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.

UAVOS Demonstrates Medical Deliveries with Unmanned Helicopter

Taking off from the delivery point, a 10kg payload consisting of medical samples was flown to a drop-off point in a hard-to-reach area, covering a distance of 35km, and completing the mission within 30 minutes

Jun 14, 2024
Enhanced Cognitive SDR Capabilities for Electronic Warfare Threat Mitigation

Creomagic's CSDR technology operates across two waveforms simultaneously, maximizing performance during EW blockages

Jun 14, 2024
VectorNav Participates in USAF Test Event for Enhanced PNT

VectorNav's participation in the USAF's NAVFEST 2024 Test Event aimed to evaluate its solutions in GNSS-contested scenarios to continue advancing its capabilities for robust Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)

Jun 14, 2024
Drone ID Integrated with Situational Awareness Solution

Kongsberg Geospatial has partnered with Dronetag to incorporate its Network Remote ID solutions with IRIS Terminal, enhancing situational awareness for Drone as First Responder (DFR) operations

Jun 14, 2024
In-Air Data Collection Completed with Centaur Optionally Piloted Aircraft

The Centaur optionally piloted aircraft (OPA) from Aurora Flight Sciences completed flight tests in the National Airspace System (NAS), equipped with an EO/IR camera, maritime surveillance radar, and Automatic Identification System payloads

Jun 14, 2024
ROV Compatible with Versatile Accessories

SEAMOR’s ROVs are compatible with a broad variety of accessories, but the company has released a list of its own line of tools and add-ons to enhance the ROVs’ operational flexibility

Jun 14, 2024
Most Read Articles on UST This Week

Here’s our round-up of the five most read articles on UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com this week

Jun 14, 2024
PteroDynamics Appoints Former Ring CTO as Board Director 

Joshua Roth brings deep operational experience in scaling global technology operations and building platform solutions

Jun 13, 2024
Accelerated Generative AI Development with NVIDIA Jetson AGX Orin-Based Edge Computer

Advantech's MIC-733-AO now runs a range of advanced AI capabilities including large language models, vision language models, and vision transformers

Jun 13, 2024
Red Cat to Acquire VTOL Drone Provider

Upon closing, FlightWave's Edge 130 Blue UAS approved military-grade tricopter will be added to Red Cat's line of unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems

Jun 12, 2024
New Parachute Recovery Solution for DJI Mavic 3 Enterprise & Thermal

AVSS' lightweight solution uses a simple plug-and-play design that utilizes DJI's onboard Payload SDK

Jun 12, 2024
Exploring Advanced Battery Solutions for Unmanned Aerial Systems

Packet Digital, a key player in the unmanned aerial systems field, sits down with UST to discuss smart batteries, the COTS Badland Batteries 12S, and plans to open North Dakota’s first battery cell plant

Jun 12, 2024
USVs Being Deployed for Water Quality Monitoring in SW England

Remotely controlled unmanned surface vehicles (USVs) will harvest a range of water quality and eutrophication data within inland waters on weekly deployments from stations in Dartmouth, Falmouth, Plymouth

Jun 12, 2024
Subscale eVTOL Flight Tests for Cargo UAV Development

Jetoptera and Eanan Al Samma are conducting flight trials of a subscale eVTOL aircraft, aiming to inform the development of the J-500 VTOL cargo UAV and its navigation system

Jun 12, 2024
Home Delivery by Drone Launched for Remote Areas

Norway will see groceries, takeaway, and medicines delivered by drone to its remote areas, a service launched by drone logistics company Aviant with the Norwegian Postal Service

Jun 12, 2024
Latest Inertial Navigation Systems to be Showcased at Eurosatory

Visit Inertial Labs’ booth at Eurosatory 2024 to discover advanced inertial navigation systems, precision targeting solutions, and innovative motion-tracking devices for unmanned systems

Jun 12, 2024
Successful Sea Trials for New Transoceanic USV

Exail has completed sea trials for its transoceanic USV, the DriX O-16, which is able to deploy multiple payloads and subsea assets throughout long-endurance operations at sea

Jun 12, 2024
Kongsberg Geospatial Partners with Hanwha on Canadian Land Systems Programs

Kongsberg Geospatial is to take responsibility for the Integrated Combat Solution (ICS) software integration and support for the Hanwha K9/K10 self propelled howitzer artillery vehicles

Jun 11, 2024
COTS & Custom Parachute Safety Solutions for UAVs

ParaZero's SafeAir system uses sophisticated AI and machine learning-powered analysis to constantly monitor and analyze drone flight data for anomalies

Jun 11, 2024
Overwatch Sensor Technology to be Utilized in Canadian Wildfire Efforts

Airborne Energy Solutions is set to leverage Overwatch Imaging's TK-8 multispectral smart sensor, designed for high resolution, large-area mapping and intelligence missions, and equipped with powerful onboard software

Jun 11, 2024
D-Fends’s Cyber Takeover Identified as Effector Technology

A new research report from Booz Allen Hamilton names D-Fend Solutions as an Emerging Innovator in the non-Kinetic C-UAS category with Cyber Takeover recognised as a distinct effector technology essential to combating COTS UAS Systems

Jun 11, 2024
Experimental Aircraft Advances in DARPA Initiative

Bell has been down-selected for Phase 1B of DARPA’s SPRINT program, drawing on its high-speed VTOL technology to inform the design of an X-Plane

Jun 11, 2024
Heavy Fuel Engines for Group 2 & 3 Tactical UAS

Orbital's engines have been selected by leading defense primes including Insitu and Textron

Jun 10, 2024
Jan De Nul Selects SBG’s MRU for Marine Operations

Jan De Nul integrated SBG Systems' Navsight-Apogee into its survey vessel for bathymetric applications for reliable data in harsh conditions and enhanced positioning

Jun 10, 2024
Ultra-Long Endurance Drone Flies Over 1,000 Miles

Platform Aerospace’s long-endurance UAS totaled more than 65 hours in the Arctic Circle to measure environmental conditions and validate aircraft icing detection systems & mitigation

Jun 10, 2024
Large Heavy Lift UAS Completes Phase I Autopilot Tuning

Aided by Embention, Phenix Solutions has completed Phase I autopilot tuning for its Ultra 2XL Heavy Lift UAS, allowing autonomous function in a range of avionics and rotor systems

Jun 10, 2024
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