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

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
Microdrones Documentary Show Features UAV Boundary Surveying

Microdrones has released a new set of episodes of its “Down to Earth” reality series, which focuses on the challenges...

Jun 07, 2021
New Drone Construction Survey Solution Introduced

Propeller Aero and Wingtra have partnered to develop a new site data collection and 3D mapping solution designed specifically for...

Jun 06, 2021
Embry-Riddle Offers Remote Training for Drone Pilots

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) has been awarded a first-of-its-kind waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) that will allow students...

Jun 06, 2021
The CubePilot Hardware & Software Ecosystem for UAVs

HexAero and ProfiCNC, joint developers of the pioneering open-source CubePilot hardware and software ecosystem for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and...

Jun 04, 2021
Heavy Lift Unmanned Helicopter Tested in High Altitude Mountains

Ziyan UAS has completed a flight test of the Blowfish A2 heavy lift VTOL UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) to demonstrate...

Jun 04, 2021
Bathymetric Surveys Conducted with UAV and Echo Sounder

Drone service provider ERELIS has recently used a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) equipped with a single-beam echo sounder to conduct...

Jun 04, 2021
Air-Deployed UAS Developed for Atmospheric Sampling

The following article is based on a news released authored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Black Swift...

Jun 03, 2021
RIEGL Updates Kinematic LiDAR Data Processing Software

RIEGL has released an updated version of RiPROCESS, the company’s project-oriented software for the managing and processing of airborne, mobile...

Jun 02, 2021
Orbital UAV Engine Delivered to Singapore Defense Company

Orbital UAV has confirmed the delivery of the first UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) engine system to one of Singapore’s largest...

Jun 02, 2021
Integrated Drone LiDAR Solution Unveiled

YellowScan and Acecore Technologies have collaborated to develop a fully integrated UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) LiDAR solution that combines the...

Jun 02, 2021
Human Pancreas Transported via Unmanned Aircraft

UAS (unmanned aerial systems) solutions provider MissionGO and organ procurement organization LifeSource have carried out the first ever test flight...

Jun 01, 2021
New Unmanned Helicopter Features Four-Hour Flight Time

ANAVIA has released its first helicopter UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), an advanced system that delivers up to 240 minutes of...

May 31, 2021
Stratospheric HAPS UAV Flies at 64,000 Feet

Sceye has successfully launched, flown and landed its stratospheric HAPS (high-altitude platform station) UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), reaching an altitude...

May 30, 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.