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.

AAI Shadow(R) UAS Successfully Demonstrates Sense and Avoidance System

AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, announced today that it...

Mar 11, 2011
KONGSBERG eBird seismic streamer control system nominated for prestigous design award

Unique ‘diving bird’ technology highlighted for design innovation. Kongsberg Seatex’s unique ‘eBird’ Seismic Streamer Control System has been nominated for...

Mar 11, 2011
2nd Boeing-built Orbital Test Vehicle X-37B begins flight

Boeing has announced the successful launch of the second Boeing-built X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) for the U.S. Air Force...

Mar 10, 2011
Landmark Flight Brings Program One Step Closer to Demonstrating Autonomous Aerial Refueling Between Two Unmanned Aircraft

On Jan. 21, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and NASA Dryden Flight Research Center took a...

Mar 10, 2011
UAV Production Started in Azerbaijan

Azad System Co, a production branch of Defense Industry Ministry in Azerbaijan recently opened by President Ilham Aliyev, has started...

Mar 09, 2011
FLIR Systems’ Star SAFIRE 380-HD selected for GA-ASI Predator XP

FLIR Systems, Inc. announced today that the Star SAFIRE 380-HD electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) sensor has been selected by General Atomics Aeronautical...

Feb 22, 2011
Moog System Maneuvers Aircraft Primary Flight Surfaces During First Flight of X-47B Navy Unmanned Combat Air System

Moog Inc. has announced that the Company supplied the flight control system that maneuvered flight surfaces on Northrop Grumman’s X-47B...

Feb 09, 2011
New PinPoint Gyros Released

A new class of small precision MEMS navigation and pointing gyros from Silicon Sensing – PinPoint® – is now available...

Aug 11, 2010
LynuxWorks Addresses Safety Requirements for NextGen UAVs at AUVSI 2010

LynuxWorks™, Inc., a world leader in the embedded software market, announced today that it will demonstrate its LynxOS®-178 and LynxSecure...

Aug 03, 2010
LEMO Introduces Lightweight Compact Aluminum Connector Series at AFCEA WEST 2010

LEMO, a global leader in the design and manufacture of precision custom connection solutions will be displaying its NEW precision...

Feb 02, 2010
LEMO Announces New Lightweight Compact Aluminum Connector Series Designed for High-Reliability Military and Harsh Environment Applications

LEMO, a global leader in the design and manufacture of precision custom connection solutions has announced a NEW precision engineered...

Sep 15, 2009
Unmanned Ocean Vehicles Inc Issued US Navy Contract

Unmanned Ocean Vehicles, Inc. is pleased to announce it has been awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program Phase...

May 11, 2008
RE2, INC. Receives Funding from Kuchera Defense Systems to Commercialize the RE2 Sensor Stabilization Platform for Unmanned Systems

RE2, Inc., a Carnegie Mellon spin-off specializing in mobile defense robotics, announced that it has received funding from Kuchera Defense...

Oct 11, 2006
RE2, INC. Announces General Availability of the RE2 JAUS Software Development Kit Version 1.0

RE2, Inc., a Carnegie Mellon spin-off specializing in agile defense robotics, today announced the general availability of the RE2 JAUS...

Jul 19, 2006
Visionary Leader in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Joins SENTEL Corp

SENTEL Corp., a premier engineering and software company, has hired retired Air Force Reserve Col. Janice Manijak Morrow – the...

Aug 18, 2005
Atair Aerospace Exhibits at AUVSIs Unmanned Systems 2004 Symposium

On August 3-5 at the Annaheim Convention Center, Atair Aerospace will exhibit its state-of-the-art precision airdrop delivery system, the ONYX,...

Jul 22, 2004
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