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.

TEKEVER’s AR4 Light Ray UAS Completes Trials in Colombia

TEKEVER has conducted a week of intensive trials of the AR4 Light Ray UAS for the Colombian Armed Forces, to...

Mar 04, 2013
New Series of SPAN® MEMS IMU Products Introduced by NovAtel

NovAtel Inc. announced today in Calgary the new SPAN-IGM series of Micro Electromechanical Systems (MEMS) inertial sensor products, including the...

Mar 02, 2013
Cassidian’s ATLANTE UAS Completes Maiden Flight

Cassidian has successfully performed the maiden flight of the ATLANTE Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). The flight took place at Rozas...

Mar 01, 2013
DARPA Awards Funding to Carnegie Mellon To Protect UGV Systems From Cyber Attacks

Carnegie Mellon University’s Franz Franchetti has received a 4.5-year, $6 million grant from the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency...

Feb 28, 2013
Analytic Systems to Supply Power Products for AAI’s Shadow® Tactical UAS Ground Control Stations

On the heels of a record production year, Analytic Systems is pleased to announce its largest order ever for a...

Feb 28, 2013
General Dynamics Mediaware Honored for Efforts to Integrate Video Exploitation Systems into Operational UAVs

General Dynamics Mediaware received recognition at this year’s Australian Defence Magazine industry awards, taking home the Defence Material Organisation (DMO)/Industry...

Feb 27, 2013
BAE Systems’ UAV Intelligent Recovery System Wins Award

BAE Systems Australia’s ground-breaking technology that enables Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to land themselves has been awarded the inaugural National...

Feb 27, 2013
Boeing’s Phantom Eye UAS Demonstrates Capabilities During 2nd flight

Boeing’s liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system completed its second flight Feb. 25, demonstrating capabilities that will allow it...

Feb 26, 2013
CoroWare And DSI Sign Agreement on Next Generation Cybersecurity Solutions

CoroWare, Inc. announced today that it has signed a value added developer agreement with Dispersive Solutions, Inc. (DSI) through which...

Feb 26, 2013
Z Microsystems to Supply Intelligent Displays for STUAS Program on Amphibious Ships

Z Microsystems, a leading provider of mission-ready computing systems, today announced its has been selected by the Naval Surface Warfare...

Feb 26, 2013
LynuxWorks Debuts Industry’s First Real-time Zero-Day Rootkit and Bootkit Defense

LynuxWorks™, Inc, a world leader in secure virtualization, today announced that they will be demonstrating the industry’s first technology capable...

Feb 26, 2013
Northrop Grumman’s Global Hawk UAS Program Wins Sustainment Excellence Award

The U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft program was recently awarded the 2012 Dr. James G. Roche Sustainment...

Feb 26, 2013
TeleCommunication Systems Launches Serial and Parallel ATA Interface Versions of Ultra-Compact BGADrive®

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc. (TCS), a world leader in highly reliable and secure mobile communication technology, has announced the availability of...

Feb 26, 2013
Video: Multirotor Captures Dynamic Race Footage at Rally Sweden

Following their recent work filming the Monte Carlo Rally with a multirotor drone, FS Aviation has released a new video providing...

Feb 25, 2013
UAE Government Purchases GA-ASI’s Predator XP RPA

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance...

Feb 25, 2013
Elbit Increases Hermes 900 UAS Production to Meet Demand

Elbit Systems Ltd. (“ESL”) has delivered a Hermes® 900 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to a customer in the Americas. The...

Feb 25, 2013
Zettlex Announces Further Expansion of its IncOder Range

Cambridge-based sensors company Zettlex has announced the further expansion of its IncOder range of precision angle encoders. The range now...

Feb 25, 2013
Boeing Acquires CPU Technology to Enhance Security of Critical Onboard Systems

Boeing today continued to address its global customers’ enduring need to protect warfighters from information-assurance attacks by acquiring CPU Technology...

Feb 25, 2013
Woolpert and Altavian Collaborate to Operate UAS for Data Collection

Woolpert, a national geospatial, design and infrastructure management firm headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, recently announced it has partnered with Altavian...

Feb 22, 2013
Insitu Wins Special Forces ISR Contract for Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Insitu Inc. announced today that the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has awarded the company a Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems...

Feb 22, 2013
US Air Force Chooses VT MÄK Interoperability Tools for AFMSTT

VT MÄK (MÄK), a company of VT Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), today announced that the US Air Force has selected...

Feb 22, 2013
Northrop Grumman to Highlight Global ISR Capabilities at Australian International Air Show

Northrop Grumman Corporation will highlight a range of its key capabilities and programmes at the Australian International Air Show, including...

Feb 21, 2013
Unmanned Vehicle University Granted Trademark for Unmanned Systems Education and Training

The US Patent and Trademark Office has granted Unmanned Vehicle University (UVU) trademark number 4,293,678 for unmanned systems education and...

Feb 21, 2013
Hydroid Starts Production of Littoral Battlespace Sensing AUVs for U.S. Navy

Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), has announced that its...

Feb 20, 2013
JLENS Completes Tactical Ballistic Missile Detection Tests

Enemy tactical ballistic missiles may soon be easier to detect and track. During a series of recent tests, JLENS a...

Feb 19, 2013
Insitu Completes First Flight of Integrator UAS Block 2

Insitu has announced the successful first flight of the Integrator unmanned aircraft system (UAS) Block 2, the latest technology release...

Feb 19, 2013
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