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.

Roke’s Miniature Radar Altimeter Used in Sea-skimming UAV Test
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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 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
Aerosonde UAS Completes First ISR Flight in Afghanistan
Aerosonde UAS Completes First ISR Flight in Afghanistan

Marines in Afghanistan witnessed AAI Corp.’s Aerosonde Unmanned Air System (UAS) first flight Dec. 2. under NAVAIR’s Intelligence, Surveillance and...

Dec 13, 2012
Bodkin Design to Develop Switchable Polarimetric Camera for UAS
Bodkin Design to Develop Switchable Polarimetric Camera for UAS

Bodkin Design & Engineering, LLC (BD&E) has been awarded a Phase I SBIR contract from the U.S. Air Force to...

Dec 12, 2012
Boeing’s Unmanned X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Returns to Orbit
Boeing’s Unmanned X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Returns to Orbit

Boeing has successfully returned an unmanned U.S. Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle to orbit, continuing to demonstrate how the...

Dec 12, 2012
X-37B Unmanned Orbit Vehicle Uses UTC Aerospace Systems’ Space Flight Actuation System
X-37B Unmanned Orbit Vehicle Uses UTC Aerospace Systems’ Space Flight Actuation System

UTC Aerospace Systems developed and manufactured the space flight actuation system and remote interface unit supporting the recent successful flight...

Dec 12, 2012
TASL Acquires Majority Stake In Aurora Integrated Systems
TASL Acquires Majority Stake In Aurora Integrated Systems

Tata Advanced Systems Limited has acquired majority stake in Aurora Integrated Systems Limited. PXV Law Partners advised AIS while AZB...

Dec 11, 2012
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Powers X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle back into Orbit
Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne Powers X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle back into Orbit

The U.S. military’s unmanned X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle returned to orbit today on its third mission – thanks to the...

Dec 11, 2012
Royal Navy to Trial Aircraft Carrier-Launched Unmanned Aircraft
Royal Navy to Trial Aircraft Carrier-Launched Unmanned Aircraft

The Royal Navy is to start trialling unmanned drones launched from aircraft carriers, Defence Minister Philip Dunne says. Drones are...

Dec 11, 2012
X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Completes First Taxi On Truman Carrier
X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Completes First Taxi On Truman Carrier

Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and personnel from the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System...

Dec 11, 2012
DARPA Demonstrates Precise Autonomous Payload Placement with UAV
DARPA Demonstrates Precise Autonomous Payload Placement with UAV

When a person reaches out to place an object in just the right place, their mind makes a series of...

Dec 10, 2012
Advanced Unmanned Completes First Stage of UAV Development
Advanced Unmanned Completes First Stage of UAV Development

Aerial imagery company Advanced Unmanned approved the specifications for its customized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fleet, completing the design phase...

Dec 10, 2012
Scan Eagle UAV Completes Flight-Check on LPD Class Ship
Scan Eagle UAV Completes Flight-Check on LPD Class Ship

A Scan Eagle Unmanned Air Vehicle was launched from the USS San Antonio (LPD 17), an amphibious transport dock class...

Dec 10, 2012
EFF Releases Map of Unmanned Drones in USA
EFF Releases Map of Unmanned Drones in USA

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has posted several thousand pages of new drone license records and a new map that...

Dec 07, 2012
Future of Unmanned Aerospace Systems Touted at Jackson County Economic Development Foundation Dinner
Future of Unmanned Aerospace Systems Touted at Jackson County Economic Development Foundation Dinner

Existing aerospace enterprises and the hope of more to come served as the backdrop Thursday night for the Jackson County...

Dec 07, 2012
NASA to Study Pollutants in the Stratosphere with Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft
NASA to Study Pollutants in the Stratosphere with Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft

NASA is inviting social media followers for a behind-the-scenes look at several airborne Earth science missions during an event Jan....

Dec 07, 2012
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