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.

Aurora Delivers World’s First Optionally-Piloted Aircraft to Swiss DoD
Aurora Delivers World’s First Optionally-Piloted Aircraft to Swiss DoD

Aurora Flight Sciences has delivered the world’s first production Optionally-Piloted Aircraft (OPA) system to Switzerland’s Department of Defence. The Centaur...

Dec 06, 2012
Kongsberg Maritime Delivers AUV Package to DOF Subsea
Kongsberg Maritime Delivers AUV Package to DOF Subsea

Kongsberg Maritime has delivered a cutting-edge AUV package featuring an advanced HUGIN 1000 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) and sophisticated multibeam...

Dec 06, 2012
JLENS Unmanned Aerostat Simultaneously Tracked Swarming Targets in Recent Test
JLENS Unmanned Aerostat Simultaneously Tracked Swarming Targets in Recent Test

Swarming boats operating in highly-trafficked strategic waterways will soon be easier to detect, target and engage. During a recent test,...

Dec 06, 2012
Wave Glider Autonomous Marine Robot Completes Record-Breaking Journey Across the Pacific
Wave Glider Autonomous Marine Robot Completes Record-Breaking Journey Across the Pacific

U.S. based Liquid Robotics®, an ocean data service provider and developer of the Wave Glider®, the first wave powered autonomous...

Dec 06, 2012
Xsens Inertial Navigation System Used on Area-I Unmanned Aircraft
Xsens Inertial Navigation System Used on Area-I Unmanned Aircraft

Area-I has released flight test footage of the PTERA (Prototype Technology Evaluation Research Aircraft), which integrates the XSens MTi-G-700 GPS/INS Inertial Navigation...

Dec 05, 2012
CyPhy Works Unveils Two New Long Endurance UAVs
CyPhy Works Unveils Two New Long Endurance UAVs

CyPhy Works, an innovative new robotics company, today unveiled two revolutionary small Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs): EASE and PARC. The...

Dec 05, 2012
Unmanned Aircraft Likely to take over Nimrod Spy Duties
Unmanned Aircraft Likely to take over Nimrod Spy Duties

The military is likely to use unmanned drones to undertake reconnaissance patrols around the coast of the UK and for...

Dec 05, 2012
Carbon by Design increases UAV Manufacturing Equipment
Carbon by Design increases UAV Manufacturing Equipment

Carbon by Design has acquired its fifth Haas CNC in less than three years to complete the planned capacity build-out...

Dec 05, 2012
Cosworth Completes UAV Hybrid Propulsion Study for UK MoD
Cosworth Completes UAV Hybrid Propulsion Study for UK MoD

Cosworth has used its advanced propulsion system modelling and simulation techniques to evaluate the benefits of hybrid system technologies and...

Dec 05, 2012
FreeWave Announces NIST Certification Of Encryption Technology For Its Spartan Series Wireless Radios
FreeWave Announces NIST Certification Of Encryption Technology For Its Spartan Series Wireless Radios

FreeWave Technologies, manufacturer of high-performance spread spectrum and licensed radios for critical data transmission, has announced that the encryption technology...

Dec 04, 2012
DARPA MACE Contract Leads to Thermal Technology Breakthrough for Thermacore, Inc
DARPA MACE Contract Leads to Thermal Technology Breakthrough for Thermacore, Inc

Thermacore, Inc., a leading provider of advanced thermal solutions, is offering a new generation of compact, custom-built, high-performance air-cooled heat...

Dec 04, 2012
UND Offers Unmanned Aircraft Training to Foreign Students
UND Offers Unmanned Aircraft Training to Foreign Students

The University of North Dakota in Grand Forks is setting up a program to train foreign students to fly unmanned...

Dec 04, 2012
Textron Systems and Bell Helicopter Launch Huntsville-Based Integration and Collaboration Laboratories
Textron Systems and Bell Helicopter Launch Huntsville-Based Integration and Collaboration Laboratories

Textron Systems and Bell Helicopter, Textron Inc. companies, announced today the opening of the Textron Systems Integration and Collaboration Lab...

Dec 04, 2012
AeroSimulators Chooses VT MÄK’s Visualization and Simulation Products to Enhance Gimbal Imaging System
AeroSimulators Chooses VT MÄK’s Visualization and Simulation Products to Enhance Gimbal Imaging System

VT MÄK (MÄK), a company of VT Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), today announced that AeroSimulators has chosen VT MÄK’s VR-Vantage...

Dec 04, 2012
VT MÄK Announces Launch of VR-Vantage 1.5
VT MÄK Announces Launch of VR-Vantage 1.5

VT MÄK (MÄK), a company of VT Systems, Inc. (VT Systems), today announced the launch of its VR-Vantage 1.5, featuring...

Dec 04, 2012
DJI Launches Ready-to-Fly VTOL Unmanned Aircraft
DJI Launches Ready-to-Fly VTOL Unmanned Aircraft

The Phantom is DJI’s first small size Ready-to-Fly VTOL, integrated multi-rotor aircraft for aerial filming. It not only has an...

Dec 04, 2012
Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Achieves 24-hour ISR Support
Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Achieves 24-hour ISR Support

The Navy’s fourth Fire Scout detachment returned to Mayport, Fla. on Dec. 1 after achieving several milestones during its five-month...

Dec 04, 2012
AeroVironment Teams Up With CybAero to Develop VTOL UAS
AeroVironment Teams Up With CybAero to Develop VTOL UAS

AeroVironment, Inc. has announced it has entered into a strategic relationship with Sweden-based CybAero AB to develop and distribute a...

Dec 03, 2012
microdrones UAS Receives Czech CAA Approval
microdrones UAS Receives Czech CAA Approval

Techniserv, the local partner for microdrones GmbH in the Czech Republic, has been awarded authorisation from the CAA to fly...

Dec 03, 2012
NEUROn UAV Completes Maiden Flight
NEUROn UAV Completes Maiden Flight

Dassault Aviation has successfully conducted the maiden flight of the nEUROn unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV). The flight was carried...

Dec 03, 2012
NASA/GA-ASI Agreement Expands Unmanned Aircraft Capabilities
NASA/GA-ASI Agreement Expands Unmanned Aircraft Capabilities

NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) have partnered in a collaborative agreement to allow...

Nov 30, 2012
Northrop Grumman and U.S. Navy Complete First Catapult Launch of X-47B Unmanned Aircraft
Northrop Grumman and U.S. Navy Complete First Catapult Launch of X-47B Unmanned Aircraft

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy have conducted the Navy’s first catapult launch of an unmanned system using the...

Nov 30, 2012
Simlat and Adacel Collaborate on UAS Simulation Technology
Simlat and Adacel Collaborate on UAS Simulation Technology

Simlat Ltd., renowned for its cutting-edge UAS training solutions, and Adacel, an industry leader in Air Traffic Control (ATC) simulation...

Nov 29, 2012
AUVSI Urge FAA to Proceed with UAS Integration
AUVSI Urge FAA to Proceed with UAS Integration

AUVSI Chairman of the Board Peter Bale and President & CEO Michael Toscano have requested that the Federal Aviation Administration...

Nov 29, 2012
Adaptive Flight Launches New Long Range Hornet Maxi UAV
Adaptive Flight Launches New Long Range Hornet Maxi UAV

Adaptive Flight, Inc has introduced its new Hornet Maxi VTOL UAV. With its gasoline engine, this vehicle was specifically designed...

Nov 28, 2012
Marotta Controls Receives Export Achievement Award from US Department of Commerce
Marotta Controls Receives Export Achievement Award from US Department of Commerce

Marotta Controls announces that the US Department of Commerce has honored Marotta Controls with the Export Achievement Certificate. This award...

Nov 28, 2012
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