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

Auterion Partners with Maxon for New Enterprise & Government Drones

Auterion has entered into a partnership with maxon, a drive and motor specialist whose precision products have been used in...

May 21, 2021
Remote ID & Tracking Module Introduced for UAS

Aerobits has launched a new product that provides enhanced identification and tracking for unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The idME module...

May 21, 2021
Robotic Skies to Provide Maintenance for Humanitarian & Medical Drones

Robotic Skies has partnered with Dutch UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) manufacturer Avy – Drones for Good to develop a field...

May 20, 2021
eBook: How to Increase Drone Flight Time, Payload & Efficiency

RCbenchmark's free eBook examines the various factors that impact unmanned flight performance, and provides insight into ways to increase flight time, payload and overall efficiency

May 20, 2021
Orbital UAV Hosts Australian Minister for Defence Industry

Orbital Corporation has hosted Australia’s Minister for Defence Industry, the Hon Melissa Price MP, and Mr Vince Connelly MP, Federal...

May 20, 2021
Fixed-Wing UAV Achieves 4000 Hours of ISR Missions

Trident Aerospace, a provider of drone-based ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) services, has confirmed that one of its customers has...

May 19, 2021
Mobilicom Expands Rugged Tactical Drone Controller Range

Mobilicom, an end-to-end provider of cybersecurity and smart solutions for drones, robotics and autonomous platforms, has expanded its range of...

May 19, 2021
Skyward Drone Software Integrates with Pix4D

The Skyward drone management software platform has been integrated with Pix4D, allowing users to turn drone-gathered data into 2D maps...

May 19, 2021
NASA to Develop BVLOS Drone Flight Research Corridors

NASA has entered into a Space Act Agreement (SAA) with The Longbow Group in order to develop beyond visual line-of-sight...

May 19, 2021
Miniature UAV LiDAR Scanners for Surveys & Photogrammetry

RIEGL has released the following article detailing how Alto Drones, a provider of UAV-based laser scanning and photogrammetry services, has...

May 18, 2021
WhiteFox Develops Counter-UAS & Airspace Security Solutions

WhiteFox Defense Technologies, a leading developer of counter-drone and airspace security technologies, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) to...

May 18, 2021
Situational Awareness & Targeting Demonstrated with Gray Eagle ER UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has demonstrated enhanced situational awareness and targeting capability for ground forces with the aid...

May 18, 2021
YellowScan Selects New Asia-Pacific Distributor

YellowScan has entered into a new distribution agreement with geospatial and marine survey specialists Hydronav Services, who provide sales, rental,...

May 17, 2021
Prototype Engine for Aerosonde UAS Program Delivered

Orbital UAV has achieved the first major milestone in its engine development program for the Textron Aerosonde UAV (unmanned aerial...

May 14, 2021
FIXAR Develops Autonomous Hybrid VTOL and Indoor Drones

FIXAR, a leading developer of professional UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) platforms for commercial and industrial applications, has partnered with Unmanned...

May 14, 2021
New Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered UAS Demonstrated

Thales, Drones-Center and ZenT have successfully demonstrated a new unmanned aerial system (UAS) powered by hydrogen fuel cell technology. The...

May 14, 2021
sUAS Award Winning Multi Sensor Imaging System

Designed for small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) operations, the CM142 by Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT), has been awarded Silver at...

May 13, 2021
Triton UAS Sense and Avoid Capabilities to be Upgraded

Northrop Grumman has entered into a contract with the U.S. Navy to prototype and reduce the risk of integrating sense...

May 12, 2021
SwissDrones Develops Long-Range & BVLOS Unmanned Helicopters

SwissDrones, a leading developer of VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) helicopters, has partnered with Unmanned Systems...

May 12, 2021
AlarisPro Selected as Finalist for AUVSI XCELLENCE Awards

AlarisPro has been selected as a finalist for the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International's (AUVSI) 2021 XCELLENCE Awards, the winners of which will be announced at the AUVSI XPONENTIAL conference taking place from August 16-19.

May 12, 2021
AVT Imaging System to Equip Australian Army’s Tactical UAS

The Australian Defence Force will soon be equipped with Ascent Vision Technologies world-leading, Australian developed, camera sensor technology featuring next...

May 10, 2021
Volz Servos Incorporate Autopilot Compatible CAN Bus Interface

Working with autopilot and critical drone component supplier Embention, leading actuator manufacturer Volz has incorporated a CAN Bus (Controller Area...

May 10, 2021
UAV Autonomy System Tested on Kratos Tactical UAS

A UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) autonomy core system (ACS) developed under the U.S. Air Force’s Skyborg Vanguard program has been...

May 07, 2021
DeltaQuad UAV Controller Features Autonomous Object Following

Vertical Technologies has released the new handheld DeltaQuad Controller for the company’s UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). The controller uses state-of-the-art...

May 07, 2021
Sky Power UAV Engine Successfully Completes FAR33 Endurance Test

Sky Power GmbH has successfully tested its SP-55 TS carburettor UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) engine using a high-stress running profile...

May 07, 2021
FLIR Provides Additional Black Hornet Nano-UAVs to U.S. Army

FLIR Systems has been awarded an additional contract to provide the U.S. Army with its Black Hornet 3 Personal Reconnaissance...

May 06, 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.