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

Applanix Introduces Direct Georeferencing Solution for UAV Sensor Data

Applanix has introduced the Trimble AP+ Air, an OEM Direct Georeferencing solution for data gathered by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)...

Sep 06, 2020
Leonardo Counter-Drone Technology Supports RAF R&D

Leonardo has delivered the first of four complete counter-drone systems to the UK Royal Air Force (RAF), to support research...

Sep 05, 2020
Avionics Lab Developed for UAS and Urban Air Mobility

Honeywell has developed a new next-generation avionics research and development lab for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and urban air mobility...

Sep 05, 2020
ISR Pod Integrated onto MQ-9 UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has successfully integrated and flown the Agile Condor Pod on an MQ-9 unmanned aerial...

Sep 05, 2020
V-BAT VTOL UAS Trialled by Coast Guard

  Martin UAV has partnered with the United States Coast Guard Research and Development Center (RDC) to test its V-BAT...

Sep 04, 2020
New US Government-Approved Commercial UAS Launched

Teal has launched the Golden Eagle UAS (unmanned aerial system), a US-designed and manufactured solution that provides aerial surveillance with...

Sep 04, 2020
UTM System Tested in Norway

Avinor Air Navigation Services (ANS), in conjunction with Frequentis and Altitude Angel, is working to implement an unmanned traffic management...

Aug 31, 2020
Autonomous Passenger Plane Performs Flights Over Populated Regions

Reliable Robotics has successfully completed test flights of remote-piloted passenger airplanes in United States airspace, achieving what it claims is...

Aug 31, 2020
Flock Provides Flexible Insurance for Enterprises & Drone Operators

Flock Insurance, a global provider of commercial drone insurance and drone liability insurance, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”)...

Aug 31, 2020
World’s First Full-Scale Offshore UAV Delivery Carried Out

Schiebel and Nordic Unmanned have carried out what is claimed to be the world’s first full-scale offshore UAV (unmanned aerial-vehicle)...

Aug 31, 2020
High-Resolution UAV LiDAR Sensor for Corridor Mapping Introduced

Teledyne Optech has introduced the CM2000, the latest addition to its Galaxy family of LiDAR sensors for UAVs (unmanned aerial...

Aug 30, 2020
Autonomous Tethered Drone Solution Developed for Law Enforcement

Public safety technology provider Axon has partnered with tethered UAS (unmanned aerial systems) solutions developer Fotokite to provide a new...

Aug 30, 2020
Dual-Rotor Coaxial Drones Delivered to Launch Customer

Ascent AeroSystems has completed the final delivery of its Spirit dual-rotor coaxial drones to launch customer Dynetics. The Spirit UAV...

Aug 30, 2020
Vehicle-Towed Counter-UAS System Launched

Liteye Systems has launched the new Trailer Anti-UAS Defense System (T-AUDS), a counter-drone solution that provides both fixed-site and on-the-move...

Aug 30, 2020
New Dual Thermal Camera Drone Payload Launched

FLIR has launched the Vue TZ20, a high-resolution dual thermal sensor gimbal designed specially for the DJI Matrice V2 200...

Aug 28, 2020
Second DARPA Gremlins Program UAS Successfully Tested

Dynetics has successfully tested a second X-61A Gremlins Air Vehicle (GAV) in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s...

Aug 27, 2020
Insitu Pacific Develops Tactical UAS Solution for Australian Army

Insitu Pacific has partnered with Nova Systems to develop a proposed solution for Phase 3 of the Australian Army’s LAND...

Aug 27, 2020
Altitude Angel Map Data Selected by UAV Survey & Inspection Provider

Altitude Angel’s DroneSafetyMap airspace map data has been selected for integration into UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) survey and inspection provider...

Aug 26, 2020
Specialized Batteries and Chargers Developed for Military UAS

Epsilor has secured several contracts to provide its high-end smart Li-ion batteries and tactical chargers for military multirotor and fixed-wing...

Aug 26, 2020
Intelligent Autonomy System Developed for K-MAX Helicopter

Near Earth Autonomy has partnered with Kaman Aerospace to develop an intelligent autonomy system for the K-MAX cargo transport helicopter,...

Aug 25, 2020
Autonomous Air Taxi Concept Unveiled

UAVOS has unveiled a new concept for an autonomous air taxi vehicle based on an all-electric, tandem-rotor helicopter design. SumoAir,...

Aug 25, 2020
Raybird 3 UAS Demonstrated to Ukraine Ministry of Internal Affairs

Skyeton has conducted a demonstration flight of the company’s Raybird 3 UAS (unmanned aerial system) for representatives of Ukraine’s Ministry...

Aug 22, 2020
Approved sUAS List for US Government Released

The United States Department of Defense’s DIU (Defense Innovation Unit) has announced an approved list of U.S. or allied nation-manufactured...

Aug 22, 2020
Phase One Cameras Integrated into Acecore Multirotor UAS

Phase One Industrial has entered into an agreement for its iXM range of cameras to be integrated into Acecore’s professional...

Aug 22, 2020
Iris Automation DAA System Powers BVLOS UAS Cargo Delivery

Iris Automation’s Casia has been selected as the exclusive detect-and-avoid (DAA) solution for Avidrone Aerospace, a developer of long-range cargo...

Aug 20, 2020
Drone-Based Air Quality Analyzer Developed

Scentroid has launched the DR2000, a new air quality analyzer designed to be mounted on UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). It...

Aug 19, 2020
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