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

The Benefits of Tethered Drones

Elistair has released an article outlining the benefits of tethered drone systems, which are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) physically connected...

Jan 08, 2021
BVLOS HF Command & Control Demonstrated with MQ-9A UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has performed what it claims is the first Beyond Line of Sight (BLOS) high-frequency...

Jan 08, 2021
New Range of Rhomboidal-Wing UAVs Unveiled

FLY-R has launched a new range of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) based on a rhomboidal-wing configuration. The design was first...

Jan 08, 2021
uAvionix Technologies Flown on Zephyr HAPS UAV

uAvionix’ ping200X ADS-B transponder and truFYX GPS receiver have both been successfully integrated and flown by launch customer Airbus aboard...

Jan 06, 2021
Draganfly Commander Drones Selected by US Department of Agriculture

Draganfly’s Commander drones have been selected by the US Department of Agriculture for use in phenotyping and other related data...

Jan 05, 2021
Drone Integration Into European Airspace Investigated

The Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) and Information Systems Delft (ISD) are performing a multi-year study for General Atomics Aeronautical Systems,...

Jan 05, 2021
China Introduces National Standard for UAS Delivery Services

China’s State Post Bureau has issued a Specification for Express Delivery Service by Unmanned Aircraft, which is the country’s first...

Jan 05, 2021
New UAS Integrated with Rajant Wireless Mesh Network Node

xCraft’s MATRIX R and PANADRONE R Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are integrated with Rajant’s smallest and lightest BreadCrumb, the DX2, to enable...

Jan 05, 2021
First Autonomous Drone Field Lab in EU Opened

The High Tech Campus Eindhoven (HTCE) technology park has begun construction of new onsite digital infrastructure for advanced autonomous aviation...

Jan 05, 2021
Elsight Secures Funding for BVLOS Drone Connectivity Technology

Elsight has successfully completed a funding round that has secured $8.3M for the company to fuel its growth through the...

Dec 31, 2020
Counter-Drone Technology Supports U.S. Army Exercise

DroneShield has provided several of its C-UAS (counter-unmanned aerial systems) solutions for dismounted, mounted, and fixed-site drone detection in support...

Dec 31, 2020
BVLOS Drone Operations Conducted Over North Sea

uAvionix’ ping200X transponder and truFYX GPS receiver have recently been used by UAS (unmanned aerial systems) operators Flylogix to conduct...

Dec 31, 2020
Industrial Drone Achieves FAA Type Certification Milestone

Union Robotics has achieved a milestone on the path to FAA type certification for its Meadowhawk dielectric industrial UAV (unmanned...

Dec 31, 2020
New Drone Airframe Design Uses Additive Moulding

Skydio has partnered with manufacturing technology firm Arris to develop a new drone airframe design that leverages Arris’ Additive Molding...

Dec 31, 2020
First Flight Performed with New Global Hawk UAV Ground Station

Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully completed the first flight with its Global Hawk UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) using the new...

Dec 31, 2020
BAE Systems Unveils Nano ‘Bug’ Drone

BAE Systems, in collaboration with UAVTEK, has developed a nano “Bug” drone weighing just 196g and boasting a 2km range....

Dec 29, 2020
FAA Issues Remote ID Drone Rules

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced long-awaited final rules for Unmanned Aircraft (UAS, UAV, drones)....

Dec 29, 2020
Autonomous Transport Drone Carries 110 lb Payload

Bell’s Autonomous Pod Transport (APT) has completed a test flight carrying 110 lbs. of payload over an 8-mile route at their...

Dec 29, 2020
uAvionix Develops Communications, Navigation & Surveillance Solutions for UAS

uAvionix, a leading developer of safety solutions for the unmanned aviation industry, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) to...

Dec 23, 2020
Loyal Wingman UAS Conducts First High-Speed Taxi Test

Boeing Australia, in conjunction with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), has completed the first high-speed taxi test of the...

Dec 23, 2020
Prototype Drone Airspace Management System Tested

Thales and Telstra have jointly developed a prototype of a system designed to safely integrate manned and unmanned aircraft operations,...

Dec 23, 2020
Tethered Drone-Based LTE Network Deployed

COMSovereign’s Drone Aviation business unit has delivered its first fully integrated LTE network, based on a new tethered drone-based aerial...

Dec 22, 2020
Hermes StarLiner UAS Selected for Environmental Protection in Canada

Elbit Systems’ Hermes StarLiner Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has been selected by Public Services and Procurement Canada, on behalf of...

Dec 22, 2020
New OEM Drone Detect-And-Avoid Solution Developed

Sagetech Avionics has partnered with embedded computing specialist Hover, Inc. to provide an onboard detect-and-avoid (DAA) solution for OEMs of...

Dec 21, 2020
RIEGL USA Relocates to New Headquarters

RIEGL USA has relocated to a new state-of-the-art headquarters and training center in Winter Garden, Florida. The new premises have...

Dec 21, 2020
Battlefield UAV Communications System Reaches Combat Flight Milestone

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Battlefield Airborne Communications Node (BACN) gateway system, which is currently flown on four EQ-4B Block 20 Global...

Dec 18, 2020
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.