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.

Darpa Seeks New Sensor to Enable Missions in GPS-Denied Areas
Darpa Seeks New Sensor to Enable Missions in GPS-Denied Areas

Many U.S. Military systems, such as missiles, rely on the Global Positioning System (GPS) to provide accurate position, orientation and...

Apr 16, 2012
NASA Selects VectorNav Technologies to Develop Model for Removing Space Debris from Low Earth Orbit
NASA Selects VectorNav Technologies to Develop Model for Removing Space Debris from Low Earth Orbit

NASA has selected VectorNav Technologies, LLC for a Phase 1 STTR contract to develop a model for space debris removal...

Apr 12, 2012
QinetiQ North America’s Tactical Robotic Controller Emerged in First Combat Role
QinetiQ North America’s Tactical Robotic Controller Emerged in First Combat Role

QinetiQ North America today announced the first combat use of its Tactical Robotic Controller (TRC) in support of the US...

Apr 02, 2012
New Unmanned Systems Engineering Degree Courses
New Unmanned Systems Engineering Degree Courses

Unmanned Vehicle University is the first University in the World to offer MS and PhD degrees in Unmanned Systems Engineering....

Apr 02, 2012
PHOTONIS Introduces Low-Light Digital CMOS Sensor
PHOTONIS Introduces Low-Light Digital CMOS Sensor

PHOTONIS SAS introduces the Lynx CMOS sensor, a new low-light digital image sensor designed for high performance under both daylight...

Apr 02, 2012
TORC Robotics Announces Unmanned Vehicle Conversion Kits for Ground Robotics Market
TORC Robotics Announces Unmanned Vehicle Conversion Kits for Ground Robotics Market

TORC Robotics now offers unmanned vehicle conversion kits to rapidly configure by-wire, tele-operated, and autonomous control on customer selected mobility...

Mar 30, 2012
IAI UAV Systems Demonstrated at AUVSI
IAI UAV Systems Demonstrated at AUVSI

The annual convention of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) was held this year, for the first time,...

Mar 26, 2012
Skate SUAS Wins Border Security Product Challenge Award
Skate SUAS Wins Border Security Product Challenge Award

Aurora’s Skate small unmanned air vehicle system (SUAS) was awarded first place in the 2012 Border Security Technology/Product Challenge at...

Mar 20, 2012
Boeing Phantom Eye Conducts Medium-Speed Taxi Test
Boeing Phantom Eye Conducts Medium-Speed Taxi Test

Boeing today announced that the Phantom Eye high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle has conducted its first medium-speed...

Mar 13, 2012
Maiden Flight of the Camcopter S-100 with Schiebel’s New Heavy Fuel Engine
Maiden Flight of the Camcopter S-100 with Schiebel’s New Heavy Fuel Engine

Schiebel has announced the first flight of a heavy-fuel powered CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS (Unmanned Air System). The flexibility this engine...

Mar 12, 2012
Silicon Designs Introduce Low-Cost Triaxial MEMS Accelerometers
Silicon Designs Introduce Low-Cost Triaxial MEMS Accelerometers

Silicon Designs, Inc., a global industry leader in the design and manufacture of industrial-grade MEMS capacitive accelerometer chips and modules,...

Feb 24, 2012
VectorNav Technologies Launches VN-100 Rugged Surface Mount Orientation Sensor
VectorNav Technologies Launches VN-100 Rugged Surface Mount Orientation Sensor

VectorNav Technologies, LLC, a leading provider of embedded navigation solutions, announced today the release of the VN-100 Rugged, an aluminum...

Jan 25, 2012
Cobham Introduces Antennas for Manned and Robotic Ground Vehicle Data Link Applications
Cobham Introduces Antennas for Manned and Robotic Ground Vehicle Data Link Applications

Cobham Antenna Systems has introduced a new range of Omni antennas, which have been designed for Manned and Robotic Ground...

Jan 16, 2012
Boca Bearing Company Launches Global Innovation Contest
Boca Bearing Company Launches Global Innovation Contest

The Boca Bearing Company, one of the most trusted names in ceramic bearing and lubrication technology, today announced that it...

Jan 12, 2012
COBALT 190 multi-spectral imaging sensor demonstrated on ARCTURUS UAV Test Flight
COBALT 190 multi-spectral imaging sensor demonstrated on ARCTURUS UAV Test Flight

FLIR Systems, Inc. announced today the successful integration of the COBALT™190 multi-spectral imaging sensor with ARCTURUS UAV T-20, and L-3...

Aug 17, 2011
Insitu Introduces Inceptor Small Unmanned Aircraft System
Insitu Introduces Inceptor Small Unmanned Aircraft System

Insitu Inc. announced today that it has introduced the Inceptor small unmanned aircraft system (UAS), which will provide the public...

Aug 04, 2011
Roke Launches Market’s Most Advanced UAV Moving Target Indicator System
Roke Launches Market’s Most Advanced UAV Moving Target Indicator System

Roke Manor Research today launches VTA (Visual Target Analysis), the first moving target indicator system which immediately tracks and maps...

Aug 02, 2011
‘Sales in the Global UAV Flight Training and Simulation Market will be Worth $375m in 2011’ says New visiongain Defence Industry Report
‘Sales in the Global UAV Flight Training and Simulation Market will be Worth $375m in 2011’ says New visiongain Defence Industry Report

The UAV Flight Training & Simulation Market 2011-2021 report from Visiongain offers a comprehensive analysis of the global market for...

Aug 01, 2011
Goodrich To Distribute Improved UAV Engine Fuel Injection System
Goodrich To Distribute Improved UAV Engine Fuel Injection System

Goodrich signed an agreement to distribute an electronic fuel injection system developed by Australian firm Currawong Engineering. Currawong’s Small Engine...

Aug 01, 2011
Raytheon Develops Miniature Antenna for Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Raytheon Develops Miniature Antenna for Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has developed a miniaturized interrogation antenna capability to extend use of its Cooperative Target ID technology...

Jul 29, 2011
Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System Completes First Full System Flight With MP-RTIP Sensor
Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft System Completes First Full System Flight With MP-RTIP Sensor

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s RQ-4B Block 40 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) completed its first full system flight with the...

Jul 26, 2011
ASV awarded contract by UK MOD
ASV awarded contract by UK MOD

ASV Ltd. has recently been awarded a contract by the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl)...

Jul 05, 2011
FLIR Systems’ Star SAFIRE® 380-HD successfully tested on Northrop Grumman Firebird
FLIR Systems’ Star SAFIRE® 380-HD successfully tested on Northrop Grumman Firebird

FLIR Systems, Inc. announced today that the Star SAFIRE 380-HD electro-optical/infrared sensor completed successful flight operations on the Northrop Grumman...

Jun 16, 2011
NASA Global Hawk Takes the Earth’s Temperature Over the Pacific Ocean
NASA Global Hawk Takes the Earth’s Temperature Over the Pacific Ocean

A Northrop Grumman produced Global Hawk high altitude unmanned aircraft began a series of flights over the Pacific Ocean on...

Mar 22, 2011
X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Flights Completed
X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Flights Completed

Less than a month after completing the first flight of the U.S. Navy’s X-47B UCAS-Demonstration aircraft, flight test engineers from...

Mar 18, 2011
Muscular Ten Pack Powers New ROV into Top Spot
Muscular Ten Pack Powers New ROV into Top Spot

Packed with ten powerful thrusters and with the capacity to carry a seven-function position feedback manipulator and five-function rate manipulator,...

Mar 17, 2011
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