Unmanned News & Articles

U.S. Air Force Orders Autonomous Cargo Vehicles for Tactical Evaluation

The U.S. Air Force has contracted HoverCrane to supply its autonomous cargo UAV, which can take-off & land in rough terrain, for evaluation in tactical missions & expeditionary resupply

Mar 27, 2024
New Aerial Target Design Completes First Successful Flights

QinetiQ has completed successful flights of the first two Rattler Supersonic Target MkIs, with the flights providing the first data for this design variant of the uncrewed target for the U.S. DoD

Mar 26, 2024
U.S. Navy Receives Bi-Directional Undersea Power Converter for UUV Charging

The PowerMod Subsea MVDC Power Distribution System, ideal for charging unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) and other applications, converts 10 kVDC to 375 VDC directly at the seafloor

Mar 19, 2024
New UUV for Mine Countermeasure Operations Unveiled

HII's REMUS 130 unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) has a compact, two-person-portable design, operational depths down to 100 meters, and an extended battery life of up to 10 hours

Mar 14, 2024
Autonomous Systems Developer Concludes US Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment

Milrem Robotics presented the capabilities of its weaponized THeMIS Combat Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) at the the US Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment (AEWE)

Mar 11, 2024
XQ-58A Valkyrie Completes Second Successful Flight

The Marine Corps’ highly autonomous, low-cost tactical UAV successfully completed its second test flight, providing a testbed platform for developing technologies and new concepts

Mar 07, 2024
Partnership for U.S. Army Small Multipurpose Equipment Transport Program

Anduril will serve as the prime contractor to deliver a modified, autonomy-ready UGV based on Hanwha’s proven Arion-SMET platform for the U.S. Army’s S-MET Increment II program

Mar 05, 2024
USSOCOM Contract Award for Blackwave Next-Gen UAS Communications

Performance Drone Works (PDW) has been awarded a contract by USSOCOM for the next-gen radio system, Blackwave, designed to provide critical unmanned aerial system (UAS) communications in contested and congested environments

Mar 04, 2024
Meteksan Defence to Exhibit Solutions for Naval Forces at DIMDEX 2024

At DIMDEX 2024 in Doha, Qatar, Meteksan Defence will exhibit products such as the ULAQ unmanned surface vessel (USV), MILSAR SAR/MTI Radar, and the FELIX On-the-Move Counter-UAS System

Mar 01, 2024
Triad to Strengthen UAS Communication Capabilities for DoD

Triad will supply Ku-band upconverters and Bidirectional Amplifiers (BDAs) for use with SCISR Secure Common Data Link (CDL) radio systems, which provide long-range, encrypted communications for the US military

Feb 28, 2024
UK to Accelerate Armed Forces Access to Uncrewed Systems

The UK Defence Drone Strategy will enable the rapid experimentation, testing and evaluation of uncrewed platforms, unifying the British Army, Royal Navy, RAF, while working with the industry

Feb 26, 2024
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