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 Develops STARTLE Threat Monitoring System for Autonomous Vehicles

Roke Manor Research Ltd (Roke), a Chemring Group company, has developed the world’s first threat monitoring system for autonomous vehicles...

Jul 17, 2012
U.S. Navy Deploys Unmanned Submarines to Clear Mines

The U.S. Navy has deployed a fleet of unmanned submarines to the Persian Gulf to help find and destroy sea...

Jul 17, 2012
Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Unveils New Unmanned Surface Vehicle

Developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, the Protector unmanned surface vehicle (USV) was designed to support maritime security, mostly for...

Jul 17, 2012
Horn Point Laboratory Purchases Hydroid REMUS 600 AUV System

Hydroid, Inc., a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime and the leading manufacturer of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs), announces that the Horn...

Jul 16, 2012
Northrop Grumman Sponsors AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems Student Competitions

Northrop Grumman Corporation has taken on the prime sponsorship of the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) student competitions...

Jul 16, 2012
Rheinmetall Airborne Systems will Continue to Provide Unmanned Reconnaissance to German Armed Forces

Rheinmetall Airborne Systems GmbH, a joint venture by Cassidian and Rheinmetall, will continue to support the German Armed Forces in...

Jul 16, 2012
FOTC Developing Infinite Range Electric Aircraft

American electric vehicle pioneer Chip Yates and his team of record-breaking engineers who created and raced the World’s Fastest Electric...

Jul 15, 2012
EADS Innovation Works Produces Portable UAV Using 3D Printing

At Farnborough Airshow, EADS Innovation Works presented the prototype of a portable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) produced by Additive Layer...

Jul 15, 2012
Insitu Pacific to provide ScanEagle services to Royal Australian Navy

Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., has announced that it has extended and expanded its existing Australian Defence Force...

Jul 15, 2012
BOCA Bearing Expands One-Way & Needle Bearing Series

The Boca Bearing Company has released new and expanded sizes for one way bearings, needle bearings and needle roller and...

Jul 15, 2012
Bluefin Completes Design Review for Knifefish SMCM UUV

Bluefin Robotics, a leading provider of Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) solutions for US Navy Programs of Record has announced that...

Jul 13, 2012
International Submarine Engineering To Supply HYSUB ROV to Japan

International Submarine Engineering Ltd is pleased to announce a contract to build another HYSUB Remotely Operated System (ROV) for SNK Ocean...

Jul 13, 2012
Adaptive Flight And University Of Texas Carry Out GPS Spoofing Tests

Adaptive Flight, Inc. is working with the University of Texas Radionavigation Laboratory under an ongoing project to test whether it...

Jul 13, 2012
Argon to Provide Eurocopter with Rugged Computing Tablets

Argon Corporation is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a program to provide Eurocopter Donauwört, Germany with 8.4”...

Jul 13, 2012
Boeing and Insitu Pacific Support UAV Outback Challenge

Boeing is encouraging the next generation of engineers and scientists to think innovatively about aerospace during this year’s unmanned airborne...

Jul 12, 2012
QinetiQ to Establish New Unmanned Air Systems Evaluation Centre

QinetiQ is working with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to establish a new Unmanned Air Systems Capability Development Centre...

Jul 12, 2012
RGB Spectrum Introduces New Line of DSx H.264 Codecs for Streaming and Recording Graphics rand HD Video

RGB Spectrum, a leader in videographic processing technology and decision support systems for control rooms, conference rooms, operating rooms and...

Jul 12, 2012
U.S. Navy Test Unmanned Combat Air System on Carrier

A team from the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System program office tested communication software for the Unmanned Combat Air System...

Jul 12, 2012
Insitu Pacific Announces Contract for ScanEagle UAS with MHI of Japan

  Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., announced today that it has signed a contract to deliver ScanEagle unmanned...

Jul 11, 2012
New Laser Power System Extends Stalker UAS Flight Time

Lockheed Martin and LaserMotive, Inc., recently demonstrated the capabilities of an innovative laser power system to extend the Stalker Unmanned...

Jul 11, 2012
Rockwell Collins Names Ideal Aerosmith as 2012 Business Services Supplier of The Year

Rockwell Collins recently named Ideal Aerosmith as its 2012 Business Services Supplier of the Year. Ideal Aerosmith designs and manufactures...

Jul 11, 2012
SELEX Galileo’s New Falco Evo UAS Undergoing Runway Rollout

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, has announced a further export customer for its Falco Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS). This...

Jul 11, 2012
L2 Aerospace and Cella Energy Collaborate to Extend UAV Flight Times

L2 Aerospace, an innovative company providing integrated ground, air and space-based products and services, has announced a new partnership with...

Jul 11, 2012
Hood Tech Develop New Small-UAV Airborne Video Imager With Face Recognition

Hood Tech’s early 800-gm stabilized video turrets created demand for an entirely new class of small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)....

Jul 11, 2012
Video: New Aerobot ‘Ring’ Multi-rotor UAV Final Testing

Aerobot, producers of the much acclaimed Cinestar multi-rotor range of UAVs, has released a video showing the final testing of...

Jul 10, 2012
Boeing and Elbit Systems to Collaborate on Marketing and Sales of Hermes UAS’

The Boeing Company and Elbit Systems have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the marketing and sales of...

Jul 10, 2012
Advancing Unmanned Systems Through Strategic Collaboration UST works with major OEMs to foster collaboration and increase engagement with SMEs, to accelerate innovation and drive unmanned systems capabilities forward.