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.

Insitu Pacific Successfully Integrates ScanEagle UAS with McQ Unattended Ground Sensor

Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., has announced that it has successfully completed integration between its ScanEagle Unmanned...

Oct 30, 2012
Tech Source and RunTime Form Partnership to Accelerate GPGPU Development on its Condor 3000 cards Used in UAVs

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

Oct 30, 2012
EMT’s LUNA TUAS Completes 50th Flight with New ADS-B Transponder

EMT has announced the 50th flight sortie of its LUNA TUAS (Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System), with an EASA certified, ADS-B...

Oct 30, 2012
DJI Recalls GPS Compasses Causing S800 UAS to Fail

DJI, one of the world’s leading developers and manufacturers in UAV systems, has announced a voluntary recall of all WooKong-M...

Oct 29, 2012
Cassidian Launches New TANAN™ 300 Compact VTOL Tactical UAS

Cassidian presents its TANAN™ 300 new-generation compact VTOL Tactical UAS (Vertical Take-Off and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial System) for maritime...

Oct 26, 2012
NASA Opens Registration for Teams to Compete in 2013 Robot Competition

NASA and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) in Worcester, Mass., have opened registration and are seeking teams to compete in...

Oct 26, 2012
Kratos’ Composite Engineering, Inc. Wins $6.3m Contract to Supply Unmanned Aerial Target Systems to Korean Agency for Defense Development

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, has announced that its Composite Engineering, Inc. (CEI)...

Oct 26, 2012
L-3 Wins U.S Navy Contract for VideoScout® Systems Worth $85m

L-3 Communications has announced that it has been awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract for its VideoScout® family of systems. Provided...

Oct 26, 2012
DARPA Announces Teams for Robotics Challenge and Opens Registration for Tracks C and D

The DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) began yesterday and over the next two years, teams will compete to develop and put...

Oct 26, 2012
GA-ASI Demonstrates ADS-B Surveillance System on Guardian UAV

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

Oct 26, 2012
RE2 Inc. Selected for DARPA’s Robotics Challenge

RE2, Inc., in partnership with Soar Technology, Inc. and the University of Texas at Arlington, has been selected as a...

Oct 25, 2012
Lockheed Martin Wins Contract to Develop Autonomous Operation of Tactical Vehicles

Lockheed Martin received an $11 million contract for the development, integration and testing of the Autonomous Mobility Applique System (AMAS)....

Oct 25, 2012
IAI’s Tamam Launches New Line of HD Optronic Stabilized Payloads for Unmanned Vehicles

Israel Aerospace Industries’ Tamam Division (IAI/Tamam) has launched a new line of True High Definition (HD) Day and Night Stabilized...

Oct 25, 2012
Raytheon Demonstrates Enhanced Capabilities of New Common Sensor Payload on Grey Eagle UAS

Raytheon Company has successfully demonstrated the enhanced capabilities of its new CSP HD turret, a high definition electro-optical and infrared...

Oct 25, 2012
NEANY Inc. Ranked Third in the U.S. for 8(A) Prime Contractors

NEANY, Inc., a minority owned SBA 8(a) certified research, development, test and evaluation engineering firm headquartered in Hollywood, MD, has...

Oct 25, 2012
Motor-Operated Pilot Valve Exceeds Navy’s Strict Performance Specs

Premature failure of pilot valves in shipboard firefighting systems was a major issue for the U.S. Navy, prompting it to...

Oct 24, 2012
TECOM Wins Contract to Supply Expeditionary Ground Control Stations to AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems

TECOM Industries, Inc. a Smiths Interconnect business, is pleased to announce the award of a firm fixed price contract from...

Oct 24, 2012
MOD Clarifies Use of British Reaper UAVs in Afghanistan

The Guardian yesterday has claimed that the Royal Air Force (RAF) has to make an urgent purchase of five more...

Oct 24, 2012
Insitu Signs Licensing Agreement with Sentient to Integrate Kestrel Automated Detection Software into UAS’

Insitu Inc., has announced that it has signed a long-term licensing agreement with Sentient, located in Melbourne, Australia, to integrate...

Oct 24, 2012
Rolls-Royce to Develop Mini Water Jet for Unmanned Surface Craft

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, is to develop a new, highly efficient water jet to propel unmanned surface craft...

Oct 24, 2012
Northrop Grumman Delivers New BACN-Equipped Global Hawk UAS to U.S. Air Force

Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered a Global Hawk unmanned aircraft to the U.S. Air Force carrying the Battlefield Airborne Communications...

Oct 24, 2012
Teledyne Launches New Strained-Layer-Superlattice Infrared Camera for UAV Payloads

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated has announced that its subsidiary, Teledyne Scientific & Imaging, LLC (TS&I), has introduced its first miniature hot...

Oct 24, 2012
IAI’s Heron UAS Crosses Andes in Operational Flight Demonstration

Israel Aerospace Industries‘ (IAI) Heron Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) has marked a new achievement last month when crossing the Andes...

Oct 24, 2012
French DGA Completes Sea Trials of Automatic UAV Takeoff and Landing System

The French Defense Procurement Agency (DGA, Direction générale de l’armement) has recently conducted successful sea trials of D2AD*, an automatic...

Oct 24, 2012
R³ Engineering Completes the First ADS-B Fully Autonomous Collision Avoidance UAS Demonstration

R³ Engineering LLC (R³E) announces the first ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast) based, fully autonomous collision avoidance sequence, executed...

Oct 24, 2012
Lockheed Martin’s JAGM Dual-Mode Seeker Completes High-Speed Captive Flight Tests

Lockheed Martin successfully tested its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) dual-mode seeker in high-speed captive flight tests, demonstrating its ability to...

Oct 23, 2012
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