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.

TeXtreme Fabrics Best in Reinforcement Test
TeXtreme Fabrics Best in Reinforcement Test

TeXtreme® Spread Tow Reinforcements have been tested by an independent research institute and proved to provide better or equal mechanical...

Nov 06, 2012
NASA’s X-48 Unmanned Research Aircraft Completes 100th Test Flight
NASA’s X-48 Unmanned Research Aircraft Completes 100th Test Flight

The Boeing X-48 Blended Wing Body subscale research aircraft made its 100th flight in late October at NASA’s Dryden Flight...

Nov 06, 2012
Soliders Evaluate Upgrades to UAV Shadow
Soliders Evaluate Upgrades to UAV Shadow

The soldiers of Company A, Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, are flying Unmanned Aerial Vehicles...

Nov 05, 2012
U.S. Navy Plans for Sea-Based Long Range Unmanned Drones
U.S. Navy Plans for Sea-Based Long Range Unmanned Drones

The U.S. Navy plans to release a draft solicitation for a new kind of sea-based aircraft in December. Called the...

Nov 05, 2012
Iran Claims to have ‘far more advanced’ Drones in its Arsenal
Iran Claims to have ‘far more advanced’ Drones in its Arsenal

Iran possesses drones that are far more advanced than the unmanned aircraft Iranian-backed Hezbollah launched into Israeli airspace this month,...

Nov 05, 2012
General Dynamics and U.S. Army ARDEC Test GPS-Guided Munition on Tactical UAV
General Dynamics and U.S. Army ARDEC Test GPS-Guided Munition on Tactical UAV

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems and the U.S. Army Armament Research and Development Engineering Center (ARDEC) have successfully demonstrated...

Nov 02, 2012
Liquid Robotics’ Wave Glider USV Transmits Real Time Weather Data During Sandy
Liquid Robotics’ Wave Glider USV Transmits Real Time Weather Data During Sandy

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

Nov 01, 2012
Northrop Grumman Wins $36.5m Contract to Training Unmanned Aircraft Operators
Northrop Grumman Wins $36.5m Contract to Training Unmanned Aircraft Operators

The Department of Defense has awarded more than $36.5 million to Northrop Grumman training soldiers in the operation of unmanned...

Nov 01, 2012
FreeWave Technologies’ MM2 Wireless Data Radio Wins Product of the Year Award
FreeWave Technologies’ MM2 Wireless Data Radio Wins Product of the Year Award

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

Nov 01, 2012
Raytheon Demonstrates Soldier Radio Waveform on New Radio Terminals Fitted in UAVs
Raytheon Demonstrates Soldier Radio Waveform on New Radio Terminals Fitted in UAVs

In a key milestone, Raytheon Company has demonstrated the Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) on its new class of airborne and...

Nov 01, 2012
U.S. Navy Successfully Launches Spike Missiles from Unmanned Surface Vehicle
U.S. Navy Successfully Launches Spike Missiles from Unmanned Surface Vehicle

The Chief of Naval Operation’s Expeditionary Warfare Division and the Naval Sea Systems Command’s Naval Special Warfare Program Office successfully...

Oct 31, 2012
Themis Launches NanoSWITCH Small Form Factor Network Device for Unmanned Vehicles
Themis Launches NanoSWITCH Small Form Factor Network Device for Unmanned Vehicles

Themis Computer, has announced the NanoSWITCH™ small form factor network device. The NanoSWITCH device is targeted at a variety of...

Oct 30, 2012
Insitu Pacific Successfully Integrates ScanEagle UAS with McQ Unattended Ground Sensor
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 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’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 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 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 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’ 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 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
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
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. 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 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
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 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
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