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

Counter-Drone System Protects from Day Zero of DJI Drone Release

DroneFox by WhiteFox Defense Technologies, Inc. successfully detected and identified DJI’s new FPV drones using OcuSync 3.0, from Day Zero...

Mar 12, 2021
New Multi-Sensor UAV Payload System Introduced

Elbit Systems has introduced the next-generation version of its Advanced Multi-Sensor Payload System (AMPS NG) for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles),...

Mar 11, 2021
Drone Detection & Tracking in U.S. Law Enforcement

WhiteFox Defense Technologies, Inc. has delivered the DroneFoxTM Counter UAS (CUAS) system to a major US city’s police department. US...

Mar 11, 2021
Long-Endurance Smart Battery for UAVs Released

T-DRONES has developed a new smart battery, designed for use with the company’s UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), that has been...

Mar 11, 2021
PD-2 Fixed-Wing UAS Datalink Range Upgraded

Ukrspecsystems has successfully flight tested an enhanced datalink on its PD-2 UAS (unmanned aerial system). The datalink provides a range...

Mar 11, 2021
Sagetech DAA System Selected for Long-Range UAV

Sagetech Avionics has entered into an agreement with American Aerospace ISR (AA ISR) to integrate the company’s Detect and Avoid...

Mar 11, 2021
Condor Long-Range Delivery Drone Completes Further Testing

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has successfully completed further testing with its Condor long-range delivery drone at the Foremost UAS Test...

Mar 11, 2021
Machine Learning Models for Drone Edge Computing Developed

AI and machine learning specialist Dataiku and robotics data platform UAVIA have developed a fully automated solution for training and...

Mar 11, 2021
New Range of UAV Power Generation & Propulsion Products Launched

ePropelled has unveiled its next-generation family of power generation and propulsion products for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). The new product...

Mar 10, 2021
Censys Technologies Develops VTOL UAVs & Command Vehicles for BVLOS Operations

Censys Technologies, a leading developer of fixed-wing UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) for long-range and BVLOS (Beyond Visual Line of Sight)...

Mar 10, 2021
Custom Counter-Drone System Created for US Government Agencies

Citadel Defense, in conjunction with mobile communications developer Syzygy Integration, has developed a custom counter-drone system for the U.S. Department...

Mar 09, 2021
JUMP 20 VTOL UAV Selected for USSOCOM MEUAS Program

AeroVironment’s Arcturus UAV subsidiary has been awarded a competitive task order by the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to provide...

Mar 09, 2021
Biofuel Turbogenerator for Hybrid-Electric UAS Under Development

Honeywell is developing a power source for hybrid-electric aircraft such as heavy-lift drones and urban air mobility (UAM) vehicles that...

Mar 08, 2021
Drone Delivery System to Undergo Type Certification

  Flirtey has completed the technologies required for its drone delivery system, designed for last-mile delivery, to undergo FAA type...

Mar 08, 2021
New Counter-UAS System Launched

MBDA has launched Sky Warden, the company’s new flagship counter-drone system. Sky Warden provides a full counter-UAS (unmanned aerial systems)...

Mar 07, 2021
Industrial Heavy-Lift Drone Selected for FAA BEYOND Program

Parallel Flight Technologies (PFT) has been selected as an official partner of the Alaska Center for UAS Integration (ACUASI) at...

Mar 07, 2021
Rotary Diesel Engine to be Adapted for UAS

LiquidPiston has been awarded a contract from the United States Air Force to adapt its X-Engine technology for use in...

Mar 06, 2021
BVLOS UAS Undertakes Pipeline Inspection Demonstration

American Aerospace Technology (AATI)’s AiRanger UAS (unmanned aerial system) has been used to successfully demonstrate beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS) pipeline...

Mar 06, 2021
UAS Pipeline Inspections Simulated in NASA SIO Demonstration

Sagetech Avionics has partnered with Echodyne to provide a multi-sensor Detect and Avoid (DAA) system to American Aerospace Technologies Inc....

Mar 05, 2021
Avenger ER UAS Receives Experimental Certificate for Extended Operations

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has been awarded an Experimental Certificate (EC) by the FAA for its Avenger ER...

Mar 04, 2021
Designing UAS Avionics for Dual Military and Civil Usage

Sagetech has released the following article that lays out avionics design considerations for UAS (unmanned aerial systems) that may have...

Mar 04, 2021
Artificial Rain Generation with UAVs

Anemoment has released the following case study detailing the use of the company’s TriSonica Mini wind and weather sensor on...

Mar 04, 2021
Updated Range of Tethered Drone Systems Launched

Volarious has updated its V-LINE range of tethered drone stations with support for the DJI Autel Evo 2 series and...

Mar 04, 2021
Microdrones Selects New Distributor in Vietnam

Microdrones has selected Survey Technology & Trading Joint Stock Company (Sujcom) in Vietnam as a new distributor of its UAS...

Mar 03, 2021
System Failure Prediction Software for UAS

Black Swift Technologies (BST) has released the following article detailing its proposed artificial intelligence-based solution for detecting anomalies in unmanned...

Mar 03, 2021
Drone LiDAR Inspection Payload Utilizes Inertial Labs INS

Inertial Labs has confirmed that its INS-D-OEM inertial navigation system (INS) has been incorporated into ROCK Robotic’s latest drone LiDAR...

Mar 03, 2021
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