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

Emergency Drone Pilot Directory Under Development

The Airborne International Response Team (AIRT) has begun the development of a global, geo-referenced database of public safety unmanned aerial...

May 05, 2021
UAV Satcom System Selected for BVLOS Drone Operations

SKYTRAC’s Integrated Mission System 350 (IMS-350) Satcom terminal for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) has been selected by Nordic Unmanned for...

May 05, 2021
Interview: Elsight’s VP of Product & Business Development

Elsight has released the following interview with Ronny Vatelmacher, the company’s VP of Product & Business Development. The interview provides...

May 05, 2021
AlarisPro Supports FAA Type Certification & Part 135 Requirements

AlarisPro has released a new enterprise fleet management plan specifically designed to aid UAS (unmanned aerial systems) operators and manufacturers...

May 04, 2021
Sagetech DAA Systems Integrated into Helicopter Drones

Sagetech Avionics has entered into an agreement to integrate its MXS transponders and Detect and Avoid (DAA) systems into Pen...

May 04, 2021
uAvionix Unveils New Certifiable Enterprise UAS Autopilot

uAvionix has expanded its line-up of certifiable avionics for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) with the George autopilot, a low-SWaP (size,...

May 04, 2021
Martin UAV to Develop Prototype US Navy UAS

Martin UAV’s V-BAT has been selected by the U.S. Navy as the basis for a prototype VTOL UAS (unmanned aerial...

Apr 30, 2021
Triple-Drop Delivery Drone Launched

Wingcopter has introduced a new electric vertical-take-off-and-landing (eVTOL) fixed-wing delivery drone that features a unique triple-drop mechanism that allows for...

Apr 30, 2021
Test Range Established for Drone-Based Geophysical Sensors

SPH Engineering has officially opened its new in-house drone flight test area, specifically designed for testing a range of types...

Apr 30, 2021
Ziyan Provides New Solution for Security & Emergency Services

With the advantages of beyond visual range, long endurance, heavy load, strong wind resistance and easy operation, Ziyan’s Ranger P2-X...

Apr 30, 2021
Prototype of UK’s First Unmanned Fighter Aircraft Under Development

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract as systems engineering partner on Phase 2 of Project MOSQUITO and will...

Apr 29, 2021
Airbus to Test Advanced Autonomous Helicopter Technology

Airbus has begun to introduce autonomous features to its helicopter Flightlab that will simplify mission preparation and management, reduce helicopter...

Apr 29, 2021
SeaGuardian UAS Operates with US Navy Cruiser

The U.S. Navy has successfully operated an MQ-9B SeaGuardian maritime surveillance UAS (unmanned aerial system) in conjunction with a manned...

Apr 28, 2021
uAvionix to Deploy UAS C2 Platform at Flight Test Site

uAvionix and the New Mexico State University Physical Science Laboratory (NMSU PSL) have entered into a partnership to deploy uAvionix’s...

Apr 28, 2021
Open-Source Ecosystems for Drone Inspection

The following article is based on a blog post from Auterion, developers of a drone software platform designed to enable...

Apr 28, 2021
MissionGO Achieves FAA Milestone for UAS Cargo Delivery

The FAA certification office has approved MissionGO’s MG Velos 100 airworthiness criteria as part of MissionGO’s Type Certificate application, a...

Apr 28, 2021
Robotic Skies Receives Investment from Drone Fund

Robotic Skies has received an investment from Japan-based partnership Drone Fund to support continued growth and development for its network...

Apr 28, 2021
WAMI Sensor Tested on RQ-21A Blackjack UAS

Logos Technologies has successfully flown its wide-area motion imagery (WAMI) sensor aboard an RQ-21A Blackjack UAS (unmanned aerial system) at...

Apr 26, 2021
Situational Awareness for BVLOS Drone Flight

Sagetech Avionics has recently presented a webinar on the up-and-coming requirements for situational awareness that will enable BVLOS (beyond visual...

Apr 26, 2021
Electronic Support System Added to MQ-9 UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has collaborated with the U.S. Air Force and L3Harris Technologies to further expand the...

Apr 24, 2021
Selecting a UAS Fleet Management Solution

  AlarisPro, a developer of state-of-the-art professional UAS (unmanned aerial systems) operations software, has released the following article outlining the...

Apr 23, 2021
Hybrid VTOL Drone Begins Manufacture in North America

FIXAR has confirmed that its new hybrid VTOL UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) will be manufactured in North America by drone...

Apr 23, 2021
Pneumatic Drone Catapults Upgraded

Edge Autonomy has released upgraded versions of the company’s portable pneumatic catapult systems for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). The catapults...

Apr 22, 2021
CAMCOPTER UAS Provides Maritime Surveillance in Baltic Sea

Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS (unmanned aerial system) is being used by the Estonian Police and Border Guard Board (PPA) for...

Apr 22, 2021
Ice Protection Developed for Drone Propellers

Mejzlik Propellers has entered into an agreement with UBIQ Aerospace to develop an ice protection solution for UAV (unmanned aerial...

Apr 22, 2021
ZIYAN UAS Discuss Industrial Drone Applications

Electric UAV manufacturer Ziyan UAS has developed proprietary industrial drone platforms for use within energy, public safety, maritime rescue, mapping...

Apr 22, 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.