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

Technical Considerations For Selecting UAV Transponders

Sagetech Avionics has released an article that aims to help UAV manufacturers select a suitable transponder solution for unmanned aircraft...

Sep 28, 2020
New Scheme Launched for Drone Insurance Brokers

Flock has been selected as the insurance provider for a new member scheme launched by the British Insurance Brokers’ Association...

Sep 26, 2020
AirMap to Supply UTM Services to USAF eVTOL Program

AirMap has been awarded a Direct to Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to provide unmanned aircraft system...

Sep 25, 2020
Spanish Distributor Selected for Microdrones Survey Solutions

Microdrones’ UAS (unmanned aerial system) solutions for mapping and surveying are now being offered in Spain by STAEREA, a specialist...

Sep 25, 2020
MQ-9 & Gray Eagle UAS Support USAF Advanced Battle Management System Demo

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has supported the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF’s) Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) On-ramp demonstration,...

Sep 25, 2020
Photogrammetry Software Released for Large-Scale UAV Mapping

Pix4D has released Pix4Dmatic, a new digital photogrammetry software package designed for accurate and fast corridor and large-scale UAV (unmanned...

Sep 24, 2020
Global Hawk UAS Capabilities Enhanced with New Sensors

Northrop Grumman has enhanced its Global Hawk high-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial system (UAS) with the addition of two new sensors....

Sep 23, 2020
Wildfire Detection and Monitoring with UAS

GGS has released a paper outlining the company’s use of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and sensor fusion technologies for the...

Sep 23, 2020
PolyExplore Unveils High-Precision UAV LiDAR Mapping System

PolyExplore has unveiled the Polyscanner LS1, a high-precision LiDAR mapping system designed for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and other aerial...

Sep 22, 2020
Auterion Enables Large-Scale Operations for Enterprise Drone Fleets

Auterion, a leading developer of software solutions for large-scale UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) operations, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology...

Sep 18, 2020
V-BAT VTOL UAV to Support US Marines

Martin UAV has been awarded a contract to support the U.S. Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory’s Organic Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target...

Sep 17, 2020
First UAV Landing at International Airport in Civilian Airspace

Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) Heron UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) has become the first unmanned aircraft to land at an international...

Sep 17, 2020
Northwest UAV to Distribute Hirth Engines in North & Central America

Northwest UAV (NWUAV) has entered into an agreement to distribute Hirth Engines’ aviation propulsion products in North and Central America....

Sep 17, 2020
UAS Management Software Updates Enterprise Drone Fleet Capabilities

AlarisPro, a developer of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) management solutions, has updated its platform with new features for enterprise clients...

Sep 17, 2020
SeaGuardian UAS Completes Maritime Test Flights

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has successfully completed a series of maritime test flights off the coast of Southern...

Sep 15, 2020
Wireless Sensor Data Collection for Unmanned Helicopter Flight Testing

LORD MicroStrain’s wireless sensors and inertial devices, along with its SensorCloud data analytics software, have been used by Boeing to...

Sep 13, 2020
AI and Machine Learning for Automated Emergency UAS Landings

Black Swift Technologies (BST) has released a whitepaper detailing the development of the company’s SwiftSTL (Safe To Land) technology for...

Sep 11, 2020
Microdrones Partners with New Distributor & Government Sales Specialist

Microdrones has selected logistics automation and geospatial intelligence specialists MODUS (Mapping Operations and Data Unmanned Solutions) as a new distributor...

Sep 11, 2020
Sagetech Avionics Expands International Reseller Network

Sagetech Avionics has significantly expanded the international network of resellers for its military and civilian UAS (unmanned aerial systems) transponders....

Sep 10, 2020
New Unmanned Helicopters for Maritime & Law Enforcement Applications Announced

Steadicopter has announced the launch of two new models of rotary UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), featuring electric-powered propulsion and VTOL...

Sep 10, 2020
YellowScan Develops Long-Range UAV LiDAR Mapping Solutions

YellowScan, a leading developer of professional integrated UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) LiDAR surveying solutions, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology...

Sep 10, 2020
Hermes 900 UAS Demonstrated to UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency

The United Kingdom Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has performed a series of successful flight trials with the Elbit Systems...

Sep 10, 2020
High-Resolution 3D Terrain Data Integrated with UAS Ground Control Station

Kongsberg Geospatial and Vricon have integrated what they claim is the world’s highest-resolution globally available 3D terrain into the ground...

Sep 09, 2020
Secure Software Released for US Enterprise & Government Drones

Union Robotics and Solex have partnered to develop secure software for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and unmanned systems that is...

Sep 09, 2020
Unmanned Helicopter Squadron Launched for Civil Applications

Alpha Unmanned Systems’ helicopter UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) have formed the basis for MultiFlyer, a new product from IAI that...

Sep 08, 2020
Desert Rotor Develops Rugged Field Stands for UAV GCS

Desert Rotor has introduced a new rugged collapsible field stand designed to support all of the company’s HOTAS (hands on...

Sep 07, 2020
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