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. Soldiers Train With Remote-Controlled Mine-Clearing Vehicle

Tripping improvised explosive devices and unexploded ordnance in a controlled way to avoid Soldier injury has now become an automated...

Jan 02, 2013
UAV Vision Launches IP66 ISR Aerostat System

UAV Vision has announced the launch of its new complete turnkey Aerostat solution. The IP66 is suitable for harsh environments...

Jan 02, 2013
Elbit Systems Wins Contract to Supply Hermes UAS to Israel Ministry of Defense

Elbit Systems Ltd. has announced that it has been awarded various contracts by the Israel Ministry of Defense (“IMOD”), in...

Jan 02, 2013
DDC Introduces New Solid-State Power Controllers for Unmanned Systems

Data Device Corporation (DDC) has introduced its latest and most advanced generation of solid-state power controllers (SSPC) featuring on-board DC-to-DC...

Dec 28, 2012
Video: How the DARPA ACTUV Unmanned Autonomous Surface Vessel will Track Submarines

The DARPA ACTUV program aims to develop an unmanned autonomous surface vessel with the ability to track a quiet diesel-electric...

Dec 28, 2012
Kratos to Provide Specialized Ground Equipment for UAS Programs

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, has announced that its Unmanned Systems Solutions (USS)...

Dec 28, 2012
Lockheed Martin Acquires Assets of CDL Systems Ltd

Lockheed Martin has announced the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of CDL Systems Ltd., a software engineering firm...

Dec 24, 2012
ASI’s BatCat Telehandler Robot Helps LAPD Bomb Squad Officers

After several anonymous 911 calls, the Los Angeles Police Department responded to a bomb threat outside Los Angeles’ oldest Jewish...

Dec 21, 2012
DLR Completes Virtual UAV Test Flights for Maritime Monitoring

Reliably monitoring extensive areas of the sea is a major challenge for the coastguard and emergency relief services. Unmanned aircraft...

Dec 21, 2012
General Dynamics Digital Video Exploitation System Integrated into Shadow 200 TUAS

General Dynamics Mediaware has delivered two video capture and exploitation D-VEX systems to the Australian Army, enhancing the distribution of...

Dec 20, 2012
Bluefin and Seebyte Collaborate to Provide Enhanced AUV Pipeline Inspections

Bluefin Robotics, the leading provider of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) solutions and SeeByte, the global leader in creating smart software...

Dec 20, 2012
Schiebel’s Camcopter S-100 UAS Carries New Hydrographic Airborne Sensor

Schiebel and Riegl Laser Measurement Systems GmbH are proud to announce the successful integration of the Schiebel CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned...

Dec 20, 2012
World Surveillance Group Demonstrates Blimp in a Box™ Aerostat for DOD

World Surveillance Group Inc., a developer of lighter-than-air unmanned aerial vehicles and related technologies, has announced that it has completed...

Dec 20, 2012
U.S. Navy UAVs to be Equipped with DEL Imaging Systems’ High Speed Digital Cameras

DEL Imaging Systems, LLC, a leader and innovator in the implementation and operation of High Speed Digital Cameras and Imaging...

Dec 20, 2012
Roke’s Miniature Radar Altimeter Used in Sea-skimming UAV Test

Roke Manor Research Ltd (Roke), a Chemring Group company, has supplied its Miniature Radar Altimeter (MRA) in a successful flight...

Dec 20, 2012
DARPA Trials Semi-Autonomous Robot Pack Mule

The warfighter who carries up to 100 pounds of equipment on his back is expected to get relief from the...

Dec 20, 2012
Zettlex and Astrium Co-develop Sensors for Space

Cambridge-based sensors company Zettlex is collaborating with space technology company Astrium on a joint project to develop high resolution, non-contact...

Dec 20, 2012
Hood Technology Introduces Alticam Pod Housing with GPS/INS

HoodTech Vision, manufacturer of advanced stabilized imaging systems for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and manned aircraft, has introduced the...

Dec 19, 2012
X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Completes First At-Sea Tests

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator completed its first at-sea test phase aboard the nuclear powered aircraft carrier...

Dec 19, 2012
Boeing Names Michael Kurth as VP/GM, Unmanned Airborne Systems Programs

Company veteran Michael Kurth will oversee Boeing’s unmanned airborne systems as of Jan. 1. Kurth, currently managing director of Boeing...

Dec 18, 2012
Selex Galileo Gabbiano T-20 Radar Demonstrated on Hermes 450 UAS

Recent flight tests saw SELEX Galileo’s Gabbiano T-20 Radar successfully demonstrate ground-mapping and target detection capabilities in a series of...

Dec 17, 2012
RAF Creates New Class of Remotely Piloted Air System Pilots

The Royal Air Force has created a new class of pilots who will remain earthbound and control unmanned aircraft many...

Dec 17, 2012
Video: Unmanned Aerial Inspection of Gas Flare Stacks

Aerial inspection and imagery specialists, AirRotorMedia, has released a video that demonstrates their capability for unmanned visual inspection of flare...

Dec 15, 2012
Video: BP Alaska Trials Aeryon Scout UAV for Visual Inspection of Pipelines

In Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, BP conducted pilot testing of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle  technology to enhance pipeline inspection and safety. Equipped...

Dec 14, 2012
QinetiQ Hosts UAV Autonomy Research Programme Trial

QinetiQ has hosted key industry partners and UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) representatives at its Farnborough Headquarters as part of...

Dec 14, 2012
Boeing Demos Unmanned Little Bird Aircraft for Republic of Korea Army

Boeing has demonstrated affordable unmanned aircraft technology that could be integrated onto Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) MD 500 helicopters...

Dec 13, 2012
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