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

SAR/MTI Radar for Common Operating Picture in UAV Operations

Meteksan Defence, a developer of components, radar and communication technologies for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), has released the following article...

Feb 15, 2021
Censys Technologies Launches Training Partnership with UATI

Industrial drone manufacturer Censys Technologies has designated Unmanned Aviation Training Institute (UATI) as an OEM-authorized training provider of the Sentaero...

Feb 15, 2021
High-Resolution LiDAR UAV Developed for Surveying

Microdrones has unveiled the latest in its range of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)-based LiDAR surveying systems, the mdLiDAR1000HR aaS. The...

Feb 15, 2021
Skydio Selected for U.S. Army Reconnaissance sUAS Program

Skydio’s X2D drone has been selected for final integration into the U.S. Army’s Short Range Reconnaissance (SRR) program, which aims...

Feb 15, 2021
Air-Launched Munition UAV Project Underway

DARPA has kicked off Phase 1 of its LongShot program, which aims to develop an air-launched unmanned air vehicle (UAV)...

Feb 14, 2021
Iris Automation Joins WEF Global Innovators Community

Iris Automation has been invited to join the World Economic Forum’s Global Innovators community, an invitation-only group of leading start-ups...

Feb 09, 2021
High-Pressure Valve Developed for UAV Hydrogen Transportation

Intelligent Energy has launched a new addition to its range of hydrogen fuel cell modules and accessories for unmanned aerial...

Feb 09, 2021
Micro IFF UAS Transponder Receives DoD AIMS Certification

Sagetech Avionics has been awarded the world’s first 17-1000 Mark XIIB certification by the U.S. Department of Defense AIMS Program...

Feb 08, 2021
Mobile Counter-Drone Solution Launched

DroneShield and Trakka Systems have partnered to develop the TIPS-C (Trakka Interceptor Package Solution), a new counter-UAS (unmanned aerial systems)...

Feb 08, 2021
Microdrones to Premiere New Episodes of UAV Surveying Series

Microdrones has created three new episodes of its “Down to Earth” reality series, which focuses on the challenges and hazards...

Feb 08, 2021
Successful Long Endurance Flight of Solar-Hybrid UAS

Packet Digital and the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have performed a successful first test flight of their jointly developed...

Feb 08, 2021
AUVSI Expands Elite Group of Training Providers

Warren Community College of Washington, New Jersey has become the latest program provider for the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems...

Feb 06, 2021
SkyGuardian UAS Maritime Capability to be Demonstrated in UK

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has announced a plan to take its SkyGuardian UAS (unmanned aerial system) to the...

Feb 04, 2021
UK’s Dstl Trials Drone Swarm Technology

The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) has recently completed an exercise with a swarm of 20 drones in...

Feb 03, 2021
C-ASTRAL Provides C4ISR Capabilities for VTOL Cargo UAV

C-ASTRAL Aerospace has been selected to provide C4ISR (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance) capabilities for the upgraded...

Feb 03, 2021
Maritime Surveillance Systems Tested on SeaGuardian UAS

Raytheon Intelligence & Space’s maritime surveillance technologies have been successfully flight tested on board a General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc....

Feb 02, 2021
Counter-UAS Platform Offers Compliance with US & EU Remote ID Standards

Counter-drone technology platform Dedrone has become the first to provide users with compliance with both U.S. and E.U. government-provided remote...

Feb 02, 2021
CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS Selected by Nordic Unmanned

Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 unmanned aerial system (UAS) has been selected by drone services provider Nordic Unmanned as its system of...

Feb 02, 2021
New IFF Solutions Provide Enhanced Situational Awareness for UAVs

uAvionix has launched a full lineup of Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) solutions for small, tactical, and attritable unmanned aerial...

Feb 01, 2021
Dronecloud to Develop Drone Management Software for Railway Inspection

Dronecloud has entered into an agreement to provide management software for the fleet of drones operated by Network Rail, the...

Feb 01, 2021
Miniature LiDAR Sensor Selected for Autonomous Scanning System

Velodyne Lidar has entered into an agreement to provide its Puck LITE LiDAR sensors to Emesent, developers of the Hovermap...

Jan 30, 2021
MANET Radio & EO/IR Gimbal Integrated onto Tethered sUAS

Zenith AeroTech has successfully integrated an advanced flight radar, gimbaled EO/IR camera, and mobile ad hoc networking (MANET) radio onto...

Jan 30, 2021
UK’s First Medical Drone Delivery Network to be Developed

A consortium of 13 organisations, led by AGS Airports, has been formed to develop and trial the UK’s first national...

Jan 30, 2021
Drone Delivery Service Launched on Guam

Valqari’s Drone Delivery Station technology is being deployed as part of a new UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)-based delivery service launching...

Jan 30, 2021
Scopito Wins Infrastructure Maintenance Inspection Platform Award

Drone inspection data management solution Scopito has been awarded Best Infrastructure Maintenance Inspection Platform 2020 at the Corporate Vision Small...

Jan 29, 2021
Self-Protection System Successfully Demonstrated on MQ-9 UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has successfully completed flight testing of a Self-Protection Pod (SPP) for its MQ-9 unmanned...

Jan 28, 2021
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