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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

New Long-Endurance VTOL Drone Released
New Long-Endurance VTOL Drone Released

Edge Autonomy has announced the launch of the Penguin B VTOL, a long-endurance drone for commercial, military and academic applications...

Jun 30, 2021
Skyward and FAA Test Cellular-Connected Drones
Skyward and FAA Test Cellular-Connected Drones

Skyward has partnered with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to test cellular-connected drones that could unlock complex UAV (unmanned aerial...

Jun 30, 2021
Investment Program Launched for BVLOS Drone Operations
Investment Program Launched for BVLOS Drone Operations

Elsight has launched a globally available Halo Value Investment Program (VIP) that is designed to allow drone companies to expand...

Jun 29, 2021
SKELDAR V-150 Utilised in European GNSS Aviation Tests
SKELDAR V-150 Utilised in European GNSS Aviation Tests

UMS Skeldar’s V-150 helicopter UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) has been used as a test platform for the ECARO (Egnos Civil...

Jun 28, 2021
Kratos to Develop Turboshaft Engine for Group 3 UAVs
Kratos to Develop Turboshaft Engine for Group 3 UAVs

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions‘ Turbine Technologies Division (KTT) has been awarded a contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory...

Jun 27, 2021
GoDrone Unmanned Traffic Management App Successfully Trialled
GoDrone Unmanned Traffic Management App Successfully Trialled

Air Traffic Control The Netherlands (LVNL), in partnership with Dutch Drone Delta, has successfully tested the transmission of air traffic...

Jun 27, 2021
Echodyne Expands Counter-UAS Radar Product Line
Echodyne Expands Counter-UAS Radar Product Line

Echodyne has announced a range of additions and enhancements to its counter-UAS (unmanned aerial system) radars, following significant advancements to...

Jun 24, 2021
Air-Launched Decoy Drone Under Development
Air-Launched Decoy Drone Under Development

Wave Engine Corporation has been awarded a contract by the USAF Armament Directorate to build and demonstrate the Versatile Air-Launched...

Jun 23, 2021
Largest Ever Delivery of VTOL UAVs Completed
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
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 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 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
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
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 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 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
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
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