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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 Completes Maiden Flight of PicoSAR on the Integrator UAS
Insitu Pacific Completes Maiden Flight of PicoSAR on the Integrator UAS

Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., has announced that it successfully conducted the maiden flight of the PicoSAR...

Oct 10, 2012
Boeing and KAL-ASD Agree to Broaden Relationship to Include UAVs
Boeing and KAL-ASD Agree to Broaden Relationship to Include UAVs

Boeing and Korean Air Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD) will broaden their cooperative relationship to include rotorcraft, fixed-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles,...

Oct 10, 2012
DHS to Begin Testing of Drones over US for ‘Public Safety’
DHS to Begin Testing of Drones over US for ‘Public Safety’

The US Department of Homeland Security is asking the makers of small unmanned aerial vehicles to submit their crafts for...

Oct 10, 2012
Orbit International Receives Orders for COTS Power Supplies Used in UAVs and Naval Systems
Orbit International Receives Orders for COTS Power Supplies Used in UAVs and Naval Systems

Orbit International Corp. has announced that its Power Group, through its Behlman Electronics subsidiary (“Behlman”), received two new orders for...

Oct 09, 2012
Lockheed Martin Take Lead To Develop New Autonomous Technology For Unmanned Aircraft
Lockheed Martin Take Lead To Develop New Autonomous Technology For Unmanned Aircraft

The Office of Naval Research has awarded a $13.5 million contract to an industry team led by Lockheed Martin to...

Oct 09, 2012
Trimble Launches New Software for UAS Aerial Photogrammetry Data Processing
Trimble Launches New Software for UAS Aerial Photogrammetry Data Processing

Trimble has introduced a new version of its Inpho® software products for aerial photogrammetry and laser scanning data production. Inpho...

Oct 09, 2012
Naval Research Laboratory Awards Scion UAS $3M Contract for Unmanned Helicopter Systems
Naval Research Laboratory Awards Scion UAS $3M Contract for Unmanned Helicopter Systems

Scion UAS, LLC has won a government contract worth up to $3 million to supply unmanned helicopters for unspecified uses....

Oct 09, 2012
Indian Air Force to Induct Harop Combat UAV in 2013
Indian Air Force to Induct Harop Combat UAV in 2013

The Indian Air Force plans to induct its first self-destructing combat drones by next year, to enhance its firepower. The...

Oct 08, 2012
IAF Shoot Down UAV in Israeli Airspace
IAF Shoot Down UAV in Israeli Airspace

The incursion by an unmanned aircraft into Israeli airspace at the weekend exposed the weakness of Israeli air defenses, an...

Oct 08, 2012
DARPA Demonstrates Autonomous High Altitude Refueling of Unmanned Aircraft
DARPA Demonstrates Autonomous High Altitude Refueling of Unmanned Aircraft

DARPA completes close-proximity flight tests of two modified RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles, demonstrates technology enabling autonomous aerial refueling...

Oct 08, 2012
Analytic Systems Supports USMC in IED Defeat Program
Analytic Systems Supports USMC in IED Defeat Program

The US Marine Corps through Tobyhanna Army Depot has chosen Analytic Systems to provide over 600 rugged commercial Voltage Converters...

Oct 05, 2012
Army Reserve Military Police Training As Small UAV Operators
Army Reserve Military Police Training As Small UAV Operators

Soldier’s safety in combat zones is a top priority for the Army, and state-of-the-art technology is often used to minimize...

Oct 05, 2012
US Department of Homeland Security Calls for Small UAS Fly-Off Evaluation
US Department of Homeland Security Calls for Small UAS Fly-Off Evaluation

Officials of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Washington are asking industry to participate in a fly-off evaluation...

Oct 05, 2012
Boeing To Develop Truck-Mounted Solid-State Laser to Counter Unmanned Aerial Threats
Boeing To Develop Truck-Mounted Solid-State Laser to Counter Unmanned Aerial Threats

Under a follow-on contractual effort from the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), Boeing will continue developing a...

Oct 05, 2012
Xsens to Showcase IMU, AHRS and GPS/INS Portfolio at INTERGEO
Xsens to Showcase IMU, AHRS and GPS/INS Portfolio at INTERGEO

Xsens will be showcasing its new product portfolio with IMUs, AHRSs and GPS/INSs at INTERGEO 2012 in Hanover, Germany. The...

Oct 05, 2012
Video: Smart Robotic Drones Advance Science
Video: Smart Robotic Drones Advance Science

Chengyu Cao sees a day in the not-so-distant future when intelligent robots will be working alongside humans on a wide...

Oct 05, 2012
Navmar Applied Sciences Wins $41m Contract for Persistent Surveillance Unmanned Aerial Systems
Navmar Applied Sciences Wins $41m Contract for Persistent Surveillance Unmanned Aerial Systems

Navmar Applied Sciences is being awarded a $41,463,854 contract for a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Project, the...

Oct 04, 2012
General Atomics Awarded $102.6m Contract Extension for Grey Eagle UAS
General Atomics Awarded $102.6m Contract Extension for Grey Eagle UAS

Poway-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has been awarded a $102.6 million contract extension to provide support services for unmanned aircraft...

Oct 04, 2012
ONR Awards Contracts to Develop Unmanned Rotorcraft Operated by Smartphones
ONR Awards Contracts to Develop Unmanned Rotorcraft Operated by Smartphones

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin and Aurora Flight Sciences Sept. 28 to develop robotic...

Oct 04, 2012
French Civil Aviation Authority Allows DelairTech to Fly UAV Over 100km in French Airspace
French Civil Aviation Authority Allows DelairTech to Fly UAV Over 100km in French Airspace

During the UAV Show Europe, held on 26th and 27th September 2012 in Bordeaux, the DGAC awarded DelairTech, the first...

Oct 03, 2012
Unmanned Helicopter To Measure Radiation at Fukushima
Unmanned Helicopter To Measure Radiation at Fukushima

Japan has pressed into service an unmanned helicopter to measure radiation levels within a three-kilometer radius of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima...

Oct 03, 2012
Hydroid To Supply Six REMUS AUVs to German Navy
Hydroid To Supply Six REMUS AUVs to German Navy

After extensive trials by the German Bundeswehr Technical Center for Ships and Naval Weapons (WTD 71) in Eckernfoerde, the Federal...

Oct 03, 2012
NASA Completes Unmanned Sense & Avoid Flight Tests
NASA Completes Unmanned Sense & Avoid Flight Tests

A joint team of government, a not-for-profit research and development organization and academia has completed two weeks of flight testing...

Oct 03, 2012
Polish MoD Cancels Unmanned Aircraft Contract with Israeli Supplier
Polish MoD Cancels Unmanned Aircraft Contract with Israeli Supplier

The Polish Ministry of National Defence has cancelled a contract concluded in 2010 with the Israeli company Aeronautics Defense Systems...

Oct 03, 2012
MAVinci to Showcase New UAS Flight Planning Software at INTERGEO
MAVinci to Showcase New UAS Flight Planning Software at INTERGEO

Small Unmanned Aerial System manufacturer MAVinci will showcase ‘MAVinci Desktop’, a professional software package for flight planning and UAV control...

Oct 03, 2012
Massachusetts SWAT Team To Evaluate Use of Aurora’s Skate® SUAS
Massachusetts SWAT Team To Evaluate Use of Aurora’s Skate® SUAS

Aurora Flight Sciences recently signed an agreement with the Boston area Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council (MetroLEC) to establish a program...

Oct 02, 2012
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