UAV / Drone News

The latest UAS / UAV news for Autonomous and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. Articles on commercial UAV, tactical drones and unmanned aerial systems, product launches and technological advances in UAV design and manufacture

Largest Ever Delivery of VTOL UAVs Completed

BlueBird Aero Systems has delivered a hundred of its WanderB-VTOL UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) to an unspecified customer in Europe....

Jun 21, 2021
CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS Supports Coast Guard Operations in Baltic Sea

Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS (unmanned aerial system) is being used by the Finnish Border Guard to carry out coast guard...

Jun 21, 2021
Rugged Connectivity Solutions Selected for Modular Multirotor UAV

Fischer Connectors’ UltiMate and MiniMax connectivity solutions have been incorporated into the Tundra, a ruggedized, multi-functional, modular UAV (unmanned aerial...

Jun 21, 2021
Unmanned Helicopter Detects & Measures Radioactive Particles

SwissDrones' SDO 50 V2 helicopter drone has been deployed to detect and measure radioactive particles in a joint operation with the Swiss Federal Office for Civil Protection (FOCP).

Jun 21, 2021
YellowScan Selects New UK Distribution Partner

YellowScan has selected Aetha as the newest addition to its global network of distributors of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) LiDAR...

Jun 18, 2021
Portable Counter-UAS Kit Launched

DroneShield has launched the Immediate Response Kit (IRK), a rapidly deployable counter-UAS solution that is designed to both detect and...

Jun 17, 2021
BVLOS Drone Operations Approved in Canada

Volatus has been awarded a Special Flight Operating Certificate (SFOC) by Transport Canada to conduct beyond visual line of sight...

Jun 17, 2021
Developing European Standards for UAS Traffic Management

Aerobits has entered into a partnership with Droniq to develop European standards for solutions that are required for the management...

Jun 17, 2021
uAvionix Demonstrates New UAS Autopilot & C2 Infrastructure

uAvionix has conducted a technology demonstration flight with a VTOL UAS (unmanned aerial system) that combined the flight control capabilities...

Jun 16, 2021
New MicroPilot UAV Autopilot Focuses on Safety, Reliability & Processing Power

Key features of MicroPilot’s third generation MP2128HELI3 autopilot include 6.5 MB of error correcting RAM and 4 MB of error correcting Flash to improve the reliability of the autopilot’s memory

Jun 16, 2021
DARPA Demos Mobile Force Protection C-UAS Program

DARPA has successfully demonstrated a counter-unmanned air system (C-UAS) multilayer defense architecture as part of its Mobile Force Protection (MFP)...

Jun 15, 2021
Lorenz Technology Partners with UK Distributor

Lorenz Technology has entered into a partnership with Coptrz, a UK-based drone technology provider who will distribute Lorenz’ intelligent drone...

Jun 15, 2021
UAV-Based Postal Delivery Tested in Slovenia

Slovenia’s national postal agency, Pošta Slovenija, has tested drone delivery for the first time, using a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)...

Jun 14, 2021
Creating an Elite Unmanned Systems Training Program

In this article, the team at Warren Community College, New Jersey explain how their Unmanned Systems Training Program quickly went from an initial idea to reality.

Jun 14, 2021
Iris Automation to Participate in FAA’s BVLOS Aviation Rulemaking Committee

Iris Automation has been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to participate in the newly formed BVLOS (beyond visual...

Jun 14, 2021
OxTS Selects New US-Based Mapping & Survey Distributor

OxTS has selected California-based GeoNAV Satellite Systems as a new distributor for survey and mapping-related products. GeoNAV will be responsible...

Jun 14, 2021
Drone Parachute System Tested for Safe Operations Over People

NUAIR (Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance) has recently tested a drone parachute recovery system at the New York UAS...

Jun 12, 2021
New Cargo Delivery Drone Introduced

XMobots, a prominent manufacturer of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) serving the Latin American market, has entered the cargo transportation and...

Jun 12, 2021
Sony Unveils World’s Smallest Professional Drone

Sony Electronics Inc. has announced the Airpeak S1, the world’s smallest professional drone, due to be available later in the...

Jun 11, 2021
Brushless Electrical Generator Tested on Gray Eagle ER UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has performed initial flight tests of a new brushless electrical generator system for its...

Jun 11, 2021
Tethered Drone Flies Continuously for 108 Hours

Zenith AeroTech has confirmed that its Quad 8 multi-rotor tethered UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) has flown a total of 161...

Jun 09, 2021
Aerial Target Drone Upgraded with Veronte Autopilot

Embention’s Veronte Autopilot for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) has been selected for integration into an aerial target drone manufactured by...

Jun 09, 2021
Auterion Updates Enterprise PX4 & Mission Control Drone Software

Auterion has upgraded its Enterprise PX4 and Mission Control open software for drones. Version 2.3 of Enterprise PX4 and version...

Jun 09, 2021
Drone Vision Becomes Official Marlyn Drone Distributor in Slovakia

Drone Vision will be responsible for the distribution of Atmos Marlyn drones in Slovakia, and will provide assistance and first-line maintenance services to local operators

Jun 09, 2021
UAS Solutions for Arctic Conditions Under Development

Insitu has partnered with Robot Aviation and Andøya Space to develop the unmanned aircraft system (UAS) ecosystem in the Arctic...

Jun 08, 2021
MQ-25 UAS Successfully Refuels F/A-18 Mid-Air

The U.S. Navy and Boeing have successfully demonstrated air-to-air refuelling, using the MQ-25 T1 test UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) to...

Jun 07, 2021
Advancing Unmanned Systems Through Strategic Collaboration UST works with major OEMs to foster collaboration and increase engagement with SMEs, to accelerate innovation and drive unmanned systems capabilities forward.