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.

Simlat to Provide UAS Training & Simulation Classroom for Arizona Flight School
Simlat to Provide UAS Training & Simulation Classroom for Arizona Flight School

Simlat Ltd. has been awarded a contract to provide Cochise College a UAS training & Simulation classroom for their new...

Jan 31, 2013
Elbit Systems Awarded $35M Israel Defense Order for Advanced UAS Features
Elbit Systems Awarded $35M Israel Defense Order for Advanced UAS Features

Elbit Systems Ltd. has announced that it has received an approximately $35 million contract from the Israel Ministry of Defense...

Jan 30, 2013
UTC Aerospace Systems To Showcase Next Generation Sensors Unlimited Shortwave Infrared Camera at SPIE BiOS
UTC Aerospace Systems To Showcase Next Generation Sensors Unlimited Shortwave Infrared Camera at SPIE BiOS

UTC Aerospace Systems, a unit of United Technologies Corp., will be releasing its next generation Sensors Unlimited shortwave infrared (SWIR)...

Jan 28, 2013
TAI ANKA Medium Altitude Long Endurance UAV Completes Acceptance Tests
TAI ANKA Medium Altitude Long Endurance UAV Completes Acceptance Tests

The acceptance test campaign of ANKA Medium Altitude Long Endurance UAV System, which was designed and developed by Turkish Aerospace...

Jan 28, 2013
Video: Unmanned Aerial Filming of Monte Carlo Rally
Video: Unmanned Aerial Filming of Monte Carlo Rally

FS Aviation has produced a video showing the recent use of their unmanned octocopter drone during the filming of the...

Jan 25, 2013
Northrop Grumman-Built NASA Global Hawk UAV Collecting Climate Change Data
Northrop Grumman-Built NASA Global Hawk UAV Collecting Climate Change Data

A Northrop Grumman Corporation-built NASA Global Hawk is now conducting science missions to study the impact of atmospheric change on...

Jan 25, 2013
Bluefin to Develop Knifefish UUV Variant for Naval Research Laboratory
Bluefin to Develop Knifefish UUV Variant for Naval Research Laboratory

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles (UUVs), announced that they will produce a variation of the Knifefish...

Jan 24, 2013
Analytic Systems to Supply Power Systems for AAI Shadow Tactical UAS Ground Control Stations
Analytic Systems to Supply Power Systems for AAI Shadow Tactical UAS Ground Control Stations

On the heels of a record production year, Analytic Systems has announced its largest order ever for a power system...

Jan 24, 2013
TerraLuma selects Headwall Hyperspectral Sensor for Unmanned Aircraft
TerraLuma selects Headwall Hyperspectral Sensor for Unmanned Aircraft

The University of Tasmania TerraLuma Project is partnering with Headwall Photonics to bring hyperspectral technology to their fleet of unmanned...

Jan 23, 2013
AeroVironment Wins $12m US Army Contract for Wasp AE SUAS
AeroVironment Wins $12m US Army Contract for Wasp AE SUAS

AeroVironment, Inc. has announced that NAVAIR’s Program Office for Navy & Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft Systems (PMA-263), working...

Jan 23, 2013
IKM Subsea Awarded 3+2 Year ROV Frame Agreement
IKM Subsea Awarded 3+2 Year ROV Frame Agreement

IKM Subsea, a supplier of Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV), have announced the award of a 3+2 year frame agreement by Nexans Norway for...

Jan 23, 2013
Kongsberg Evotec to Supply New ROV Launch and Recovery System to Swire Seabed
Kongsberg Evotec to Supply New ROV Launch and Recovery System to Swire Seabed

Kongsberg Evotec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, will deliver its new mobile Launch and Recovery System (E-LARS) for...

Jan 23, 2013
Tech Source Partners with Cambridge Pixel to Develop Video Applications for Embedded Mil-Aero Market
Tech Source Partners with Cambridge Pixel to Develop Video Applications for Embedded Mil-Aero Market

Tech Source, Inc., an independent supplier of high performance embedded video, graphics and high end computing solutions, has partnered with...

Jan 23, 2013
RAPTR SUAS to be Used in RAPS Tests
RAPTR SUAS to be Used in RAPS Tests

Tactical Electronics, supplier of the RAPTR UAV has been selected to participate in the upcoming SUAS demonstrations for the Robotic...

Jan 22, 2013
Frost & Sullivan’s Michael Blades to Chair the 9th Annual UAS Summit
Frost & Sullivan’s Michael Blades to Chair the 9th Annual UAS Summit

Frost & Sullivan’s Senior Industry Analyst Michael Blades will serve as chairman of the 9th Annual Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)...

Jan 22, 2013
Bloomberg: European Drone Plan Seeks Political Backing
Bloomberg: European Drone Plan Seeks Political Backing

France and Germany are set to renew efforts to work on a joint unmanned aerial vehicle, supporting European Aeronautic, Defence...

Jan 22, 2013
BoldIQ to Supply Software for Silent Guardian Hybrid UAV
BoldIQ to Supply Software for Silent Guardian Hybrid UAV

Bye Aerospace, Inc., a Denver-based company applying clean energy solutions to innovative aircraft designs for the aerospace and defense markets,...

Jan 22, 2013
Blanks joins K-State Salina’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program
Blanks joins K-State Salina’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Program

Mark Blanks is the new program manager of Kansas State University Salina’s unmanned aircraft systems program. Blanks is charged with...

Jan 21, 2013
Global Telesat Wins DOD Contract for Blimp in a Box Aerostat System
Global Telesat Wins DOD Contract for Blimp in a Box Aerostat System

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

Jan 18, 2013
Rolls-Royce Delivers Launch and Recovery Systems for Unmanned surface vehicles
Rolls-Royce Delivers Launch and Recovery Systems for Unmanned surface vehicles

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has recently delivered two launch and recovery systems for unmanned surface vehicles (USV) and...

Jan 18, 2013
Zettlex Expands IncOder range to 30,000 Products
Zettlex Expands IncOder range to 30,000 Products

Cambridge-based sensors company Zettlex has massively expanded its IncOder product range to include a choice of more than 30,000 different...

Jan 18, 2013
Flex Analytics & PiXlogic Bring Unprecedented Image and Video Search to Government and Industry
Flex Analytics & PiXlogic Bring Unprecedented Image and Video Search to Government and Industry

Flex Analytics LLC, a provider of multimedia analytical solutions for government and industry and value-added software reseller, is pleased to...

Jan 17, 2013
Northrop Grumman and UAE’s Higher Colleges of Technology to Host Unmanned Aircraft Innovation Challenge
Northrop Grumman and UAE’s Higher Colleges of Technology to Host Unmanned Aircraft Innovation Challenge

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT) of the United Arab Emirates have signed a memorandum of...

Jan 17, 2013
Saab Receives Order for AUV Systems
Saab Receives Order for AUV Systems

Defence and security company Saab have signed a contract on delivery of autonomous underwater vehicles systems, AUV62, in training configuration....

Jan 17, 2013
UAV “Sense and Avoid” Capabilities Demonstrated by Sagetech and ING Robotic Aviation
UAV “Sense and Avoid” Capabilities Demonstrated by Sagetech and ING Robotic Aviation

ING Robotic Aviation and Sagetech Corporation teamed to make Canadian aviation history back in November, as a manned aircraft and...

Jan 17, 2013
Husky A200 Unmanned Ground Vehicle in Training for NASA’s HI-SEAS Study
Husky A200 Unmanned Ground Vehicle in Training for NASA’s HI-SEAS Study

Clearpath Robotics’ Husky A200 Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) has joined Dr. Jean Hunter (Cornell University), Dr. Kim Binstead (University of...

Jan 17, 2013
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