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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

Royal Marines Train With Advanced Autonomous Technology
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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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
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
UAS Monitoring Deployed at Port of Antwerp
UAS Monitoring Deployed at Port of Antwerp

Nordic Unmanned has provided its UAS (unmanned aerial system) services via the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to port authorities...

Oct 31, 2020
Remote UAS Swarm Launching Technology Demonstrated
Remote UAS Swarm Launching Technology Demonstrated

Blue Bear has successfully demonstrated its new remote launch technology for multiple UAS (unmanned aerial vehicles), which allows operators anywhere...

Oct 30, 2020
Sagetech Avionics Expands International Distributor Network
Sagetech Avionics Expands International Distributor Network

Sagetech Avionics has expanded its network of distributors for its unmanned aerial systems (UAS) safety solutions through new agreements with...

Oct 29, 2020
Construction Begins on First Australian Triton UAS
Construction Begins on First Australian Triton UAS

Northrop Grumman has begun construction of Australia’s first MQ-4C Triton unmanned aerial system (UAS). The MQ-4C, the product of a...

Oct 29, 2020
BAE Systems to Develop Attritable Air Vehicle Systems for USAF
BAE Systems to Develop Attritable Air Vehicle Systems for USAF

BAE Systems has been awarded a contract to develop attritable unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the U.S. Air Force’s Skyborg...

Oct 29, 2020
SOARIZON Adds New Collaborative Features for Drone Businesses
SOARIZON Adds New Collaborative Features for Drone Businesses

SOARIZON has launched a comprehensive suite of new features for its UAS (unmanned aerial systems) operational management solution. The new...

Oct 29, 2020
Switchable Multi-Fuel Operation for UAV Engines
Switchable Multi-Fuel Operation for UAV Engines

RCV Engines has released a technical article outlining the development of switchable multi-fuel technology for their engines for small unmanned...

Oct 27, 2020
Virtual Base Station Feature Released for GNSS & INS Post-Processing Software
Virtual Base Station Feature Released for GNSS & INS Post-Processing Software

SBG Systems has released a Virtual Base Station feature for its Qinertia post-processing software. Qinertia provides access to offline RTK...

Oct 26, 2020
UAVOS Begins Testing of Converted Unmanned Helicopter
UAVOS Begins Testing of Converted Unmanned Helicopter

UAVOS has begun testing of its UVH-500 unmanned aerial system (UAS), which is based on the manned CH-7 helicopter manufactured...

Oct 26, 2020
US Army UAVs to Gain Enhanced Encrypted Communications
US Army UAVs to Gain Enhanced Encrypted Communications

Viasat and AeroVironment have partnered on a project funded by the U.S. Army Reconfigurable Communications for Small Unmanned Systems (RCSUS)...

Oct 25, 2020
European Border & Coast Guard Agency Selects Heron UAV for Maritime Surveillance
European Border & Coast Guard Agency Selects Heron UAV for Maritime Surveillance

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Airbus Defence and Space Airborne Solutions (ADAS) have been awarded a contract by the European...

Oct 25, 2020
FAA TSO Application Filed for World’s First Certified Drone Transponder
FAA TSO Application Filed for World’s First Certified Drone Transponder

uAvionix has filed a Technical Standard Order (TSO) application with the FAA’s Aircraft Certification Office (ACO) for its ping200X Mode...

Oct 23, 2020
Fly-By-Wire System Selected for Pipistrel Autonomous Cargo UAV
Fly-By-Wire System Selected for Pipistrel Autonomous Cargo UAV

Pipistrel has selected Honeywell’s Compact Fly-By-Wire system for incorporation into the company’s Nuuva V300 autonomous cargo unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)....

Oct 22, 2020
Anti-GPS Jamming Systems Integrated into Military-Grade Drones
Anti-GPS Jamming Systems Integrated into Military-Grade Drones

Easy Aerial has integrated infiniDome’s GPSdome GNSS/GPS signal protection solution into its line of military-grade unmanned aerial systems (UAS), which...

Oct 22, 2020
Loyal Wingman UAS Completes First Taxi
Loyal Wingman UAS Completes First Taxi

Boeing’s Loyal Wingman unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), developed in conjunction with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), has recently completed...

Oct 22, 2020
Helicopter-UAV Teaming Demonstrated at British Army Experiment
Helicopter-UAV Teaming Demonstrated at British Army Experiment

Leonardo has successfully demonstrated integrated teaming capabilities with the company’s manned AW159 Wildcat helicopter and a semi-autonomous UAV (unmanned aerial...

Oct 21, 2020
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