Unmanned News & Articles

Using AI Onboard Tactical Drones for Improved ISR

Mark Palmer, CTO of Sentient Vision Systems, makes the case for Artificial Intelligence (AI) to bring real-time intelligence and operational decisions to military drone missions

Oct 04, 2022
Containerized Tethered Elevated Mast Prototypes for US Navy

Procured via the Unmanned Surface Vehicle Family of Systems multiple award contract, General Dynamics Mission Systems’s Containerized Tethered Elevated Mast provides line-of-sight communication extension for surface ships

Sep 28, 2022
Contract for Aerial Targets Operations & Maintenance Awarded

Amentum subsidiary PAE has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command for Aerial Targets Operations & Maintenance

Sep 22, 2022
Deployable Containerised Solutions to Support Royal NavyPODS Delivered

G3 Systems has delivered four deployable containerised solutions to support the Royal NavyPODS (Persistent Operational Deployable Systems) for heavy-lift drones in record time

Sep 21, 2022
Autonomous Flight uses AI Pilot to Fly MQ-20A

A completely autonomous flight by GA-ASI enabled an Avenger® MQ-20A to be flown by an Artificially Intelligent (AI) pilot for close to 30 minutes, with live tracks supplied by Lockheed Martin using the Infrared Search & Track (IRST) sensor network

Sep 21, 2022
Open Autonomy Architecture for MUM-T Demonstrated

A new open autonomy architecture for manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) with MQ-25 has been digitally demonstrated by Boeing using three different simulated U.S. Navy aircraft

Sep 20, 2022
Acceptance Trials Successfully Completed by the Future USNS Apalachicola

The first surface vessel constructed by Austal USA with autonomous capability, the Future USNS Apalachicola, has successfully passed rigorous tests by the US Navy, Austal USA, L3Harris and General Dynamics

Sep 20, 2022
Next-Gen All-Electric Helicopter UAS Released

AeroVironment has introduced the next-generation all-electric VAPOR 55 MX helicopter unmanned aircraft system (UAS), built for heavier payloads and longer distances

Sep 19, 2022
British Army Conducts Swarming Drone Demonstration

This event saw a military operator control more than one drone at the same time from one single unit, adding scale and complexity with each drone able to carry out a separate task

Sep 15, 2022
British Army Tests Potential Use Cases of Ghost V60 Robotic Dog

Ghost Robotics’ V60 Quadruped is designed to navigate complex urban and natural terrains, boasting a top speed of 3 m/s and a max payload of 10kg

Sep 09, 2022
GA-ASI Partners with Ramco for SkyGuardian Global Support Solutions

As part of the partnership, Ramco will provide its Enterprise Resource Planning software platform for Maintenance Repair & Overhaul services to support MQ-9B SkyGuardian and SeaGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft

Sep 05, 2022
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