Unmanned News & Articles

UK MoD Approves Leonardo Uncrewed VTOL Demonstration

The Rotary Wing Uncrewed Aerial System (RWUAS) Technology Demonstration Program will include the flight of an advanced uncrewed Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) prototype known as Proteus

Jul 25, 2022
US DoD Selects V-BAT UAS for APFIT Pilot Program 

Shield AI’s APFIT project involves the initial procurement of V-BAT Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) that can provide resilient data transport and locate and provide weapon quality targeting information

Jul 25, 2022
Banshee UAVs Tested Aboard HMS Prince of Wales

The experimental trials will test QinetiQ Target Systems’ Banshees in training and ISR scenarios, focusing on specific flight profiles and the optical recognition of assets to enable ‘friend or foe’ confirmation

Jul 21, 2022
Autonomous Robots & Crawlers for Naval, Military & Defense Missions

Bayonet Ocean Vehicles’ crawler robots can traverse both land and sea domains in challenging weather and sea state conditions to fulfil a range of amphibious and littoral warfare roles

Jul 20, 2022
Successful XQ-58A Valkyrie Skyborg Flight Series Completed by USAF

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has announced the recent completion of a successful series of flights with two production XQ-58A Valkyrie aircraft for the Skyborg Program

Jul 18, 2022
GA-ASI to Supply 8 MQ-9A Extended Range UAS to U.S. Marine Corps

GA-ASI will begin first delivery of Unmanned Aerial Systems and support equipment this winter to facilitate the fleet standup in late summer 2023

Jul 18, 2022
UST joins BAE Systems at FIA22 to Present The Challenges & Opportunities with Small Uncrewed Systems

The joint talk will be held at Farnborough International Airshow on Wednesday 20th July at 11am (BAE Systems pavilion - Hall 5)

Jul 15, 2022
New Fixed-Wing VTOL UAV for Covert Real-Time Intelligence Missions

Using a single nose-mounted motor and propeller solution for Vertical Take Off and Landing (VTOL) as well as for horizontal flight, Blaze’s Spider VTOL is designed for tactical, covert, over-the-hill or extended range real-time intelligence

Jul 15, 2022
eVTOL Aircraft Completes Test Flight at USAF Duke Field

This successful test marks an important first step towards incorporating LIFT Aircraft’s Hexa electric Vertical Take Off and Landing (eVTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle into operations at a controlled military airfield

Jul 15, 2022
US Armed Services Orders Additional Centaur Multi-Mission Robots

The US Army, Navy, and other command centers placed orders for nearly 500 more Centaur Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs), including additional spares, antennas, and payload mounting kits

Jul 11, 2022
Improved Shadow Tactical UAS Supports US Army EDGE 22 Event

Textron Systems’ RQ-7B Block III Improved Shadow Tactical UAS terminally guided a Hellfire munition to assist in qualifying the Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft Modular Effects Launcher

Jul 06, 2022
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