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

Article: Why Drone Operators Must Train, Think and Act Like Crewed Aircraft Pilots

Commercial drone insurance provider Global Aerospace has released an article focusing on the benefits of a mindset among drone operators,...

Dec 18, 2020
AttritableONE UAV Flies in Formation with Fighter Aircraft

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has successfully completed a flight test with its AttritableONE UAS (unmanned aerial system), also known...

Dec 18, 2020
Portable Test Stand Developed for UAV Wankel Engine

Sky Power has developed a portable test stand for the company’s SP-180 SRE hybrid Wankel UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) engine....

Dec 18, 2020
Threod Systems Releases New Pneumatic UAV Launcher

Threod Systems has developed a new pneumatic launcher for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), the CATA. The launcher operates even in...

Dec 17, 2020
Robotic Skies to Expand Drone Support Services

Robotic Skies has received a new round of investment funding that will enable the company to continue to grow its...

Dec 16, 2020
ARS Develops Inspection Drones & Mobile Command Centres

Aerial Response Solutions (ARS), a leading developer of long-range drones and mobile UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) command centers, has partnered...

Dec 16, 2020
New Oil-free Turbojet Engine for Tactical UAVs

PBS AEROSPACE Inc has introduced an oil-free variant of its TJ100 turbojet engine, the TJ100P. It has been developed in...

Dec 16, 2020
DARPA Gremlins UAS Project Completes Third Flight Test

DARPA has performed the third series of flight tests with its unmanned X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicles (GAVs). Each of the...

Dec 16, 2020
Iris Automation to Expand BVLOS and UAV AI Capabilities

Iris Automation has successfully secured $13 million in venture capital funding to further the development of advanced detection systems used...

Dec 16, 2020
UAVOS Tests New Heavy-Lift Unmanned Helicopter

UAVOS has performed the first successful flight of the Alpin UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), an unmanned helicopter developed in conjunction...

Dec 15, 2020
Sunhillo Develops Tracking & Monitoring Technology for UAVs

Sunhillo, a global leader in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveillance, monitoring and tracking, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”)...

Dec 15, 2020
New Modular Fixed-Wing & VTOL UAS Demonstrated

UKRSPECSYSTEMS has recently conducted demonstration flights for foreign government representatives with its PD-2 UAS (unmanned aerial system). The company’s new...

Dec 15, 2020
Extended Range Antenna Introduced for UAS Command & Control

AeroVironment has introduced an Extended Range Antenna (ERA) in a lightweight, portable form factor that expands UAS command and control...

Dec 14, 2020
Fixed Wing UAS Completes Navy’s 1st Test Flight with ARS

Boeing’s MQ-25 T1 test asset for The U.S. Navy has flown for the first time with an aerial refueling store...

Dec 14, 2020
French Navy Installs Additional Four Schiebel Unmanned Helicopters

Naval Group, on behalf of the French Navy, has accepted a further two CAMCOPTER® S-100 unmanned helicopters for operational use....

Dec 14, 2020
Static Testing on MQ-9B SkyGuardian UAS Wing Structure Completed

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has completed three months of Full Scale Static (FSS) testing on the wing structure...

Dec 09, 2020
Simultaneous Long Distance Delivery Performed with Two Drones

Pablo Air has performed simultaneous delivery of medical supplies with two drones from Incheon New Port in mainland Korea to...

Dec 09, 2020
High-Precision Autonomous Landing System For UAVs Developed

UAVLAS has developed an ultra-high precision autonomous landing system for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), designed to solve the bottlenecks in...

Dec 09, 2020
DARPA CODE Autonomy Engine Demonstrated on Avenger UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has demonstrated the DARPA-developed Collaborative Operations in Denied Environment (CODE) autonomy engine on the...

Dec 08, 2020
Airbus Solar HAPS UAV Completes Test Flight Campaign

Airbus Defence and Space has successfully completed a new test flight campaign with its Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS)...

Dec 08, 2020
SOARIZON Updates Intelligent Drone Mission Map Functionality

SOARIZON has launched the biggest ever upgrade to its intelligent drone mission mapping functionality, allowing users to plan missions on...

Dec 07, 2020
Microdrones Releases Drone Surveying Equipment & Technology Journal

Microdrones has made the second digital edition of the company’s 2020 Field Tested Field Proven journal available to download for...

Dec 07, 2020
Latest Configuration of Shadow Tactical UAS Ordered by US Army

The U.S. Army has ordered 36 of the new Block III configuration of Textron Systems’ Shadow tactical unmanned aerial systems...

Dec 05, 2020
Autonomous Satellite-Launching UAV Unveiled

Aevum, Inc. has unveiled its new Ravn X Autonomous Launch Vehicle, which the company claims is the world’s largest Unmanned...

Dec 04, 2020
Drone Remote Identification Service Launched in Switzerland

ANRA Technologies, in conjunction with the Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (FOCA) and Swiss U-Space Implementation (SUSI), has launched...

Dec 04, 2020
New Versions of Auterion Enterprise PX4 & Mission Control Released

Auterion has released new versions of its Auterion Enterprise PX4 drone operating system and control software and Auterion Mission Control...

Dec 03, 2020
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