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

UAV Propulsion Tech to Distribute Suter Industries & CAE UAV Engines

UAV Propulsion Tech has entered into an agreement with Suter Industries AG and Compass Aircraft Europe GmbH (CAE) to market...

May 19, 2020
UAVOS Upgrades Four-Stroke Gasoline UAV Engines

UAVOS has upgraded its UAV-70 and UAV-85 four-stroke gasoline engines for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), in order to provide greater...

May 19, 2020
Acecore Previews New Long-Endurance Hexacopter Drone

Acecore has announced the release date for its new Noa long-endurance hexacopter drone. The next-generation unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), featuring...

May 19, 2020
Post-Wildfire Reseeding Performed with Drones

XAG has provided resources to aid the post-fire drone seeding operation on Lake Cobrico, Victoria, as part of the effort...

May 18, 2020
UAS Monitors Estonia-Latvia Border for Illegal Crossings

Threod Systems’ Stream C unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has been selected by the 2nd Infantry Brigade of the Estonian Defense...

May 17, 2020
Insight: Demonstrating ROI for Drone Data Analysis Services

Scopito, developers of an AI-based visual data management solution for processing UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) inspection imagery, have released a...

May 16, 2020
X-MADIS Counter-UAS Systems Delivered to US DoD

Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) has delivered several units of the latest variant of its eXpeditionary Mobile Air Defense Integrated System...

May 14, 2020
Drones Provide Autonomous Defibrillator Delivery

Everdrone has begun deploying a new automated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) system that delivers Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) to the...

May 13, 2020
Infrared Cameras Integrated into Energy Industry Inspection Drones

Union Robotics has integrated infrared cameras into the company’s industrial inspection drones in order to boost their capabilities for working...

May 13, 2020
Unmanned Traffic Management to be Upgraded at NY UAS Test Site

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recently awarded a $1.6M contract that will advance unmanned traffic management (UTM) at the...

May 13, 2020
Matternet Achieves FAA UAS Type Certification Milestone

Matternet’s M2 drone system has been approved to start Durability and Reliability (D&R) testing in the FAA’s Type Certification process...

May 12, 2020
Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Equipped with Tracking Radar

The U.S. Navy and Northrop Grumman have begun flight testing of the MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter’s Leonardo AN/ZPY-8 multi-mode...

May 12, 2020
Septentrio Releases New GNSS-INS Receiver for Drones

Septentrio has launched a new GNSS/INS receiver designed specifically for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and drones, AsteRx-i D UAS. The...

May 11, 2020
VTOL UAV Used for Fire Detection and Monitoring

Ukrspecsystems’ PD-1 VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) fixed-wing UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) has been used to monitor sources of fire...

May 08, 2020
Phased-Array Communications Used for Long-Distance UAS Flight

Radionor Communications’ phased-array communications technology has been integrated into a modified Penguin B UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), owned by the...

May 08, 2020
Intelligent Energy Selects New UAV Fuel Cell Integration Partner

Intelligent Energy has entered into a partnership with US-based UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) maintenance, repair, and overhaul services provider Robotic...

May 07, 2020
Sky Power Expands UAS Engine Testing Capabilities

Sky Power has expanded its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) engine testing capabilities with the purchase of an additional engine test...

May 07, 2020
Ukrspecsystems Announces New UAS Components Division

Ukrspecsystems has launched a new UAS Components subdivision, focused on providing EO/IR payloads, propulsion systems, catapult launchers, airframes and other...

May 07, 2020
Anti-Terror Drill Monitoring With a Tethered UAV

Elistair has released a video showing the deployment of its Orion tethered UAS (unmanned aerial system) during an anti-terror drill...

May 06, 2020
Long-Range Maritime Rescue UAS Developed

Elbit Systems has integrated new life-saving capabilities into one of its Hermes 900 Maritime Patrol unmanned aerial systems (UAS) at...

May 06, 2020
Residential Drone Deliveries to Begin in California

Dive Delivery has secured permission from the FAA to perform drone deliveries to residential addresses in San Mateo and Contra...

May 06, 2020
ElevonX Unveils VTOL Variant of Modular Long-Range UAS

ElevonX has introduced the SkyEye Sierra VTOL, the latest version of the company’s SkyEye modular unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) solution....

May 06, 2020
Parachute System Tested for High-Speed UAS

UAVOS has performed a successful test of the company’s new two-stage parachute system for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), designed to...

May 05, 2020
First Loyal Wingman UAS Delivered

The first Loyal Wingman unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been presented to the Royal Australian Air Force by an Australian...

May 05, 2020
BVLOS Drone Flight Conducted Using Onboard DAA

Iris Automation’s onboard UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) Detect-and-Avoid (DAA) system has been used to carry out the first flight to...

May 04, 2020
BVLOS Drone Delivers Defibrillator

UAV Factory’s Penguin B unmanned aerial vehicle has been used to conduct a successful demonstration of beyond visual line-of-sight (BVLOS)...

May 04, 2020
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