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

Specialist Pilot Insurance Covers Drone AI Technology

Flock has worked with automated drone solutions provider Lorenz Technology to create a unique, fully flexible insurance policy for Lorenz’...

Jul 23, 2020
Compact Autopilot Developed for Unmanned Aerial Targets

UAV Navigation has launched the VECTOR-400, a compact autopilot system developed specifically for aerial target drones. The autopilot uses an...

Jul 22, 2020
High-Altitude-Long-Endurance UAS Completes First Flight

Swift Engineering, in partnership with NASA’s Ames Research Center, has completed the maiden flight of its high altitude long endurance...

Jul 22, 2020
Autonomous Pod Transport Completes BVLOS Flight

Bell’s Autonomous Pod Transport (APT), in partnership with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO), has completed a successful beyond visual...

Jul 21, 2020
Electromagnetic Pulse Capability Integrated into Counter-UAS System

Northrop Grumman has selected Epirus, Inc.’s Leonidas Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) capability for integration into its Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) systems-of-systems...

Jul 21, 2020
Sentient Vision Part of Team SkyGuardian Australia

Sentient Vision Systems are proud to be a part of the newly named Team SkyGuardian Australia, a group of robust...

Jul 21, 2020
CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS Monitors Ship Sulphur Emissions

Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 unmanned aerial system (UAS) is being used to measure the sulphur emissions of ships in Danish waters...

Jul 20, 2020
SKELDAR V-200 VTOL UAS Selected by Belgian and Netherlands Navies

UMS SKELDAR has been awarded a contract by ECA Group to supply its SKELDAR V-200 helicopter UAS (unmanned aerial system)...

Jul 20, 2020
Hitec Launches New Commercial Drone Services Division

Hitec Commercial Solutions has expanded its operations with the launch of Hitec Commercial Drone Services, a new division that provides...

Jul 19, 2020
Smart Radio Integrated into Autonomous Personal Flying Vehicle

Doodle Labs’ Smart Radio technology has been used to provide a broadband data link that enables long-distance streaming video, and...

Jul 19, 2020
Xsens AHRS Integrated into Autonomous Survey & Inspection Drone

Xsens’ MTi-30 AHRS (attitude and heading reference system) has been integrated into an autonomous UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) designed by...

Jul 19, 2020
Australian Minister for Defence Tours Orbital UAV

Orbital UAV has hosted Australian Minister for Defence, Senator the Hon Linda Reynolds CSC, at its headquarters in Balcatta, Perth....

Jul 19, 2020
Vision4ce Demonstrates AI-Powered Drone Tracking

Vision4ce has released a video demonstrating its AI-powered real-time video processing, tracking and classification detection technology. The video shows the...

Jul 18, 2020
UK MoD Orders First Protector UAVs

The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a contract for the production of the UK’s first three Protector...

Jul 17, 2020
DeltaQuad VTOL UAV Selected for BVLOS Powerline Inspections

Vertical Technologies’ DeltaQuad VTOL UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) has been selected by infrastructure inspection company Skyqraft to perform BVLOS (beyond...

Jul 17, 2020
Microdrones Survey Solutions Offered in Brazil

Microdrones’ UAS (unmanned aerial system) solutions for mapping and surveying are now being offered in Brazil by Measure, a technology...

Jul 16, 2020
AeroVironment Upgrades US Army Raven UAS

AeroVironment is performing avionics and data link upgrades on the U.S. Army’s fleet of Raven tactical UAS (unmanned aerial systems),...

Jul 16, 2020
German Armed Forces Renew Service Contracts for Heron 1 UAS

The German Armed Forces’ Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) has entered into a renewed...

Jul 16, 2020
UAVOS Joins HAPS Alliance

UAVOS has joined the HAPS (High Altitude Platform Station) Alliance, a consortium of companies aiming to promote the use of...

Jul 16, 2020
Integrated UAS Solution for Energy Industry Launched

AiRXOS has launched a new comprehensive Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) solution that allows companies within the energy industry to plan,...

Jul 16, 2020
BVLOS Flights in Canada

The SwissDrones SDO 50 V2 has been successfully deployed in BVLOS-flights (beyond line of sight) in Canada, organized and performed...

Jul 16, 2020
Steel Mill Inspection Using High-Resolution UAV Imagery

Phase One Industrial has released a case study outlining how the company’s iXM-100 camera has been used to meet new...

Jul 15, 2020
GNSS-Inertial Navigation for BVLOS Drones

LORD Microstrain has released an article that provides answers to commonly-asked questions concerning the used of combined GNSS and inertial...

Jul 15, 2020
SeaGuardian UAS Validation Flights to be Conducted in Japan

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) will undertake a series of validation flights, in partnership with Asia Air Survey (AAS),...

Jul 14, 2020
Alpha Unmanned Systems Achieves ISO 9001 Certification

Alpha Unmanned Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of helicopter UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), has achieved ISO 9001 certification. Based...

Jul 14, 2020
Fuel Cell Modules Power US Army Electric VTOL UAV

Intelligent Energy’s 800W Fuel Cell Power Modules (FCPMs) will be integrated by aerospace and defense technology firm Zepher into a...

Jul 13, 2020
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