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

Lightweight GNSS-Aided INS Introduced for UAV Applications

Oxford Technical Solutions (OxTS) has launched the latest in the company’s line of inertial navigation systems (INS). The xNAV650 is...

Mar 22, 2021
US-Made Drone Flight Computer Introduced

Windhover Labs has announced the upcoming availability of its first hardware product, a modular flight computer for commercial UAVs (unmanned...

Mar 21, 2021
Hybrid Gas-Electric Multirotor Drone Breaks Endurance Record

Skyfront’s Perimeter 8 UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) has set a new record for multirotor drone flight time, staying airborne for...

Mar 21, 2021
Scalable C2 Software Tested on Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI), in conjunction with the U.S. Army, has completed the first production Acceptance Test...

Mar 20, 2021
US Army Shadow UAS to Be Upgraded

Textron Systems has been awarded a contract by the U.S. Army to upgrade the Shadow Block II tactical unmanned aerial...

Mar 20, 2021
Innovative Iridium Certus Satcom Terminal Introduced

SKYTRAC Systems Ltd. has entered the unmanned aviation segment with the development and launch of IMS-350. The Integrated Mission System...

Mar 19, 2021
Radio Solutions for UAS Command & Control

uAvionix has released an article detailing some of the design considerations for radios used for command and control (C2) of...

Mar 19, 2021
Swissdrones Power Line Inspection Solution Successfully Tested

Swissdrones has successfully completed a challenge set by French power line operator Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE) that required an...

Mar 17, 2021
Vanguard Engines Power Aid Distribution UAV

Vanguard has released the following article detailing how its Small Block Engines have been used to power the ULTRA UAV...

Mar 17, 2021
uAvionix UAS ADS-B Transceiver Approved in Australia

uAvionix’s ping1090i ADS-B transceiver for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) has been accepted by Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) as...

Mar 15, 2021
Drone Connectivity SmartLink Upgraded

Full- stack UAV avionic technology manufacturers Sky-Drones Technologies, has updated the SmartLink product range. Improvements made to the air unit...

Mar 15, 2021
BVLOS Drones Tested at North Sea Wind Farm

DEME Offshore and Sabca have successfully tested autonomous drone operations at the Rentel wind farm off the coast of Belgium....

Mar 14, 2021
Skydio Drones Offered for Law Enforcement & Emergency Responders

Axon has entered into an agreement to offer Skydio’s autonomous unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to law enforcement and emergency responders...

Mar 14, 2021
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
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