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

Solar HAPS UAV Surpasses 60,000 Feet

AeroVironment has announced that, in conjunction with HAPSMobile, it has successfully completed a test flight with the Sunglider solar-powered high-altitude...

Oct 14, 2020
Command & Control Software Upgraded for Gray Eagle ER UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has introduced a new laptop-based interface for its Gray Eagle Extended Range (GE-ER) Unmanned...

Oct 14, 2020
Security Enhancements Allow UAS Flight Planning Solution to be Used in US and EU

Esri has introduced new capabilities for its Site Scan unmanned aerial systems (UAS) flight planning and processing solution that will...

Oct 11, 2020
RIEGL Unveils New UAV LiDAR Scanners

RIEGL has developed two new airborne LiDAR scanners developed specifically for use on UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). The new products...

Oct 11, 2020
New Enterprise Drone Solution Features Auterion Software

Auterion and Freefly Systems have launched the Astro Enterprise Drone Solution, combining their respective expertise in hardware and software to...

Oct 10, 2020
UAVOS Tests HAPS UAV Flight Control System

UAVOS has successfully tested the flight control system for its ApusDuo high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), confirming that...

Oct 10, 2020
Fuel Cell Power Module Integrated into Long-Endurance Heavy Lift UAV

Intelligent Energy’s (IE) 2.4kW Fuel Cell Power Module (FCPM) has been integrated into ISS Aerospace’s heavy-lift fuel cell powered UAV...

Oct 10, 2020
Steadicopter Develops Autonomous Helicopter UAVs for Tactical Applications

Steadicopter, a leading designer and manufacturer of fully autonomous rotary unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology...

Oct 10, 2020
Fixed-Wing UAV Incorporates Cloud-Penetrating SAR

Skyeton has enhanced the ISR (Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) capabilities of its Raybird-3 fixed-wing unmanned aerial system (UAS) with the...

Oct 10, 2020
SKELDAR V-150 VTOL UAS Completes First Remote Autonomous Flight

UMS SKELDAR has successfully achieved remote automatic flight with its V-150 VTOL (Vertical Take-Off and Landing) UAS (unmanned aerial system)...

Oct 10, 2020
Dedrone Launches Next-Generation Drone Detection Sensor

Dedrone has launched its next-generation drone detection solution, the RF-360, which detects, classifies and localizes unwanted or malicious drones via...

Oct 09, 2020
Rapid Delivery System Released for Multirotor Drones

A2Z Drone Delivery has launched the RDS1 (Rapid Delivery System), a tethered freefall drone delivery mechanism available as an add-on...

Oct 09, 2020
New Hybrid-Electric Technologies for UAVs Under Development

LiquidPiston has received a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I grant from the U.S. Army to develop its X-Engine...

Oct 09, 2020
UAV Real-Time Operating System Achieves First Flight

Mannarino Systems & Software has successfully tested its M-RTOS real-time operating system on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fully controlled...

Oct 08, 2020
Advanced Comms Payload Pod Tested on MQ-9 UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has successfully completed initial operational assessment of the Rosetta Echo Advanced Payloads (REAP) pod...

Oct 07, 2020
New Motor Module Released for Commercial UAVs

IQ Motion Control has launched the Vertiq 6806, a high-performance motor module for commercial UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and robotics....

Oct 06, 2020
Autonomous Pod Transport UAS Completes BVLOS Mission

Bell Textron has successfully completed a test flight of its Bell APT (Autonomous Pod Transport) 70 UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)...

Oct 05, 2020
Microdrones UAS Used for Construction Site Surveying

Microdrones’ unmanned aerial systems (UAS) solutions have been utilised by civil engineering firm Feldhaus for a variety of construction-related tasks,...

Oct 03, 2020
MQ-4C Triton UAS Deployed for Maritime ISR

Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton UAS (unmanned aerial system) has been deployed to Guam by the U.S. Navy as part of...

Oct 03, 2020
First RAF Protector UAS Completed

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has completed the first flight of the Protector RG Mk1 unmanned aerial system (UAS)....

Oct 01, 2020
Robotic Skies to Provide Maintenance & Repair for AeroVironment UAS

Robotic Skies has entered into an agreement to provide field maintenance, inspection and repair support for AeroVironment unmanned aerial systems...

Sep 30, 2020
Elistair Opens North American Office

Tethered drone manufacturer Elistair has opened its first North American office in Boston, USA. The new premises will allow the...

Sep 29, 2020
Sparrowhawk Aircraft-Launched sUAS Tested

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has conducted flight tests of its Sparrowhawk small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS), which is...

Sep 29, 2020
New Integrated Drone Operations App Launched

SkyGrid has launched a new application that enables UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) operators and enterprises to automate every phase of...

Sep 28, 2020
CAMCOPTER UAS Monitors Ship Sulphur Emissions

Schiebel, in conjunction with its partners Nordic Unmanned and the NORCE Research Institute AS, is deploying its CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS...

Sep 28, 2020
140MPH+ Hybrid Drone Designed for First Responders

Sonin Hybrid has unveiled a new unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) with a top speed of over 140 mph designed especially...

Sep 28, 2020
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