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

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
Loyal Wingman UAS Completes First Flight

Boeing Australia, working in conjunction with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), has successfully completed the first test flight of...

Mar 03, 2021
Counter-Drone Technology Supports Remote ID

D-Fend Solutions has confirmed that its EnforceAir counter-small unmanned aerial systems (C-sUAS) technology supports the legislation rule recently passed by...

Mar 03, 2021
STABLE Develops Stabilized Drone Launch & Landing Platforms

STABLE, a leading developer of innovative stabilized launch and landing platforms for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and drones, has partnered...

Mar 02, 2021
Empowering Public Safety and Industrial Security with Robotics and Wireless Mesh

Rajant has released the following white paper explaining how autonomous robotics solutions are expanding the role technology plays in enhancing security...

Mar 02, 2021
Canadian Coast Guard to Trial Drone Surveillance System

Kongsberg Geospatial has been selected by Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC) to conduct trials of a new long-endurance UAV...

Mar 02, 2021
UAVOS Develops New Main Rotor Blades for Unmanned Helicopters

UAVOS has launched its new next-generation composite main rotor blades for helicopter UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) with takeoff weight of...

Mar 01, 2021
C-UAS System Creates Virtual Dome to Protect Stadiums

C-UAS System DroneFox by WhiteFox Defense Technologies has been successfully tested by international government representatives at a Southern California Soccer...

Mar 01, 2021
Iris Automation Launches BVLOS Drone Program in Canada

Iris Automation has partnered with the Foremost UAS Test Range in Alberta and the UAS Center of Excellence (CED) in...

Feb 28, 2021
Prototype Long-Range Naval Cargo Transport UAS Tested

Naval Air Force Atlantic has conducted a test of a new prototype unmanned aircraft, known as Blue Water UAS, designed...

Feb 28, 2021
MQ-9A UAS Equipped with New Avionics Bay

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has successfully undertaken a test flight with a company-owned MQ-9A Block 5 UAS (unmanned...

Feb 28, 2021
Schiebel Receives Light UAS Operator Certificate

Schiebel has become the first unmanned aerial system (UAS) operator in Europe to receive the Light UAS Operator Certificate (LUC)...

Feb 26, 2021
Upgraded V-BAT VTOL UAV Demonstrated at Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment

Martin UAV has demonstrated the newly upgraded version of the company’s V-BAT VTOL UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), the V-BAT 128,...

Feb 26, 2021
Leonardo Decoy System Launched from MQ-9 UAS

Leonardo and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) are working together to integrate Leonardo’s BriteCloud expendable active decoy into the...

Feb 25, 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.