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.

International Aerospace Consortium Initiative Set Up to Develop Fly-by-Wireless Capabilities
International Aerospace Consortium Initiative Set Up to Develop Fly-by-Wireless Capabilities

Following NASA partnership, CANEUS (Canada-Europe-US-Asia) Aerospace network and key aerospace stakeholders are teaming up to develop less-wire and fly-by-wireless (FBW)...

Jul 19, 2012
Raytheon’s Unmanned Technology Transforms Commercial Cargo Ships into Aid Delivery Platforms
Raytheon’s Unmanned Technology Transforms Commercial Cargo Ships into Aid Delivery Platforms

Raytheon has completed the preliminary design phase of the Tactically Expandable Maritime Platform (TEMP) program awarded by the Defense Advanced...

Jul 18, 2012
U.S. Army Defends Decision To Purchase Additional Gray Eagle UAVs
U.S. Army Defends Decision To Purchase Additional Gray Eagle UAVs

The U.S. Army is standing by its approach of continuing to fly, buy and upgrade its Gray Eagle drones notwithstanding...

Jul 18, 2012
iRobot Receives $7.7m Order from U.S. Navy for Robot Upgrades
iRobot Receives $7.7m Order from U.S. Navy for Robot Upgrades

iRobot Corp., a leader in delivering robotic technology-based solutions, has received a $7.7 million order from the Naval Sea Systems...

Jul 18, 2012
CUV Launches Small Tactical Multi-Payload Aerostat System (STMPAS)
CUV Launches Small Tactical Multi-Payload Aerostat System (STMPAS)

Carolina Unmanned Vehicles, Inc. (CUV)  has announced the delivery of a new version of their Lightweight Aerostat System (LAS) for...

Jul 17, 2012
Maiden flight for Advanced Aviation Technology – A2Tech’s RV-VTOLx4
Maiden flight for Advanced Aviation Technology – A2Tech’s RV-VTOLx4

Just 10 months after its development start, Advanced Aviation Technology – A2Tech has performed the first official flights of its...

Jul 17, 2012
Roke Develops STARTLE Threat Monitoring System for Autonomous Vehicles
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
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
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
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 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 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
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
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 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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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 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
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
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