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 Inspection & Asset Digitalization for the Wind Industry

Scopito has released the following interview with the company’s CEO and founder, Ken Falk. Scopito is a cloud-based, AI-assisted data...

Nov 19, 2020
UKRSPECSYSTEMS Releases New UAV Bungee Catapult Launcher

UKRSPECSYSTEMS has released the SCL-1A, a new bungee catapult launcher for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) that is designed to provide...

Nov 18, 2020
EMSA Surveillance UAV Deployed in Romania

Nordic Unmanned has provided unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) surveillance services via the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to Romania’s Border...

Nov 17, 2020
Fifth NATO RQ-4D Phoenix UAS Delivered

Northrop Grumman has successfully ferried the fifth NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) RQ-4D unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), via a non-stop...

Nov 17, 2020
Elsight Explains BVLOS Connectivity for UAS

Elsight has achieved a number of milestones with its flagship Halo connectivity platform for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). With over...

Nov 16, 2020
BVLOS Drone Research Consortium Formed in UK

Drone management software developer Dronecloud is leading a consortium that is researching innovative Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) technologies...

Nov 15, 2020
New GNSS Base Station Receiver for Drone Mapping

ComNav Technology has launched a new UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) mapping solution that utilises the company’s high-accuracy T300 Plus GNSS...

Nov 15, 2020
V-BAT VTOL UAV Selected for Maritime Counter-Narcotics Missions

Martin UAV has successfully demonstrated the shipboard integration of its V-BAT Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)....

Nov 15, 2020
Whitepaper: UAS Transponder Requirements And Guidelines

Sagetech has released a whitepaper that explains whether UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) developers will require a transponder for their particular...

Nov 13, 2020
Hybrid Fuel-Electric Multirotor Drone Achieves 10-Hour Flight Time

Quaternium, in conjunction with electronic fuel injection (EFI) developer Löweheiser, has achieved a flight time of 10 hours 14 minutes...

Nov 13, 2020
Webinar: UAV Corridor Mapping with Microdrones

Microdrones is hosting a webinar entitled “Corridor Mapping Made Easy with Microdrones” that will demonstrate how professionals in the surveying,...

Nov 12, 2020
UAVs for Meteorological Profiling in Wildfire Environments

Anemoment has released the following article detailing research performed with unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into environmental conditions occuring during wildfires....

Nov 11, 2020
Sky Power Launches New Generator Engine for Electric UAS

Sky Power has launched the SP-55 FI TS, an efficient hybrid single-cylinder engine designed to generate electricity for electric-propulsion UAS...

Nov 10, 2020
Safety Augmentation System for UAS Developed

Abionica Solutions has unveiled PrimeCor, a new safety augmentation system for UAS (unmanned aerial systems) that detects errors and failures...

Nov 10, 2020
Drone Inspection & Survey Provider Selects Flock Insurance

Flock has been selected by drone inspection and survey service provider Sky-Futures as the company’s drone insurance partner. Sky-Futures has...

Nov 10, 2020
Drones for Mining: Use Cases, Benefits and Trends

Iris Automation has released the following article outlining the adoption of UAS (unmanned aerial systems) technology by the mining industry....

Nov 09, 2020
Whitepaper: Rapid Photogrammetry Workflow For UAV Direct Georeferencing

Microdrones has released a whitepaper presenting the FORMap tool from the company’s mdInfinity geospatial data processing tool for UAVs (unmanned...

Nov 09, 2020
Royal Marines Train With Advanced Autonomous Technology

The UK Royal Navy’s Littoral Strike Group has trialled innovative and experimental equipment, including drones and autonomous systems, off the...

Nov 07, 2020
New Long-Endurance Tethered Drone System Unveiled

Elistair has announced that it has developed the Orion 2, a new tethered unmanned aerial system (UAS) designed for military,...

Nov 06, 2020
AI for UAV Failure Prediction and Emergency Landing

Black Swift Technologies (BST) has released the following article about technology developed by the company that will allow unmanned aerial...

Nov 05, 2020
Sagetech UAV Transponders Support ArduPilot Autopilot Software

Sagetech Avionics has integrated its UAV (unmanned aerial vehicles) transponders with leading open source autopilot software ArduPilot. The integration was...

Nov 05, 2020
Penguin C Mk 2 Tactical UAS Unveiled

Edge Autonomy has launched an upgraded version of its Penguin C small tactical UAS (unmanned aerial system). The Mk 2...

Nov 03, 2020
SOARIZON Develops Advanced Drone Mission Planning & Management Software

SOARIZON, the developer of a leading comprehensive UAS (unmanned aerial systems) operational management solution for drone pilots and organisations, has...

Nov 02, 2020
Work to Continue on RF Resource Manager for UAVs

Perspecta Labs has been awarded a contract to work on phase 3 of the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s...

Oct 31, 2020
CUAS Simulation and Training System Launched

Liteye Systems, in conjunction with Numerica and AEgis Technologies Group, has developed a high-fidelity C-UAS (Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems) modeling, simulation...

Oct 31, 2020
UAV Hydrogen Tank Receives U.S. DoT Approval

Doosan Mobility Innovation’s (DMI) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) hydrogen cylinder tank has received approval from the United States Department of...

Oct 31, 2020
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