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

Aerospace & Defense Equity Firm Acquires UAV Factory

UAV Factory has been acquired by AE Industrial Partners (AEI), a private equity firm specializing in aerospace, defense and government...

Jan 28, 2021
AI-Powered Drone Cybersecurity System Created

Industrial artificial intelligence (AI) developer SparkCognition has created a new AI-powered cybersecurity solution designed to protect drones from zero-day attacks...

Jan 27, 2021
Sky Power Opens Online Store for UAV Engines

Sky Power’s complete UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) engine product portfolio has been made available for purchase via a new online...

Jan 27, 2021
BVLOS Missile Target Designation Performed by Drone

MBDA has successfully performed the first demonstration of its LynkEUs Dismounted system, which pairs an MMP anti-tank missile system in...

Jan 25, 2021
Flock Provides EASA-Compliant Commercial Drone Insurance

Flock has partnered with leading aviation underwriter Sompo International, allowing drone pilots and operators across Europe to access EASA-compliant commercial...

Jan 25, 2021
Forest Fire Monitoring with Drones and Wind Sensors

FT Technologies’ FT205 wind sensor has been used in conjunction with an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to predict the progress...

Jan 25, 2021
Enhancing Safety & Efficiency for the Utilities Industry with Drones

SOARIZON has released the following article that outlines how power and utilities industries such as oil and gas, wind farms...

Jan 25, 2021
DARPA Gremlins UAS & Recovery System Completes Third Test

Dynetics has successfully completed a third test flight series with its prototype unmanned aerial system (UAS) and retrieval mechanism for...

Jan 22, 2021
AESA Maritime Radar to be Integrated on MQ-9B SeaGuardian UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) is integrating Leonardo’s Seaspray 7500E V2 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar into the...

Jan 22, 2021
Drone & UGV Common Control System Joins Wave Relay Ecosystem

Tomahawk Robotics has joined the Wave Relay Ecosystem, an industry alliance of sensor and unmanned system companies that all utilize...

Jan 22, 2021
Steadicopter Partners with Simlat for UAS Simulation Training

Steadicopter has partnered with UAS (unmanned aerial systems) simulation developer Simlat in order to provide a realistic training environment for...

Jan 21, 2021
Tethered Drones for Airport & Public Security

Elistair has released the following article detailing a demonstration conducted in Malaysia that showed how the company’s tethered drone systems...

Jan 21, 2021
Microdrones Selects New Distributor for Eastern Europe & Africa

Microdrones’ UAS (unmanned aerial system) solutions for mapping and surveying are now being offered to customers in Eastern Europe and...

Jan 21, 2021
GPS-Denied Navigation for BVLOS Drone Flights Under Development

Black Swift Technologies (BST) has been awarded a contract by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to develop a...

Jan 20, 2021
Infrared Targeting Pod Fitted to Avenger UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has performed a flight test during which its Avenger unmanned aerial system (UAS) was...

Jan 19, 2021
Autonomous Industrial Imaging and Mapping Drones Introduced

Skyfish has formally launched its new line of advanced autonomous work drone platforms, following an extended period of research and...

Jan 19, 2021
New Tactical Rapid Deployment Anti-Drone Jammer Launched

Netline has unveiled a new a rapid deployment (RD) tactical drone jamming solution, the DroneNet RD Jammer. The compact solution...

Jan 18, 2021
AI-Enabled UAV Demonstrated to U.S. Army

Scientific Systems Company, Inc (SSCI) has successfully flown its Robotic Autonomous Platform for Tactical Operations and Reconnaissance (RAPTOR) autonomous Unmanned...

Jan 18, 2021
AeroVironment to Acquire Arcturus UAV

AeroVironment has entered into an agreement to acquire Arcturus UAV, a provider of Group 2 and 3 unmanned aircraft systems...

Jan 18, 2021
Initial UTM Services to be Implemented in Finland

Astra UTM has signed an agreement with Fintraffic Air Navigation Services to implement Finland’s initial UTM (unmanned traffic management)-centric services....

Jan 15, 2021
Auterion Selects New VP of Public Safety

As part of the company’s mission to help first responders fully realize the potential of UAS (unmanned aerial systems) with...

Jan 14, 2021
Sagetech to Develop BVLOS DAA Solution for US Air Force

Sagetech Avionics has been awarded a U.S. Air Force Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract for the initial development phase...

Jan 14, 2021
Cyprus Joint Rescue Coordination Center Uses Upgraded C-Astral Drones

C-Astral has successfully upgraded its legacy Bramor C4EYE UAS (unmanned aerial system) for the Cyprus-based Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC),...

Jan 12, 2021
Avenger UAS Selected for USAF Drone AI Program

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has been selected by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) to provide...

Jan 11, 2021
New UAS Systems Engineering and Certification Service Launched

Hionos, a certified flight controller software solutions provider, has partnered with UAS (unmanned aerial systems) avionics and engineering company Abionica...

Jan 11, 2021
FAA’s New UAS Remote ID Rule Supported by WhiteFox

The FAA’s release of a revised final rule on UAS remote identification (RID) has been meet with approval by pioneers...

Jan 11, 2021
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