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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

Autel Wins Patent Dispute Against DJI
Autel Wins Patent Dispute Against DJI

International law firm Steptoe has secured a significant trial victory for Autel Robotics USA at the US International Trade Commission...

May 22, 2020
New U.S. Distributor Selected for Microdrones Mapping & Survey Systems
New U.S. Distributor Selected for Microdrones Mapping & Survey Systems

Ideal Blasting Supply has joined the network of distributors for Microdrones unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and accessories for mapping and...

May 22, 2020
Patent Granted for New Drone Delivery Mechanism
Patent Granted for New Drone Delivery Mechanism

Flirtey has been granted a patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office for a new system enabling safe...

May 21, 2020
Upgraded Tactical Drone Camera Gimbal Under Development
Upgraded Tactical Drone Camera Gimbal Under Development

Trillium Engineering has begun flight testing of its new HD gimbaled camera system for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), the...

May 20, 2020
New Drone Automation Software Launched for Large-Scale Industrial Operations
New Drone Automation Software Launched for Large-Scale Industrial Operations

DroneInch has launched version 3.0 of its AI-powered drone automation software, featuring new analytics capabilities for gathering vital insights from...

May 20, 2020
Millimeter-Level Accuracy for ATMOS Hybrid VTOL UAV
Millimeter-Level Accuracy for ATMOS Hybrid VTOL UAV

Xsens has released a case study detailing how its MTi-G-710-GNSS high-performance GNSS-aided inertial navigation module has been used by drone...

May 20, 2020
Case Study: Integrated INS for Drone LiDAR Scanning
Case Study: Integrated INS for Drone LiDAR Scanning

OxTS, a developer of inertial sensing solutions for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and robotics, has released a case study detailing...

May 20, 2020
Open-Source Platform Released for Drone Remote ID & UTM
Open-Source Platform Released for Drone Remote ID & UTM

Altitude Angel has released Scout, an open-source project consisting of hardware and firmware that will allow UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)...

May 19, 2020
UAV Propulsion Tech to Distribute Suter Industries & CAE UAV Engines
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 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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 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
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
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 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 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 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
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