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.

MicroStrain Introduce Plug-and-Play Wireless Environmental Monitoring on a Scalable, Cloud-Enabled Platform

MicroStrain has introduced ENV-Link -Mini, which simplifies and streamlines remote environmental monitoring, alerting & reporting. This long-range, low-power environmental sensing...

Aug 28, 2012
ICAO Developing Regulatory Framework for UAVs

The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) continues to develop its long awaited regulatory framework for integration of unmanned aerial vehicles...

Aug 28, 2012
Altavian Wins 5-year Maintenance Contract For US Army Corps Unmanned Aircraft

Altavian has announced that it has received a five-year contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to maintain and...

Aug 28, 2012
LynuxWorks Announces LynxSecure Support for Curtiss-Wright Controls VPX3-1256 SBC

LynuxWorks™, Inc, a world leader in the embedded safety and security software market, today announced LynxSecure support of the Curtiss-Wright...

Aug 28, 2012
Unmanned Wave Glider Robot Tracks White Sharks in the Pacific

Liquid Robotics’ unmanned Wave Glider robot has been deployed off the US coast near San Francisco – the latest addition...

Aug 27, 2012
Drones Provide Growth for Satellite Companies

Unmanned aircraft have gained far greater public attention as the Obama administration has made drone strikes a key part of...

Aug 27, 2012
University of Victoria to Develop UAV for Civilian Use

Jenner Richards foresees a not-so-distant future where any farmer in Greater Victoria could send an unmanned aircraft into the air...

Aug 27, 2012
IAF’s Heron TP UAV Returns to Service Following Seven Month Grounding

The Israel Air Force’s most advanced unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the Heron TP, known as the Eitan, is back in...

Aug 27, 2012
Analytic Systems Develops products for Unmanned Vehicle Systems

Analytic Systems has recently been involved with a number of companies involved in Unmanned Vehicle Systems: land, marine and aviation...

Aug 25, 2012
VectorNav Technologies Named in the Marine Technology Reporter 100

VectorNav Technologies has been named in the Marine Technology Reporter 100 (MTR 100), a list of the 100 leading companies...

Aug 24, 2012
Sonardyne Underwater Tracking System on AUV Aids Search for Earhart Plane

Acoustic positioning technology from Sonardyne Inc, Houston, was selected to play a key role in a recent expedition aiming to...

Aug 24, 2012
iRobot Enhance Inflatable Robotic Arm Used on Unmanned Ground Vehicles

Unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) designers at iRobot Corp. in Bedford, Mass., will enhance their design of an inflatable robotic arm...

Aug 22, 2012
IMT’S STx Transmitter Integrated into GuardBot Unmanned Amphibious Vehicle

Integrated Microwave Technologies, LLC, a Business Unit within the Vitec Group’s Videocom Division, and a leader in advanced digital microwave...

Aug 21, 2012
Sensor Manufacturer MicroStrain is Acquired by LORD Corporation

MicroStrain, Inc. of Williston, Vt. has announced that it has agreed to the terms of a business acquisition of its...

Aug 21, 2012
Cubic Wins Contract to Produce Compact Digital Data Link for MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter

Cubic Defense Applications, a defense systems business of Cubic Corporation, received a $3.7 million contract from Northrop Grumman Corporation to...

Aug 21, 2012
U.S. Navy to Add Surveillance Drones to its Asia-Pacific Fleet

The U.S. Navy is stepping up its ocean surveillance capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region, with new manned aircraft arriving within...

Aug 21, 2012
DARPA Awards Contract to Science Applications International for Sub-Tracking USV

The growing number of adversaries able to build and operate quiet diesel electric submarines is a national security threat that...

Aug 17, 2012
ISR Group and Altavian Sign Agreement for the NOVA UAS

ISR Group, Inc. and Altavian, Inc., two leaders in the unmanned vehicle systems industry, have signed an exclusive agreement for...

Aug 17, 2012
Researchers Receive Grant to Add Robotic Arms on to Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), such as those used by the military for surveillance and reconnaissance, could be getting a hand...

Aug 17, 2012
Unmanned Aircraft Launchers Market to Reach $1.3 Billion by 2018

Worldwide markets are poised to achieve significant growth as the launchers for unmanned aerial systems provide a way to automate...

Aug 16, 2012
Eaton Provides Hydraulic System Support for X-47B UAV

Eaton Hydraulics Group Australasia is a key supplier to Northrop Grumman, the US Navy’s prime contractor for the Unmanned Combat...

Aug 16, 2012
U.S. Marines Evaluate Oshkosh TerraMax™ UGV Technology

Unmanned tactical wheeled vehicles that have the potential to serve as a force multiplier and reduce Warfighters’ exposure to lethal...

Aug 15, 2012
Boeing Delivers Smaller, Lighter Radio Relay for Small UAVs

Boeing has delivered production units of a smaller, lighter version of its Tactical Compact Communications Relay (TCCR), which allows a...

Aug 15, 2012
C-ASTRAL BRAMOR gEO UAV Flies Mapping Mission at 4150m ASL

C-ASTRAL Ltd has flown an 80 minute mapping mission at 4150m ASL with the BRAMOR gEO UAV in support of the mining...

Aug 14, 2012
OxTS Showcases New Lightweight GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System at AUVSI

OxTS has successfully launched the new GPS-aided inertial navigation system xNAV200 at this years’ AUVSI Unmanned Systems North America conference...

Aug 14, 2012
Insitu’s ScanEagle UAS Receives Limited Military Aircraft Type-Classification to Fly in Dutch Airspace

Insitu Inc. announced today that its Netherlands customer is now authorized to fly the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS) under...

Aug 14, 2012
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