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.

Sagetech Corporation Awarded AS9100C Quality Standard Certification

Avionics innovator Sagetech Corporation has been awarded certifications for both AS9100C and ISO 9001:2008 standards. These certifications signify Sagetech’s successful...

Mar 15, 2013
Textron’s MicroObserver® Unattended Ground Sensor System Awarded Top Honours

Textron Defense Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, announced today its MicroObserver® Unattended Ground Sensor...

Mar 15, 2013
Sci-Tech Discovery Center Announces Quadrotor Build and Fly Camp

Sci-Tech Discovery Center has announced its inaugural Quadrotor Build and Fly Camp presented by OnPoynt Flight School, which will be...

Mar 14, 2013
Silicon Designs Launches Low-Cost USB-Powered DAQ System with FFT Analysis and Display

Silicon Designs, Inc., (SDI) a global industry leader in the design and manufacture of highly rugged industrial-grade MEMS capacitive accelerometer...

Mar 14, 2013
AeroVironment Orders Additional UAVs from CybAero

CybAero’s U.S. partner, AeroVironment, continues to invest in helicopter UAVs to meet demand. The order from AeroVironment is a blanket...

Mar 14, 2013
Video: Watch the nEUROn UCAV Demonstrator’s Maiden Flight

Dassault Aviation has released a video and new photos of the nEUROn Demonstrator’s flight flight, which took place in December...

Mar 14, 2013
MQ-8B Fire Scout Exceeds 8,000 Flight Hours During Operations

The Naval Air Systems Command has confirmed that an MQ-8B Fire Scout assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22 Detachment...

Mar 13, 2013
MLB’s VTOL UAV Demonstrates Capabilities Delivering Payloads Autonomously

MLB Company, a leader in low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) solutions, services and products, has announced that it has concluded...

Mar 13, 2013
Integrating UAS into the U.S. National Airspace Will Create 70,000 New Jobs Within Three Years

Today, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) unveiled a new study, which finds that the unmanned aircraft industry...

Mar 12, 2013
Northrop Grumman to Supply Next-Generation Fire Scout to U.S. Navy

The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a contract valued at more than $71 million to produce six additional...

Mar 12, 2013
CMU’s DARPA Challenge Robot has Four Limbs; Moves on Rubberised Tracks

A team from Carnegie Mellon University’s National Robotics Engineering Center is building a new class of robot to compete in...

Mar 12, 2013
DARPA’s ACTUV Program to use Raytheon’s 5th Generation Hull Mounted Sonar

Raytheon Company has been awarded a sub-contract from Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to deliver its first 5th generation medium...

Mar 12, 2013
Larus Technologies appoints Pierre Charron to Develop Strategic Partnerships

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

Mar 12, 2013
Video: Microdrones Supports NBC Wildlife Film in Kenya

The Mission was to create a high-end documentary for NBC about the big wild animal migration from the Serengeti to...

Mar 11, 2013
Naval Air Systems Command Awards Wyle $24m UAS Contract

Wyle has been awarded a three-year $24 million contract to provide reliability improvement, testing, technology insertion and life-cycle analysis for...

Mar 11, 2013
TAMUCC to Conduct UAS Research Flight over Gulf of Mexico

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) will conduct the first mission over the Gulf of Mexico with their unmanned aircraft from...

Mar 11, 2013
Trimble Introduce GNSS Sensor for Attitude Determination and Real-Time Positioning

Trimble has introduced the Ashtech ADU800 for GNSS attitude determination and real-time positioning. The ADU800 is a 6D positioning solution...

Mar 11, 2013
Omnetics Introduces New PZN Miniature Connectors

Miniature wire harnesses and connectors are increasingly being adapted to the more rugged environment of portable military electronics. Reduced space...

Mar 08, 2013
Vanguard Defense Industries Shadowhawk UAS Selected For Naval Demonstration

The ShadowHawk Unmanned Aerial System by Vanguard Defense Industries has been selected by the Department of the Navy, Naval Surface...

Mar 07, 2013
Northrop Grumman Successfully Demonstrates Joint STARS, Global Hawk Interoperability

Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed a successful exchange of radar data during a flight test involving the U.S. Air Force’s...

Mar 07, 2013
Silicon Sensing Celebrates 100 Years of Gyro Production

2013 marks a centenary of involvement at the forefront of gyroscope technology and the inertial industry for Silicon Sensing and...

Mar 07, 2013
Teledyne Acquires RESON to Enhance 3D Marine Imaging Options for Unmanned Vehicles

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated has announced that it has completed the acquisition of RESON A/S. RESON, headquartered in Slangerup, Denmark, provides...

Mar 06, 2013
Silicon Sensing Developing Ultra Low-Drift Gyro

Silicon Sensing Systems is developing a new range of inertial sensors, modules and systems based on an all-new low-drift, sub-0.3°/hr,...

Mar 06, 2013
DARPA Launches TERN Program to Develop Mobile Bases for UAVs

Effective 21st-century warfare requires the ability to conduct airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and strike mobile targets anywhere, around...

Mar 05, 2013
ViaSat Demonstrates High-Throughput Ka-band Satellite Communication System

ViaSat Inc. has demonstrated a high-performance Ka-band satellite communication system that delivers beyond line-of-sight broadband for manned and unmanned rotary...

Mar 05, 2013
ARL Extends MAST Program to Develop Remotely-Operated Micro-Robotic Technology

BAE Systems has been awarded a $43 million cooperative agreement extension to lead the Army Research Laboratory’s (ARL) Micro Autonomous...

Mar 05, 2013
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