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.

Russia developing Predator-class UAVs
Russia developing Predator-class UAVs

Russia’s military hardware manufacturers have already started developing their own unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs. Although this is a secret...

Jun 20, 2012
Benefits of Precision-formed Contacts Revealed by Ulti-Mate Connector, Inc
Benefits of Precision-formed Contacts Revealed by Ulti-Mate Connector, Inc

The benefits of using precision-formed contacts are numerous and the Ulti-Mate manufacturing process provides a real advantage over Twist Pin...

Jun 19, 2012
U.S. Navy-backed Researchers Develop Hydrogen-Powered Unmanned Robot Jellyfish
U.S. Navy-backed Researchers Develop Hydrogen-Powered Unmanned Robot Jellyfish

Researchers at Virginia Tech, the Univ. of Texas at Dallas and several other schools are working together to develop robotic...

Jun 19, 2012
New MOD Development Programme for Unmanned Maritime Systems Technology
New MOD Development Programme for Unmanned Maritime Systems Technology

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) is developing a programme to meet the challenges of using unmanned systems at sea. This...

Jun 19, 2012
U.S Army: Unmanned Aircraft System Operators Save Lives in Combat
U.S Army: Unmanned Aircraft System Operators Save Lives in Combat

By Kris Osborn (ASA) ALT on ARMY.MIL Sgt. Christopher Harris was conducting a routine reconnaissance mission in Kunar Province, Afghanistan,...

Jun 19, 2012
Olaeris Unveils VTOL UAS for Fire, Police and Rescue Agencies
Olaeris Unveils VTOL UAS for Fire, Police and Rescue Agencies

Unmanned aerial vehicle uses robotic intelligence to navigate obstacles autonomously. Olaeris, Inc. today unveiled a new VTOL Unmanned Aerial System...

Jun 19, 2012
Analytic Systems Provides MilCOTS Puresine Inverters for Textron Canada TAPV Program
Analytic Systems Provides MilCOTS Puresine Inverters for Textron Canada TAPV Program

Analytic Systems has received their first contract for their high performance customized DC/AC Inverters (model IPS1500MS-20-110TC) that will power equipment...

Jun 19, 2012
RV Tiburon Launches Spectre ROV Capable of Working Depths of up to 600m
RV Tiburon Launches Spectre ROV Capable of Working Depths of up to 600m

RV Tiburon Inc. has launched a custom built Spectre ROV capable of working depths of up to 600Meter/2000Feet. The ROV is...

Jun 18, 2012
Pentagon Developing Controller for Simultaneous Control of Multiple Drones
Pentagon Developing Controller for Simultaneous Control of Multiple Drones

The US military has dozens of different types of drones in its arsenal. Each one has its own unique controller....

Jun 18, 2012
ESA Tests Autonomous Rover in Atacama Desert
ESA Tests Autonomous Rover in Atacama Desert

The European Space Agency (ESA) challenged a top engineering team to devise a way for rovers to navigate on other planets....

Jun 18, 2012
AMREL Rocky DB6 Superlight Handheld PC Used for Payload Control
AMREL Rocky DB6 Superlight Handheld PC Used for Payload Control

American Reliance, Inc. (AMREL) announced that their superlight, atom-based handheld, the ROCKY DB6, will be used as a payload controller...

Jun 18, 2012
Unmanned Passenger Jet Flight Trials Begin in UK
Unmanned Passenger Jet Flight Trials Begin in UK

BAE Systems has begun testing technology to enable conventional aircraft to fly safely without pilots, including weather-avoidance and emergency landing...

Jun 18, 2012
INTRA Selects Infotron IT180 VTOL UAV for Nuclear Crisis Situations
INTRA Selects Infotron IT180 VTOL UAV for Nuclear Crisis Situations

The IT180 vertical take-off and landing mini-drone made by INFOTRON has been chosen by Groupe INTRA (French economic interest group:...

Jun 18, 2012
QinetiQ’s Ultra Light Reconnaissance Robot Selected by RSJPO
QinetiQ’s Ultra Light Reconnaissance Robot Selected by RSJPO

QinetiQ North America (QNA) today announced that its lightweight, throwable Dragon Runner 10 (DR10) robot has been selected by the...

Jun 18, 2012
Boeing X-37B Unmanned Orbital Test Vehicle Lands After 469-day Mission
Boeing X-37B Unmanned Orbital Test Vehicle Lands After 469-day Mission

Boeing today announced the successful de-orbit and landing of the second X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV) for the U.S. Air...

Jun 16, 2012
U.S Air Force Seeks Collaborative Technology to Improve Accuracy of Target Tracking
U.S Air Force Seeks Collaborative Technology to Improve Accuracy of Target Tracking

The Air Force is looking for engineers who can develop technology to help different unmanned aircraft collaboratively track targets, according...

Jun 15, 2012
SPI Corp Releases Lightweight EO/IR Thermal PTZ Sensor Packages For UAV Surveillance Market
SPI Corp Releases Lightweight EO/IR Thermal PTZ Sensor Packages For UAV Surveillance Market

The SPI Corp M1-D Thermal PTZ is specially suited to UAV applications based on the FAA’s recent rulings regarding public...

Jun 15, 2012
RGB Spectrum Introduces Annotator Option for QuadView HDx MultiViewer
RGB Spectrum Introduces Annotator Option for QuadView HDx MultiViewer

RGB Spectrum’s new Annotator option combines the powerful image processing of the QuadView HDx multiviewer with the ability to highlight,...

Jun 15, 2012
RT Logic Launch Wideband Channel Simulator to Replicate UAV RF Conditions
RT Logic Launch Wideband Channel Simulator to Replicate UAV RF Conditions

RT Logic, a subsidary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, has launched its newest,...

Jun 15, 2012
Northrop Grumman Unveils U.S. Navy’s First MQ-4C BAMS Unmanned Aircraft
Northrop Grumman Unveils U.S. Navy’s First MQ-4C BAMS Unmanned Aircraft

Triton Unmanned Aircraft to Bring Persistent Surveillance to the Maritime Patrol Force. Northrop Grumman Corporation unveiled the first U.S. Navy...

Jun 14, 2012
Northrop Grumman Complete X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Flight Testing
Northrop Grumman Complete X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Flight Testing

The first major phase of flight testing the X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator aircraft came to a successful...

Jun 14, 2012
Mercury Computer Systems Launch High Performance GPGPU-Based OpenVPX Module
Mercury Computer Systems Launch High Performance GPGPU-Based OpenVPX Module

Over 40 TFLOPS of super-computing performance delivers 5X more processing power in a single rugged, deployable ISR subsystem Mercury Computer...

Jun 14, 2012
Sagem Sperwer Mk II Tactical UAV to be used by French Army
Sagem Sperwer Mk II Tactical UAV to be used by French Army

French defense procurement agency DGA has awarded Sagem (Safran group) a contract for five Sperwer Mk II drones, which will...

Jun 13, 2012
Thales’s TMA 6000 Wideband Airborne Datalink Terminal Obtains US Certification
Thales’s TMA 6000 Wideband Airborne Datalink Terminal Obtains US Certification

Thales announces the STANAG 7085 certification of its TMA 6000 wideband airborne datalink terminal by the Joint Interoperability Test Command...

Jun 13, 2012
Sofradir Boosts Performance of High Operating Temperature MWIR Infrared Detector
Sofradir Boosts Performance of High Operating Temperature MWIR Infrared Detector

Sofradir’s L-HOT MWIR demonstrator offers thermal equipment makers power efficiency with no trade-off in detection range. Sofradir, the number one...

Jun 13, 2012
CarteNav Demonstrates ISR solutions at Eurosatory
CarteNav Demonstrates ISR solutions at Eurosatory

The CarteNav team members attending Eurosatory 2012 are enjoying plenty of interest in their ISR solutions AIMS-ISR® and AIMS-HD, whilst...

Jun 13, 2012
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