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

VTOL Multirotor Mini-UAS Completes Environmental Qualification Tests

Elbit Systems’ THOR, a multi-rotor Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) miniature Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), has successfully completed a series...

Aug 17, 2020
Enterprise Version of Drone Data Streaming Portal Released

Dronestream has announced a new Enterprise version of its real-time drone data streaming platform, built from the ground up based...

Aug 17, 2020
AeroVironment Upgrades Puma UAS Family

AeroVironment has introduced two new upgrades for its Puma family of tactical UAS (unmanned aircraft systems), expanding the operational capabilities...

Aug 16, 2020
Acecore to Supply UAS Platforms for Drone Developers

Acecore Technologies has launched a new developer program to supply multirotor UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) subassemblies to third party developers...

Aug 15, 2020
New Patents Awarded for UTM Technologies

PrecisionHawk has been awarded two patents for new unmanned aircraft system traffic management (UTM) technologies that are designed to enable...

Aug 13, 2020
uAvionix Unveils New Professional UAS Detect and Avoid Solution

uAvionix has unveiled its new Detect and Avoid (DAA) ADS-B receiver for professional unmanned aerial systems (UAS). pingRX Pro detects...

Aug 13, 2020
CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS Selected for UK Coastguard’s First SAR Missions

Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS (unmanned aerial system) has been selected to support search and rescue missions for the UK’s HM...

Aug 10, 2020
Real-Time Horizontal Noxious Gas Profiling with UAS

Black Swift Technologies has released an application note detailing how the company’s Black Swift S2 fixed-wing UAS (unmanned aerial system)...

Aug 09, 2020
Associated British Ports Adopts Drone Asset Management Technology

Associated British Ports (ABP) has successfully embedded drone technology into its asset management practices, working with a specialist drone digital...

Aug 09, 2020
Microdrones Partners with New U.S. Distributor

Maverick Drone Systems has joined the network of distributors for Microdrones unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and accessories for mapping and...

Aug 08, 2020
Key Safety Principles for Drone Flight Operations Teams

Iris Automation has released an article outlining the key safety principles that drive the success of the company’s Flight Operations...

Aug 08, 2020
Portable Datalink Device for UAS Video Developed

Dejero and STRAX Intelligence Group (SIG) have developed the STRAX PoDD (Portable Datalink Device), a rugged and compact system that...

Aug 07, 2020
SOARIZON & Consortiq Offer Enterprise Drone Operational Support

SOARIZON by Thales has partnered with UAS (unmanned aerial system) consultancy and training provider Consortiq to offer new drone operational...

Aug 06, 2020
Inspired Flight Unveils New Federally-Compliant Heavy-Lift UAV

Inspired Flight has introduced the IF1200, a heavy-lift hexacopter UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) that can carry payloads of up to...

Jul 31, 2020
Swiss Army Selects Indago 3 UAS for Tactical ISR

Lockheed Martin has been contracted to provide a specially adapted fleet of the company’s Indago 3 small unmanned aircraft systems...

Jul 31, 2020
Custom Rotor Blade Manufacturing for Helicopter UAVs

Mejzlik Propellers has confirmed that it has manufactured the rotors for the Skyspotter 150 autonomous helicopter UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)...

Jul 31, 2020
HAPS UAV Completes Basic Flight Tests

HAPSMobile has successfully completed the fourth test flight of its Sunglider solar-powered high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The...

Jul 31, 2020
Airbus Unmanned Helicopter Performs First Autonomous Free Flight

Airbus Helicopters has performed the first autonomous free flight with its prototype VSR700 helicopter unmanned aerial system (UAS). The flight,...

Jul 30, 2020
Robotic Skies Supports Skyports Delivery Drones

Robotic Skies has entered into a partnership with drone delivery service provider Skyports in order to develop maintenance programs for...

Jul 30, 2020
Ultra-Fast Commercial Drone Charging Developed

StoreDot has developed ultra-fast charging (UFC) technology for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) that can fully charge a commercial drone in...

Jul 29, 2020
New Professional Drone Management App Launched

AirHub has launched its new all-in-one management app for professional drone pilots, which provides flight preparation support, control of DJI...

Jul 29, 2020
Vendors Selected for US Air Force Skyborg Vanguard UAS Program

The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has awarded multiple indefinite-delivery / indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts to Boeing, General Atomics...

Jul 27, 2020
CAMCOPTER S-100 Tendered for Australian Army Tactical UAS Phase 3

Schiebel Pacific and Raytheon Australia have partnered to submit a tender to provide the CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS for the Australian...

Jul 27, 2020
New UAV Combines Helicopter and Autogyro Technology

Airial Robotics has unveiled a new UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) concept based on its Gyrotrak platform, a hybrid technology combining...

Jul 27, 2020
Drone Mobile Mapping in GPS-Denied Environments

LORD Microstrain’s inertial sensors have been incorporated into Emesent’s Hovermap payload, which has been designed to enable drones to carry...

Jul 25, 2020
Scalable UAV Image Collection and Processing Solution Unveiled

PCI Geomatics and Wingtra have teamed up to provide a flexible and scalable UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) image collection and...

Jul 23, 2020
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