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

C-Astral Receives Investment from Global Industrial Drone Provider

C-Astral Aerospace has received an investment from global industrial drone solutions provider Terra Drone Corporation, based in Japan. The partnership...

Nov 25, 2020
CONTROP Launches New Ground-Based C-UAS Surveillance System

CONTROP Precision Technologies has launched the SPEED-LR, the company’s newest long-range ground observation system for counter-UAS (unmanned aerial system) and...

Nov 25, 2020
Long-Range Delivery Drone Successfully Tested

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has successfully performed a series of tests with its Robin XL unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The...

Nov 25, 2020
Real-Time LTE Urban Drone Monitoring System Under Development

Kongsberg Geospatial has partnered with Unifly to develop a real-time UAS (unmanned aerial system) identification and tracking system that integrates...

Nov 24, 2020
Key Trends for Drones in the Agricultural Sector

SOARIZON has released the following article that outlines key trends for UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) usage in agriculture. SOARIZON is...

Nov 24, 2020
Microdrones Partners with UK Drone Retailer & Training Provider

Microdrones has selected UK-based Drone Pilot Academy as an authorized distributor of drone surveying equipment throughout the United Kingdom and...

Nov 23, 2020
UAV and Canine Search and Rescue Demonstrated

Scientific Systems Company, Inc. (SSCI) has conducted research for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Information Innovation Office (I2O)...

Nov 22, 2020
BVLOS Drone Pipeline Monitoring Solution Under Development

Thales is working with French gas operator Teréga to develop a gas pipeline monitoring solution based on BVLOS (beyond visual...

Nov 22, 2020
Elios 2 Inspection Drone Deployed at Chernobyl

Flyability’s Elios 2 inspection drone has been used to conduct a mission at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in order...

Nov 21, 2020
DJI Unveils New Agricultural Spraying Drone

DJI has unveiled the Agras T20, a high-performance and intelligent precision agriculture drone designed for spraying applications. The autonomous UAV...

Nov 21, 2020
uAvionix to Provide C2 Infrastructure and Service for BVLOS UAS Network

uAvionix has confirmed that it is providing terrestrial command and control (C2) infrastructure as well as a cloud-based C2 service...

Nov 20, 2020
Preliminary Design Review Completed for Statewide BVLOS Drone Network

Thales has successfully completed the preliminary design review for the key site implementation of a statewide unmanned aerial systems (UAS)...

Nov 19, 2020
First Drone Delivery to a Submarine Performed

Skyfront’s long-endurance hybrid-electric Perimeter UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) has been used to perform the first ever ship-to-submarine delivery with a...

Nov 19, 2020
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
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