Unmanned News & Articles

Off-Board Sensing Station UAS for US Air Force Program

With funding from the Air Force Research Laboratory, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will design, develop, and conduct flight demonstrations for the Off-Board Sensing Station Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)

Nov 17, 2021
Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier Trains with Unmanned Aerial System

QinetiQ’s Banshee UAS can operate at 25,000ft, or just above the waterline, and fly at speeds of up to 400 knots, delivering a realistic adversary to train against

Nov 10, 2021
Steadicopter Unveils New Electrically-Powered Unmanned Helicopter

Steadicopter’s Black Eagle 50 Electric has a maximum take-off weight of 50 kg and useful load weight of 30 kg, comprising payload and batteries, and is capable of up to two hours of flight time

Nov 09, 2021
Research Project Explores Cooperation Between Manned and Unmanned Aerial Platforms

Patria will provide wireless communication between manned and unmanned aerial platforms with its Compact Airborne Networking Data Link (CANDL) system as well as ground systems in teaming scenarios

Nov 04, 2021
Partnership to Optimize Integrator UAS for Arctic Environments

The project will enable the Insitu Integrator UAS to operate during atmospheric icing conditions by incorporating UBIQ Aerospace’s D•ICE solution, an autonomous, electrothermal system optimized for use on small, tactical UAS

Nov 04, 2021
US Marine Corps Takes Ownership of 2 MQ-9A Reaper UAS

Already having achieved over 12,000 flight hours supporting operations in the Middle East, the previously leased MQ-9A Reaper Block 5 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) have now been transferred to U.S. Marine Corps ownership

Nov 03, 2021
Rotary UAS Achieves World’s First Military Certification in its Class

The design, development, production and support of Leonardo’s AWHero Rotary Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) meet the requirements of the military airworthiness authorities to provide high levels of safety, reliability and mission availability

Nov 03, 2021
US Air Force Program to Develop Jet UAS for Manned-Unmanned Teaming

Kratos’ Off Board Sensing Station UAS is a low-cost Autonomous Collaborative Platform designed to employ weapons, sensors, and other effects that generate affordable, force multiplier combat power with a forward force posture

Nov 03, 2021
Sagetech Avionics Wins Homeland Security Grant

Sagetech Avionics has been awarded a one million-dollar grant to fund further development of a mid-air conflict management and collision avoidance system.

Nov 02, 2021
Cooperation Agreement Signed for Advanced UAV Production in Romania

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and IAR-Brasov will develop advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) based on IAI’s Tactical Heron, with design, production, and integration, assembly and maintenance all completed in Romania

Nov 02, 2021
Latvian National Armed Forces Order UGVs for Explosive Ordnance Disposal

AeroVironment subsidiary Telerob will deliver its telemax EVO HYBRID and tEODor EVO Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) to identify, disarm and render safe explosive devices

Oct 27, 2021
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