Unmanned News & Articles

Avenger UAS with Legion Pod Autonomously Tracks and Follows Targets

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems' Avenger UAS demonstrated its ability to detect multiple fast-moving aircraft using a Lockheed Martin Legion Pod to transmit target tracking information to the Avenger’s autonomy engine

Aug 20, 2021
U.K. Royal Navy Tests Robot Survey Boat

During trials, the Otter Pro robot boat from RS Aqua was able to survey a 7,000 square meters area in just 40 minutes, collecting sonar imagery of several wrecks and sensing swim lines and seabed erosion caused by divers

Aug 20, 2021
Autonomous Interceptor to Support Counter-UAS Operations for U.S. DoD

Robotican demonstrated its Goshawk drone’s ability to intercept and capture hostile drones autonomously, using a net to capture and carry the hostile drone to an area for safe disposal with no collateral damage

Aug 19, 2021
New Micro-Gimbal for Enhanced UAS Situational Awareness

The AVT CM62 Micro Gimbal from CACI International offers high performance intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance in a small, lightweight, low-power system to enhance future small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) operations

Aug 18, 2021
NATO Selects Aircraft Sustainment and Training Support Provider

Northrop Grumman will cover operations, maintenance and lifecycle sustainment of NATO’s fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles, air vehicle mission command and control stations, and trainer at Sigonella Air Base, Italy

Aug 18, 2021
U.S. DoD Awards Contract for Integrated Counter Drone System

Citadel Defense will deliver a system designed to autonomously detect, classify, track, and defeat unwanted Unmanned Aerial Systems using state-of-the-art artificial intelligence, machine learning, and sensor fusion

Aug 16, 2021
Industry-Leading Experts to Digitally Design Advanced OMFV for U.S. Army

Team Lynx will work with the U.S. Army on the digitally engineered design and development of the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle concept using Rheinmetall’s Lynx KF41 Infantry Fighting Vehicle as the point of departure for the design

Aug 16, 2021
All-Electric Robotic Combat Vehicle Delivered for Weapon Integration Testing

As an all-electric Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV), the RIPSAW M5-E from Textron Systems and Howe & Howe Inc. is designed to support silent maneuvers without compromising power or mobility

Aug 16, 2021
MQ-4C Triton Completes First Flight with Multi-Intelligence Upgrade

The multi-intelligence configuration of Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aerial System will enable enhanced maritime situational awareness to inform real-time decision making at tactical to strategic levels

Aug 13, 2021
U.S. Air Force Awards Contract for Hypersonic Aircraft Flight Testing

By the end of the flight test campaign, Quarterhorse from Hermeus will be the fastest autonomous, reusable aircraft in the world and the first of its kind to fly a Turbine-Based Combined Cycle engine

Aug 12, 2021
Naval Aviation Manned-Unmanned Teaming Capabilities Demonstrated Virtually

Boeing has conducted virtual scenarios using MQ-25, F/A-18 and E-2D simulations as part of the U.S. Navy’s strategy for integrating unmanned systems to provide lethal, survivable and scalable effects to support carrier strike group operations

Aug 10, 2021
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