Mission Payloads | UAS Avionics | UAS Control | Communications & Datalinks | UAS Power & Propulsion HALE UAS | MALE UAS | Tactical UAS | Mini UAV | Micro/Nano UAV | VT/Cargo UAV | Blimps, Aerostats & Airships | Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV/Robotics) | Unmanned Maritime Vehicles (USV/UUV)
High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) UAS
- Phantom Eye Damaged After First Flight June 4, 2012
- New X-Drone to Test Advanced Wing Design for Future HALE UAS February 4, 2012
- USAF Cancels Block 30 RQ-4 Global Hawk January 29, 2012
- South Korea Puts Global Hawk Buy On Hold January 2, 2012
- HQ-4 Xianglong UAV Ready for Flight October 3, 2011
- HALE-D High Altitude Airship Crashed in Ohio July 29, 2011
- Phantom-Eye Prepares for First Flight by this Summer June 16, 2011
- Update: QinetiQ’s Zephyr solar powered unmanned aircraft soars to new world records August 24, 2010
- Boeing Phantom Eye Rolled Out at St. Louis July 12, 2010
- Euro-Hawk Takes Off! July 3, 2010
- Global Hawk Prepares for an Aerial Refueling Demonstration July 3, 2010
- Boeing Rolls Out the New Phantom Eye HALE Drone March 28, 2010
- BAE Systems, MOD Launch MANTIS Unmanned Autonomous System October 26, 2009
- EADS Unveils Advanced UAV at the Paris Airshow June 14, 2009
- Future High Altitude Drones to Remain on Station for Months, Years May 18, 2009
- Global Hawk RQ-4B January 9, 2009
- Global Observer HALE UAV October 9, 2008
- Heron TP (Eitan) December 2, 2007
- AeroVironment Launches Global Observer Program for the US Special Operations Command September 26, 2007
- The US Navy Broad Area Marine Surveillance (BAMS) Program February 20, 2007
- HALE UAVs Come of Age February 20, 2007
- Near-Space Brokers to Empower Tactical Wide Area Networks January 17, 2007
- Unmanned Systems (UAV) Persistent Surveillance November 1, 2006
- HALE UAV Systems - UAS High Flyers October 18, 2006
- Global Hawk RQ-4A-B April 9, 2005
Companies:
- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. February 1, 2011
- Northrop Grumman Corporation January 1, 2011
- Boeing Defense, Space & Security January 1, 2011
Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) UAS
- Elbit Systems Wins Third Customer for Hermes 900 UAS January 3, 2012
- DRDO's Rustom-1 UAV makes 5th flight November 14, 2011
- Turkey, Egypt Discuss Possible Export of Anka UAV September 23, 2011
- RAFAEL Develops UAS Mission Enhancement Package August 15, 2011
- Tailoring Unmanned Platforms for New Missions August 8, 2011
- General Atomics Joins CAE to Offer Predator B UAS to Canada May 26, 2011
- Dassault, BAE Systems to Cooperate Developing MALE UAVs March 14, 2011
- France to Announce MALE Acquisition Decsion Next Week March 4, 2011
- Israel's Heron TP Could Support French Strategic Intelligence Operations by 2012 February 21, 2011
- Turkish Indigenous MALE UAV (TIHA) Unveiled May 17, 2010
- French Military Receive New Small, Mini and Micro Drones April 9, 2010
- Hermes 900 UAS December 9, 2009
- Canada Assists Australia in operating Heron UAVs September 24, 2009
- An Unmanned DA-42 Performs First Flight July 29, 2009
- Sky-Y / Molynx MALE UAV November 28, 2008
- Washington Moves to Offer Predator Bs to Germany, Italy August 15, 2008
- Advanced, Multi-Mission MALE UAV system from EADS December 18, 2007
- Unmanned Systems at Aero India - 2007 February 15, 2007
- Eagle MALE System September 12, 2006
- ERMP - Extended-Range Multi-Purpose UAV January 11, 2006
- Heron MALE System - Medium Altitude Long Endurance UAV November 21, 2005
- MALE UAV Systems - Persistent UAS Platforms October 25, 2005
- General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. February 1, 2011
- Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) April 5, 2010
- Elbit Systems January 1, 2010
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Tactical UAS
- Navy, Marines Begin RQ-21 Developmental Flight Testing September 11, 2012
- Elbit Systems Upgrades U.S. Bound Skylark 1LE August 6, 2012
- Sweden, Denmark Opt for PUMA AE, Wasp Mini-UAVs June 12, 2012
- IAI Introduces: Panther UAV - Electrically Powered Tilt-Rotor VT-UAV October 4, 2010
- InSitu Selected for STUAS UAV Program, Potential Future Orders: Over $0.5 Billion August 2, 2010
- Improving the Shadow May 17, 2010
- U.S. Air Force Readies new Tactical, Endurance UAVs for Afghanistan May 17, 2010
- Lightweight Air-Dropped Guided Weapon Optimized for Tactical-UAVs April 9, 2010
- New UAV- the Eyes of the Brigade March 28, 2010
- Survey Forecasts Tactical UAS Programs Worth $2.6 Billion March 1, 2010
- UAV Manufacturers Line Up for the U.S. Navy/Marines STUAS/TIER II Program July 8, 2009
- AAI Introduces Aerosonde 4.7 for U.S. Navy/Marines STUAS / TIER II Program July 7, 2009
- Swift, raytheon Promote Killer Bee UAV for Tier II April 28, 2009
- V-STAR UAV Dubbed "HUMVEE OF THE AIR" October 30, 2008
- Insitu Integrator UAV June 3, 2008
- SpyHawk Tactical UAV May 26, 2008
- Watchkeeper's First Flight May 20, 2008
- Raytheon, Swift Engineering Team Again to Bid for Future USMC UAV May 12, 2008
- Hermes 450 UAV June 7, 2007
- The US Navy/USMC Tier II Tactical UAV Program February 20, 2007
- Small, Tactical UAS (Tier II) Pursued by US Navy and Marines January 26, 2007
- I-View Tactical UAV System December 15, 2006
- LUNA X-2000 Tactical UAV System October 18, 2006
- KZO Tactical UAV System October 18, 2006
- SlowFast Tactical Drone Tactical ISTAR UAV October 18, 2006
- Shadow 200 Tactical UAV System October 16, 2006
- SPERWER Tactical UAV System September 5, 2006
- Proxy Aviation to Offer More Autonomous and Responsive, Tactical Armed UAV Capabilities August 28, 2006
- Miniature/Micro UAV Systems August 25, 2005
- Tactical UAVs August 25, 2005
Companies:
- Boeing Defense, Space & Security January 1, 2011
- Innocon Ltd. June 10, 2010
- Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) April 5, 2010
- Sagem January 1, 2010
- Elbit Systems January 1, 2010
- OPTIMUS to Extend UAV Autonomy, Under Human Supervisory Control October 9, 2012
- Rheinmetall Airborne Systems Unveils Hybrid UAV Design at ILA September 5, 2012
- New Datalink for the New MQ-8C Firescout August 21, 2012
- MLB/AAI Team to Build Long-Endurance Vertical Takeoff And Landing (VTOL) Tier II-Size UAV for the US Air Force August 6, 2012
- The U.S. Navy Orders Longer Endurance Fire Scouts April 25, 2012
- Unmanned Systems Unveils the Orca Tip-jet UAV at Dubai 2012 November 14, 2011
- KMAX to Begin Hauling Cargo for Marines in Afghanistan Next Month October 5, 2011
- Aeryon Scout provides the Missing Link Between Rebels, NATO August 26, 2011
- Saab unveils Skeldar-200 at AUVSI in Anticipation for U.S. Navy ISR Program August 19, 2011
- Wescam Provides a New EO/IR Payload for the Camcopter January 19, 2011
- Fire-X Helicopter Accomplishes First Autonomous Flight December 16, 2010
- Lockheed Martin Awarded $45.8 Million for Unmanned KMAX December 6, 2010
- Boeing Awarded $30 Million for A160T Transport UAVs to Support U.S. Marines in Afghanistan December 3, 2010
- Northrop Grumman, Bell Helicopters Debut the Fire-X, an Unmanned System Based on the Bell-407 May 17, 2010
- Army Experiment Highlights Advanced VTUAV Capabilities February 28, 2010
- Unmanned Weight Lifters - UAVs Assume Cargo Delivery Role February 28, 2010
- The U.S. Marines Explore Unmanned Cargo Delivery July 7, 2009
- Israeli Unmanned Helicopters and Urban Mules at the Paris Air Show June 17, 2009
- Boeing Submits Proposal for USMC Unmanned Cargo Aircraft Demonstration June 14, 2009
- IAI Introduces a Naval Rotary UAV at IMDEX 09 May 12, 2009
- Lockheed Martin Introduces VARIOUS Concept UCAV April 9, 2009
- Miniature Aerial Vehicle (MAV) - Class I UAV for the Future Combat System (FCS) January 26, 2009
- GoldenEye 80 VT-UAV January 15, 2008
- MQ-8B Fire Scout - Vertical takeoff UAV (VTUAV) January 3, 2008
- Vertical Lift at the Modern Day Marine Expo November 1, 2007
- Unmanned Systems at DESi - 2007 October 26, 2007
- Rotary-Wing Drones at the 2007 Paris Airshow July 1, 2007
- A-160/160T Humingbird June 15, 2007
- Skylite B Mini VTUAV June 4, 2007
- FanCopter - VTOL Mini UAV March 26, 2007
- ULAV - Unmanned logistics air vehicles March 1, 2007
- FanTail VTOL Miniature UAV July 26, 2006
- HoverEye VTOL Mini-UAV May 22, 2006
- TAG M65 / 80 Rotary Powered UAV January 28, 2005
- ODIN Mini UAV January 27, 2005
- GoldenEye Ducted-Fan VTOL UAV April 26, 2004
Companies:
- Northrop Grumman Corporation January 1, 2011
- Boeing Defense, Space & Security January 1, 2011
- Sweden, Denmark Opt for PUMA AE, Wasp Mini-UAVs June 12, 2012
- Aeronautics to Supply Finland with 55 Orbiter Mini-UAV Systems May 3, 2012
- Digital Raven Enhanced with New Gimbaled Payload, Image Processing April 2, 2012
- Aeryon Scout provides the Missing Link Between Rebels, NATO August 26, 2011
- Stalker EX Mini-UAV Set for Eight Hour Endurance Missions August 19, 2011
- Skylark 1LE Adapts for the U.S. Military August 17, 2011
- Globe-i Zooming in to a “Window of Interest” June 22, 2011
- Missile or UAV? UVision Introduces the WASP June 22, 2011
- Skylark 1LE + Dominator Offer New Benefits for Special Ops June 13, 2011
- Indian Police Seeking More Mini-UAVs June 10, 2011
- Jubilant, Aeronautics Team to Address India's Growing Need for UAVs February 11, 2011
- Switchblade - Miniature Killer Drone December 31, 2010
- Switchblade - Miniature Loitering Weapon December 31, 2010
- Horizon Fuel Cell Tested on Elbit Systems’ Skylark I-LE Mini UAV December 7, 2010
- Latrun 2010 - Unmanned Systems on Display October 11, 2010
- IAI Introduces: Panther UAV - Electrically Powered Tilt-Rotor VT-UAV October 4, 2010
- BirdEye 650LE Mini-UAV Uses Fuel Cell to Fly Six Hour Missions August 23, 2010
- InSitu Selected for STUAS UAV Program, Potential Future Orders: Over $0.5 Billion August 2, 2010
- Raven Small UAV Demonstrates Persistent Surveillance Capability on a 30 Hour Mission April 2, 2009
- T-Hawk Micro-Aerial Vehicle (MAV) February 1, 2009
- Electrically Powered VTOL Micro UAV - MAV January 26, 2009
- Miniature Aerial Vehicle (MAV) - Class I UAV for the Future Combat System (FCS) January 26, 2009
- Voyeur - Expendable, Air Insertable Hovering Mini-UAV January 5, 2009
- D-STAMP (Daylight – Stabilized Miniature Payload) December 16, 2008
- Honeywell Wins Production Contract for the Micro Air Vehicle (MAV) November 5, 2008
- Desert Hawk III Supports British Forces in Iraq October 30, 2008
- Grand Challenge UK - 2008 Characterizing the Mission August 10, 2008
- SOCOM Selects the Puma for Hand-Launched Multi-Purpose UAV July 25, 2008
- SOCOM Selects the Puma for Hand-Launched Multi-Purpose UAV July 15, 2008
- Maveric Micro UAV March 5, 2008
- Lockheed Martin Unveils the Stalker Mini-UAV for Special-Forces Operations February 10, 2008
- U.S. Army Orders Ravens for SOCOM & Other Services February 8, 2008
- FINDER - Autonomous, Expendable UAV / SAIC December 1, 2007
- NightHawk - Miniature UAV October 28, 2007
- Sky Spirt Mini UAV August 28, 2007
- Skylite B Mini VTUAV June 4, 2007
- FanCopter - VTOL Mini UAV March 26, 2007
- Latest Miniature Unmanned Aerial Systems on Display at AUVSI February 20, 2007
- Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) at AUSA 06 October 30, 2006
- Raven Miniature UAV October 18, 2006
- Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) at the 2006 Eurosatory Exhibition October 18, 2006
- Casper 200 Miniature UAV July 26, 2006
- Bushmaster Mini UAV System July 26, 2006
- FanTail VTOL Miniature UAV July 26, 2006
- Skylark II sMALL UAV / eLBIT sYSTEMS July 1, 2006
- Thales Introduce Tactical, Multi Purpose Robots, UGVs June 12, 2006
- Supporting the Field Commander June 9, 2006
- HoverEye VTOL Mini-UAV May 22, 2006
- CPX4 - QUADROCOPTER micro UAV May 20, 2006
- Modular Airborne Sensor (MAS) April 2, 2006
- Skylite Miniature Aerial vehicle November 23, 2005
- Organic Air Vehicle (OAV) September 21, 2005
- Miniature Aerial vehicles Research September 21, 2005
- Miniature Aerial vehicles September 21, 2005
- Miniature/Micro UAV Systems August 25, 2005
- Dragon Eye Miniature UAV August 23, 2005
- TACMAV August 23, 2005
- Miniature Aerial vehicles Design considerations August 22, 2005
- Orbiter Miniature Aerial vehicle February 1, 2005
- iSTAR VTOL Miniature UAV January 28, 2005
- Seagull Miniature Aerial vehicle January 28, 2005
- Mikado Micro UAV January 28, 2005
- BirdEye 500 Backpackable UAV January 28, 2005
- ODIN Mini UAV January 27, 2005
- Merlin Mini UAV January 26, 2005
- Miniature Aerial Vehicle MAV January 26, 2005
- Skylark 1 LE Mini Unmanned Aerial vehicle (Mini-UAV) November 28, 2004
- Multipurpose Structure-Power Systems November 28, 2004
- MAV - Combat Lessons Learned November 28, 2004
- Aladin Mini UAV November 21, 2004
- CyberEye Mini UAV October 30, 2004
- Desert Hawk Miniature UAV June 26, 2004
- Skylark Miniature Aerial vehicle May 28, 2004
- I-See Miniature Aerial vehicle April 16, 2004
- Class I UAVS (T-Hawk) April 11, 2004
- Pointer Miniature Aerial vehicle April 10, 2004
Companies:
- Innocon Ltd. June 10, 2010
- Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) April 5, 2010
- Elbit Systems January 1, 2010
- Lockheed Martin Acquires Procerus Technologies January 17, 2012
- CICADA Micro-Drones Open New Opportunities for Future Covert Surveillance December 8, 2011
- DARPA Harnessing Crowd Wisdom to Develop New Perch and Stare UAVs October 9, 2011
- A New Bird of Prey Soaring over Western Afghanistan? August 30, 2011
- Indian Police Seeking More Mini-UAVs June 10, 2011
- Innocon to sell 50 Micro-Falcon Man Portable UAS in Asia June 9, 2011
- Jubilant, Aeronautics Team to Address India's Growing Need for UAVs February 11, 2011
- Suicide Micro-Drons December 31, 2010
- US Air Force to Develop Micro-UAV Killer Drones for the Special Operations Command December 31, 2010
- TiGER Proposed for U.S. Army’s Small Loitering Munition Program July 21, 2010
- IAI Shows Progress with Mosquito Micro UAV September 3, 2009
- T-Hawk Micro-Aerial Vehicle (MAV) February 1, 2009
- Electrically Powered VTOL Micro UAV - MAV January 26, 2009
- Wasp III (BATMAV) Micro UAV January 2, 2009
- Maveric Micro UAV March 5, 2008
- NightHawk - Miniature UAV October 28, 2007
- DARPA Demonstrates Control, Exploitation of Multiple UAVs May 16, 2007
- Micro-Air Vehicles to Get Nav-Aids Based on Insects, Bats Senses May 1, 2007
- Latest Miniature Unmanned Aerial Systems on Display at AUVSI February 20, 2007
- CPX4 - QUADROCOPTER micro UAV May 20, 2006
- SOD IV - Surveillance & Observation Device (SOD) Micro UAV April 5, 2006
- Miniature Aerial vehicles September 21, 2005
- Mosquito Micro UAV August 23, 2005
- Orbiter Miniature Aerial vehicle February 1, 2005
- Mikado Micro UAV January 28, 2005
- Multipurpose Structure-Power Systems November 28, 2004
- Black Widdow Micro UAV June 4, 2004
Companies:
- Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) April 5, 2010
- International Conference on Unmanned Systems - AUVSI Israel 2012 February 6, 2012
- Indian Labs Demonstrate Mission-Ready Akashdeep Aerostat at Aero-India 2011 January 23, 2011
- More Aerostats Improve Security in Afghanistan April 23, 2010
- Controp Unveils Aerostat-Dedicated Stabilized EO Payload System September 23, 2008
- Rapid Fielding Aerostat Detects and Locates Enemy Mortar Attacks May 13, 2008
- Joint Land Attack Cruise Missile Defense Elevated Netted Sensor System September 12, 2005
- Total Area Control System (TACS) January 27, 2005
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EO:
- Controp Presents New EO Payloads for UAVs and Land Systems at Eurosatory 2012 June 11, 2012
- Visionmap Unveils a Wide-Area Surveillance & Mapping Payload at AUVSI-Israel March 20, 2012
- RAFAEL Develops UAS Mission Enhancement Package August 15, 2011
- IAI Introduces DART 45, A Compact Laser Rangefinder/Designator February 11, 2011
- Controp Introduces New EO Payolads for Unmanned, Vehicular Applications June 13, 2010
- D-STAMP (Daylight – Stabilized Miniature Payload) December 16, 2008
- UAV Payloads at AUVSI 2007 February 20, 2007
- I-View Tactical UAV System December 15, 2006
- POP 200 Lightweight Modular EO payload October 16, 2006
- MX-Series EOIR Payloads November 15, 2005
- MOSP - Multi-purpose Optical Stabilized Payload November 15, 2005
- miniPOP Lightweight Modular EO payload November 15, 2005
- Controp ESP-600 Lightweight EO payload November 15, 2005
- Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS) AN/AAS-52 November 15, 2005
- OLOSP EO Payload November 15, 2005
- EO Payloads - Comparison August 25, 2005
- SAR Payloads - List August 25, 2005
- DSP-1 FLIR payload June 10, 2005
- EMOS - miniPOP Lightweight Modular EO payload April 29, 2005
- CoMPASS IV April 22, 2005
- Alticam 400 April 21, 2005
Companies:
- CONTROP Precision Technologies Ltd. Company Profile January 14, 2011
Radar:
- DARPA's Foliage-Penetrating Radar Tested on the A160T Hummingbird October 25, 2009
- Falco UAV Flys with PicoSAR Payload September 24, 2009
- Lynx / AN/APY-8 August 23, 2006
- ARGUS / AADS February 20, 2006
- TESAR UAV Recce SAR Payload November 15, 2005
- SAR Payloads - List August 25, 2005
- I-Master SAR/GMTI Radar April 8, 2005
- QUASAR SAR/GMTI Radar for UAV April 8, 2005
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Sigint/Comint:
Companies:
- Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) April 5, 2010
Com/Relay:
- Two More Global Hawks to Receive BACN Coms Gateways February 1, 2012
- Airborne Communications Relay Could Become Primary Mission for Tactical UAVs January 11, 2010
Companies:
- Lockheed Martin Acquires Procerus Technologies January 17, 2012
- USAF Develops Aerial Refuelling Support for Unmanned Systems February 10, 2009
- Grand Challenge UK - 2008 Characterizing the Mission August 10, 2008
- Maveric Micro UAV March 5, 2008
- FINDER - Autonomous, Expendable UAV / SAIC December 1, 2007
- U.K. Launch Project Taranis, UCAV Technology Demonstrator June 3, 2007
- TAG M65 / 80 Rotary Powered UAV January 28, 2005
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- Barracuda UAS Demonstrates Networked Multi-UAS Missions in Canada July 23, 2012
- IAI Establishes the UAS Academy, Offering Training Solution for UAS Operators February 16, 2012
- New Language for Air-Ground Collaboration December 31, 2010
- Raytheon, AAI Demonstrate Multi-UAV Ground Control System's Capabilities September 24, 2008
- SkyForce - Multi-UAV Control System July 28, 2007
- STANAG 4586 July 15, 2007
- Grouping in Constellations March 5, 2007
- UAS/Mission Control Systems February 20, 2007
- SPERWER Tactical UAV System September 5, 2006
- Proxy Aviation to Offer More Autonomous and Responsive, Tactical Armed UAV Capabilities August 28, 2006
- UCS - Advanced Multi-Unmanned Aerial System's Cockpit May 10, 2006
- BirdEye 500 Backpackable UAV January 28, 2005
Companies:
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- New Datalink for the New MQ-8C Firescout August 21, 2012
- Skylark 1LE + Dominator Offer New Benefits for Special Ops June 13, 2011
- New Language for Air-Ground Collaboration December 31, 2010
- New Datalink Quadruples Raven's Operability February 10, 2009
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- Skylark 1LE Adapts for the U.S. Military August 17, 2011
- Tailoring Unmanned Platforms for New Missions August 8, 2011
- Globe-i Zooming in to a “Window of Interest” June 22, 2011
- Horizon Fuel Cell Tested on Elbit Systems’ Skylark I-LE Mini UAV December 7, 2010
- BirdEye 650LE Mini-UAV Uses Fuel Cell to Fly Six Hour Missions August 23, 2010
- Horizon Introduces a Lightweight Fuel cell for UAVs June 14, 2009
- High Capacity Fuel Cell from Protonex November 3, 2008
- Miniature Aerial vehicles Design considerations August 22, 2005
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