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.

Army’s Grey Eagle UAS More Capable than Anticipated

The Army’s MQ-1C Grey Eagle program is under its estimated budget, and is also meeting expected availability rates in theater....

Jun 28, 2012
OSD Requests Informational Briefs on SAA for UAS’

The Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) has issued a Request for Information on safety methods and algorithm measures...

Jun 28, 2012
ReconRobotics Wins $13.9m Contract for up to 1,000 Mobile Robots

ReconRobotics, Inc., the world leader in tactical micro-robot systems, announced today that it has been awarded a $13.9 million contract...

Jun 28, 2012
ADI Introduce 10-DOF MEMS IMU for Exceptionally Precise Orientation Sensing for Unmanned Vehicles

Analog Devices, Inc. (ADI) has introduced a 10-degree-of-freedom (DoF) MEMS inertial measurement unit (IMU) with an embedded sensor fusion algorithm...

Jun 28, 2012
ISR Group Join Vanguard Defense for Flight Demonstration of ShadowHawk UAV

ISR Group, Inc. joined Vanguard Defense Industries in Laredo, Tex. to conduct a flight demonstration of the ShadowHawk unmanned aerial...

Jun 28, 2012
US Army Cancels Boeing Hummingbird Programme

This month, the US Army planned to deploy to Afghanistan unmanned helicopter programmed to use high-tech cameras to monitor vast...

Jun 27, 2012
MIRA Debuts MACE ‘Guardsman’ UGV

MIRA recently unveiled the latest application for its proprietary UGV control system at the week-long Eurosatory land security and defence...

Jun 27, 2012
Headwall Micro-Hyperspec Sensor Provides Precision Hyperspectral Imaging for NAVAIR UAV Program

As a result of tactical hyperspectral sensor trials with small military UAVs, Headwall Photonics has received a follow-on contract for...

Jun 27, 2012
UAV Market Poised for Significant Growth Through 2020, Beyond Existing Military Applications

New mission capabilities of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) and new deployment applications have continued to push the market upward. Accurate...

Jun 27, 2012
Rolls-Royce Wins $3m Contract to Develop Canadian Unmanned Naval Vehicles

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, will lead a project to develop new technologies to support unmanned naval vehicle missions,...

Jun 27, 2012
Navy Developing Flexrotor UAV for Small Ships

The Office of Naval Research is working on a long-range unmanned surveillance aircraft that can take off and land like...

Jun 26, 2012
Military to Brief Clatsop Commissioners on Raven Flights

Representatives from the Oregon National Guard are scheduled to present information about proposed unmanned aircraft aerial system during the Clatsop...

Jun 26, 2012
Video: Skies Begin to Open Up to Pilotless Planes

Source: Channel 4 News Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become notorious for their use by the US military in Afghanistan...

Jun 26, 2012
Subsea Vision Targets FPSO Market with Saab Seaeye Cougar XT ROV

Subsea Vision has taken delivery of a Saab Seaeye Cougar XT Compact, the low profile powerful ROV specially designed for...

Jun 25, 2012
First Full Company of Gray Eagle UAS Now Deployed

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

Jun 25, 2012
Lockheed Martin Provides Italian Ministry of Defence With Intelligence, Surveillance And Reconnaissance Aircraft

Italian MoD to Use Lockheed Martin Airborne Multi-INT Lab in Operations An innovative Airborne Multi-Intelligence Laboratory (AML) developed by Lockheed...

Jun 25, 2012
Echoscope® 3-D Imaging Sonar to be Used on New AUVs

The advanced patented Echoscope® 3-D imaging sonar, produced by Coda Octopus Group Inc., has been selected by Lockheed Martin for...

Jun 25, 2012
Prioria Robotics Secures $5.5m Funding to Drive Growth of UAS Platforms

Prioria Robotics, a leader in the development of small unmanned aerial systems, announced today that it has completed the final...

Jun 25, 2012
UAS Operators and Helicopter Pilots Join Forces

Serving as an Army Unmanned Aircraft Systems operator once meant providing video feed and hoping someone was looking at the...

Jun 25, 2012
China Develops UAVs Capable of Disrupting U.S. Aircraft Carriers

China has reportedly developed unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) capable of interfering with the navigation of U.S. aircraft carriers in the...

Jun 25, 2012
NASA Successfully Test Auto-GCAS on Small UAVs

Project officials at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center are hailing the success of recent flight tests of a miniature automatic...

Jun 25, 2012
Air Space in South Wales Designated to UAVs

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become notorious for their use by the US military in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where airstrikes...

Jun 25, 2012
Virtual Manned and Unmanned Aviation System Training for Combat Aviation Brigades

When it’s time to go to war, the first step into theater for deploying combat aviation brigades is not on...

Jun 24, 2012
Hermes 900 and Heron 1 to contest Swiss UAS deal

The Swiss defence ministry is expected to select a medium-altitude, long-endurance unmanned air system before the end of this year,...

Jun 24, 2012
Northrop Grumman to Maintain Deployment of USAF UAVs

The US Air Force (USAF) has contracted Northrop Grumman to maintain deployment of three E-11 Global Express aircraft and three...

Jun 22, 2012
Russia and Israel Strengthen UAV Development Partnership

As well-known, an agreement between Israel and Russia includes the delivery of some batches of BirdEye 400 and Searcher II...

Jun 22, 2012
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