV Project

  OpenClovis Solutions, Inc., the leader in High Availability (HA) Software, System Management Software and Tools, has signed a contract...

Mar 20, 2013
Piccolo Nano UAV Autopilot Introduced for Small UAVs

UTC Aerospace Systems (now Collins Aerospace) has announced the introduction of the Cloud Cap Technology Piccolo Nano UAV autopilot, the...

Mar 19, 2013
Next-Gen High Level Information Fusion Engine for C4ISR System Developers Unveiled

Larus Technologies Corporation, an innovator of next-generation embedded technology for developers of mission-critical C4ISR systems and security systems, has unveiled...

Mar 19, 2013
Kongsberg Maritime to Demonstrate AUV Technology at Ocean Business 2013

Kongsberg Maritime will demonstrate a number of innovative technologies for the subsea & survey industry at Ocean Business in Southampton UK,...

Mar 18, 2013
Oman Oil Firm PDO Completes Live Flare Inspection with UAV

A leading oil firm in Oman has employed an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to undertake its first ever live flare inspection...

Mar 18, 2013
Global Hawk Data Successfully Handled by Northrop Grumman’s Common Imagery Processor

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Common Imagery Processor (CIP) has demonstrated an important new capability by processing Global Hawk Block 40 data...

Mar 15, 2013
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