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

Autonomous Flight Technology Tested on eVTOL Drone

Near Earth Autonomy’s autonomous flight technology is being tested on an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle...

May 30, 2021
Maritime Surveillance HALE UAV Reaches 40,000 Flight Hours

Northrop Grumman’s autonomous high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator (BAMS-D) UAV has surpassed 40,000 flight hours. The milestone was...

May 30, 2021
Collision Warning System for Drones Tested

HENSOLDT’s collision warning system for civil and military UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) has entered an advanced stage of development. The...

May 29, 2021
Drone-Based Airport Surface Inspection Under Development

Silent Falcon UAS Technologies has been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to develop repeatable standardized processes and procedures...

May 27, 2021
Micro Gimbal for UAS ISR Demonstrated

AVT Australia has successfully demonstrated its CM62 micro gimbal for small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) to key personnel in the...

May 27, 2021
IRIS Situational Awareness Technology Adopted for BVLOS

Kongsberg Geospatial’s IRIS airspace situational awareness technology has been adopted by Skyports’ logistics arm, Delivery by Skyports, to enhance their...

May 27, 2021
New Tethered Counter-Drone Systems Developed

DroneShield and Zenith AeroTech have partnered to develop a series of new counter-drone solutions, which combine Zenith’s heavy-lift tethered drones...

May 25, 2021
PolyExplore Launches UAV Mapping System Rental Program

PolyExplore has launched a new rental program for the company’s UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) mapping and surveying solutions, which pair...

May 25, 2021
UAV Radio Develops Wireless Data Links for Drones and Robotics

UAV Radio, a leading developer of high-performance wireless data links for land, marine and aerial robotics, has partnered with Unmanned...

May 25, 2021
Ziyan UAS Used for Polar Ice Measurement

Ziyan UAS has confirmed that an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed by the company has been used to measure the...

May 24, 2021
LiDAR vs Photogrammetry for UAV Encroachment Surveying

Scopito has released an article comparing the use of photogrammetry and LiDAR when performing encroachment surveying with UAVs (unmanned aerial...

May 24, 2021
T-DRONES Launches Upgraded Quadcopter

T-DRONES has launched the newest addition to the company’s M-Series line of multirotor UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). The M690 Pro...

May 24, 2021
SETC Becomes Official Marlyn Drone Distributor in Pakistan

Sandhu Engineering & Trading Company (SETC) will also provide assistance and first-line maintenance services to local operators

May 22, 2021
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
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.