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.
Advanced Innovative Engineering (AIE) has unveiled the 40ACS, an air-cooled Wankel rotary engine designed using additive manufacturing techniques, delivering 5BHP (3.7kW) and weighing just 2kg (4.4lbs)
Nordic USV will primarily deploy the REAV-47 from HydroSurv for CTD (Conductivity, Temperature, Depth) profiling operations in Norway’s challenging fjords
The AERIAL research project aims to enhance urban safety and emergency response, developing real-time high data rate communication between drones and ground robots
Dronetag’s Beacon is on promotion, able to integrate with popular drone brands and custom-built drones, offering a solution for operators to ensure Remote ID compliance
A naval contract has been awarded for Wavefront’s Sentinel IDS to be fused into a range of new and legacy sensors, including navigational radars and infrared cameras
Elistair collaborated with ARX Robotics to deliver an ISR system integrating the KHRONOS DroneBox and GEREON RCS UGV, which has undergone testing by the German Army
UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía has inaugurated an advanced center in Madrid to develop autonomy solutions for unmanned systems, featuring a cutting-edge design and electronics lab and an innovative flight testing area
Teledyne FLIR will provide Red Cat with thermal imaging and AI embedded software for its Black Widow sUAS, rucksack-portable drone designed for EW environments
CRP Technology specializing in 3D printing services has expanded its suite of production and post-processing capabilities, offering clients a fully integrated process from additive production to final inspection
ecoSUB showcased its Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) and appointed a new distributor to cover the Canadian market at Oceans 2024 in Halifax, Nova Scotia
NJIT biologist Eric Fortune and a team of scientists called “Limelight Rainforest” with its biodiversity sampling technology have won the five-year XPRIZE Rainforest Competition
Sikorsky and Rain have demonstrated how an autonomous helicopter can take off, identify the location and size of a small fire, and then accurately drop water to suppress the flames
Maritime Robotics' autonomous navigation and USV products are designed to empower maritime operations with new levels of efficiency, safety and sustainability
Curtiss-Wright will develop SOSA-aligned flight avionics systems with Korean Airlines’ R&D Group, prototyping a demonstrator system for next-gen medium and large unmanned aircraft
Tyto Robotics’ new dynamic propeller balancing software solution offers a streamlined approach to achieving balanced rotors and improved unmanned aerial vehicle performance
A $75,000 grant from the Downsview Aerospace Innovation and Research (DAIR) Green Fund will see Volatus develop and integrate an on-board Detect and Avoid (DAA) system
The 3rd edition of World Defense Show to be hosted in Riyadh, 8-12 February 2026, has secured the record participation of more than 100 defense sector companies from China
Drone Nerds and ideaForge are advancing public safety technology with the cutting-edge Q6V3 UAV, a solution for emergency response and critical missions
Volz Servos partners with BETA Technologies to advance ALIA eVTOL aircraft development, providing electromechanical actuators for innovative fly-by-wire aviation technologies
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