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.

Unmanned Systems Group Completes Maiden Flight of Discoverer II RPAS
Unmanned Systems Group Completes Maiden Flight of Discoverer II RPAS

Unmanned Systems Group (UMS) has announced that the maiden flight of the Discoverer II Remotely Piloted Air System took place...

Sep 07, 2012
Iron Brigade conducts Raven UAS Training
Iron Brigade conducts Raven UAS Training

Soldiers with 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, conducted Unmanned Aircraft System crew member evaluation training at a...

Sep 07, 2012
Fury 1500 UAS Achieves Full Data Rate SATCOM Video Link
Fury 1500 UAS Achieves Full Data Rate SATCOM Video Link

AME Unmanned Air Systems (AME UAS) announced today that the Fury 1500 UAS has become the first truly tactical UAS...

Sep 07, 2012
Cheetah Robot Sets New Land Speed Record for Legged Robots
Cheetah Robot Sets New Land Speed Record for Legged Robots

Boston Dynamics, developer of BigDog, Atlas, LS3, RHex, Sand Flea and other advanced robots, announced today that its Cheetah Robot...

Sep 07, 2012
U.S and Japan Consider Joint Use of AAFB-Based Drones to Monitor Chinese Military Activity
U.S and Japan Consider Joint Use of AAFB-Based Drones to Monitor Chinese Military Activity

Japan and the United States are looking to jointly use facilities at Andersen Air Force Base (AAFB) in Guam to boost...

Sep 07, 2012
Pentagon to Make UAVs Commercially Available to Outside Nations
Pentagon to Make UAVs Commercially Available to Outside Nations

The use of drones might be raising questions within the United States, but overseas the demand is mounting. The US...

Sep 07, 2012
Advanced Unmanned to Provide Near Real-Time Aerial Imagery with UAVs
Advanced Unmanned to Provide Near Real-Time Aerial Imagery with UAVs

Advanced Unmanned was launched today by CEO David Record. The aerial imagery company is making an impressive entry into the...

Sep 06, 2012
Defense Science Boards Urges Greater Autonomy for Military Unmanned Systems
Defense Science Boards Urges Greater Autonomy for Military Unmanned Systems

The Department of Defense should focus on increasing the autonomy of drones and other unmanned military systems, a new report...

Sep 06, 2012
AeroVironment Receives $16.5M Funding from U.S. Army for RQ-11B Raven sUAS with Miniature Gimbaled Payload
AeroVironment Receives $16.5M Funding from U.S. Army for RQ-11B Raven sUAS with Miniature Gimbaled Payload

AeroVironment, Inc. has announced it has received an additional $16.5M in funding from the United States Army under a contract...

Sep 06, 2012
Northrop Grumman to Highlight International Capabilities in UAS at ILA
Northrop Grumman to Highlight International Capabilities in UAS at ILA

Northrop Grumman Corporation is participating in the ILA Berlin Air Show, where it will highlight its industry-leading intelligence, surveillance, and...

Sep 06, 2012
Innocon Reveals Spider for Indian UAS Contest
Innocon Reveals Spider for Indian UAS Contest

Israeli manufacturer Innocon has unveiled its candidate for a requirement to supply a new class of unmanned aircraft system to...

Sep 05, 2012
QinetiQ North America’s Small Multi-Spectral Imager Takes First Flight
QinetiQ North America’s Small Multi-Spectral Imager Takes First Flight

QinetiQ North America (QNA) today announced the successful demonstration of its Small Multi-Spectral Imager (sMSI) during its first flight test...

Sep 05, 2012
GA-ASI Introduces System-wide Enhancements for Predator B/MQ-9
GA-ASI Introduces System-wide Enhancements for Predator B/MQ-9

  General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic...

Sep 05, 2012
Rheinmetall to Present Training Solutions & Hybrid Unmanned Aerial Vehicle at ILA
Rheinmetall to Present Training Solutions & Hybrid Unmanned Aerial Vehicle at ILA

Rheinmetall will showcase the ANTares tactical training solution for helicopter crews and Rheinmetall Airborne Systems’ first unmanned hybrid aerial vehicle...

Sep 05, 2012
Royal Canadian Mounted Police to use Unmanned Aerial System
Royal Canadian Mounted Police to use Unmanned Aerial System

The RCMP D Division will be able to have a bird’s eye view of some of the areas it needs...

Sep 05, 2012
MQ-1B Predator Crash Caused by Irreversible Engine Failure
MQ-1B Predator Crash Caused by Irreversible Engine Failure

Irreversible engine failure caused the crash of an unmanned MQ-1B Predator aircraft on April 14, according to a military accident...

Sep 05, 2012
Aerospace Technology Course Provides Hands-on Experience with UAVs
Aerospace Technology Course Provides Hands-on Experience with UAVs

A new class offered in October at Lorain County Community College will give students hands-on experience with unmanned aerial drones...

Sep 05, 2012
PZL Świdnik to Exhibit Advanced Rotorcraft Technology at MSPO 2012
PZL Świdnik to Exhibit Advanced Rotorcraft Technology at MSPO 2012

PZL-ŚWIDNIK, an AgustaWestland company, will attend MSPO 2012 (Kielce, Poland – 3/6 September) exhibiting latest technology in rotorcraft confirming its...

Sep 04, 2012
Ascent Solar To Provide Solar Power for Silent Falcon UAS
Ascent Solar To Provide Solar Power for Silent Falcon UAS

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic modules, has announced it is collaborating with Silent Falcon...

Sep 04, 2012
Australia Resurrects Plans for $3bn Maritime Surveillance Drone Fleet
Australia Resurrects Plans for $3bn Maritime Surveillance Drone Fleet

The Defence Force is quietly resurrecting plans to buy seven huge maritime surveillance spy drones at a cost of up...

Sep 04, 2012
Defence Minister Visits Northrop Grumman’s Unmanned Ground Vehicle Facility
Defence Minister Visits Northrop Grumman’s Unmanned Ground Vehicle Facility

Northrop Grumman Corporation welcomed the Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, Peter Luff MP, to the company’s production facility...

Sep 03, 2012
Wave Glider USV Encountered Hurricane Isaac in Gulf of Mexico
Wave Glider USV Encountered Hurricane Isaac in Gulf of Mexico

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

Sep 03, 2012
UK Defence Minister Visits Northrop Grumman to Mark Rollout of CUTLASS UGV
UK Defence Minister Visits Northrop Grumman to Mark Rollout of CUTLASS UGV

Northrop Grumman Corporation welcomed the Minister for Defence Equipment, Support and Technology, Peter Luff MP, to the company’s production facility...

Sep 03, 2012
Police Groups Urge Limit on Drones
Police Groups Urge Limit on Drones

Faced with a skeptical public uneasy about the potential impact of drones on personal privacy, three leading law enforcement groups...

Sep 03, 2012
On-board With the IAF’s Unmanned Squadron
On-board With the IAF’s Unmanned Squadron

After finishing the Israeli Air Force (IAF) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operators’ course, graduates are stationed at various formations. Before...

Aug 31, 2012
TALSA Offers Marines Unmanned Air System Training
TALSA Offers Marines Unmanned Air System Training

A team from the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical UAS program office (PMA-263) launched the Training and Logistics Support...

Aug 30, 2012
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