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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

Article: Hydrogen-Powered Drone Package Delivery
Article: Hydrogen-Powered Drone Package Delivery

Ballard Power Systems, a leading developer of hydrogen fuel cells for drones and UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), has released an...

Nov 11, 2019
Predator UAS Series Reaches Six Million Flight Hours
Predator UAS Series Reaches Six Million Flight Hours

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that the company’s Predator series of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), has reached...

Nov 08, 2019
UAVOS Tests Modified Solar HAPS UAV
UAVOS Tests Modified Solar HAPS UAV

UAVOS has announced that it has successfully completed a test flight with the next iteration of its ApusDuo solar-powered high-altitude...

Nov 07, 2019
Royal Thai Navy Selects Schiebel CAMCOPTER UAS
Royal Thai Navy Selects Schiebel CAMCOPTER UAS

Schiebel has announced that, following an extensive competitive tender process, it has been awarded a contract by the Royal Thai...

Nov 07, 2019
Microdrones Announces New Integrated UAV Systems & Geospatial Software
Microdrones Announces New Integrated UAV Systems & Geospatial Software

Microdrones has announced the release of three new integrated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems based on the company’s md4-3000 heavy-lift...

Nov 06, 2019
DeTect Develops Counter-UAS and BVLOS SAA Systems
DeTect Develops Counter-UAS and BVLOS SAA Systems

DeTect, a leading developer of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) and drone detection, monitoring and defense systems, has partnered with Unmanned...

Nov 05, 2019
Case Study: Monitoring a Refinery Fire with a Tethered Drone
Case Study: Monitoring a Refinery Fire with a Tethered Drone

Elistair has released a case study outlining how its Ligh-T tethered UAS (unmanned aerial system) power station was used to...

Nov 05, 2019
Airbus Funds Next-Gen UAV Battery Technology
Airbus Funds Next-Gen UAV Battery Technology

Airbus Defence and Space has announced that it has provided financing to Amprius Inc. to aid the development of new...

Nov 04, 2019
Long-Range 3D Mapping UAV Solution Under Development
Long-Range 3D Mapping UAV Solution Under Development

Polynesian Exploration, a developer of advanced GNSS/INS navigation technologies for unmanned systems, and UAVOS, a provider of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle...

Nov 04, 2019
First Ever Drone Delivery Made to Submarine at Sea
First Ever Drone Delivery Made to Submarine at Sea

Skyfront’s gas-electric hybrid Perimeter multirotor UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) has become the first drone to make a delivery to a...

Oct 31, 2019
DJI Unveils New Miniature Folding Camera Drone
DJI Unveils New Miniature Folding Camera Drone

DJI has announced the launch of the Mavic Mini, a highly compact folding drone weighing just 249 grams and featuring...

Oct 31, 2019
Modular Propulsion System Completes First Test Flights
Modular Propulsion System Completes First Test Flights

Orbital UAV has announced that it has performed the first flight tests in Australia of its propulsion systems for unmanned...

Oct 31, 2019
Microdrones LiDAR UAV Conducts Airport Runway Safety Inspections
Microdrones LiDAR UAV Conducts Airport Runway Safety Inspections

Microdrones has announced that UAS (unmanned aerial system) service provider AERIUM Analytics has used a Microdrones mdLiDAR1000 UAS to conduct...

Oct 30, 2019
NASA Global Hawk UAS Completes Flight Control Test
NASA Global Hawk UAS Completes Flight Control Test

Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that it has successfully completed a flight control test of a NASA Global Hawk unmanned...

Oct 30, 2019
Minimally Invasive Drone Delivery System Introduced
Minimally Invasive Drone Delivery System Introduced

A2Z Drone Delivery has announced the introduction of its new UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)-based delivery platform, consisting of a multirotor...

Oct 30, 2019
Applanix Updates Post-Processing Software for UAV Surveyors
Applanix Updates Post-Processing Software for UAV Surveyors

Applanix has announced that it has upgraded its POSPac post-processing software with two significant enhancements aimed at streamlining operations for...

Oct 30, 2019
Schiebel to Develop Enhanced CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS
Schiebel to Develop Enhanced CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS

Schiebel has announced the launch of a Capability Update Programme (CUP) which will develop an enhanced version of the company’s...

Oct 30, 2019
First Laser-Based Counter-Drone System Delivered to U.S. Air Force
First Laser-Based Counter-Drone System Delivered to U.S. Air Force

Raytheon Company has announced that it has delivered the first of its new high-energy laser counter-unmanned aerial system (UAS) weapons...

Oct 30, 2019
Drone Mapping Software Developed for Emergency Response & Public Safety
Drone Mapping Software Developed for Emergency Response & Public Safety

Pix4D, a developer of professional drone mapping and photogrammetry software solutions, has announced the launch of Pix4Dreact, a 2D fast-mapping...

Oct 29, 2019
Unmanned Helicopter for LiDAR Applications Unveiled
Unmanned Helicopter for LiDAR Applications Unveiled

UAVOS has unveiled its new UVH-25EL helicopter UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), equipped with a LiDAR payload and designed for commercial...

Oct 29, 2019
Lockheed Martin Indago 3 UAS Joins Wave Relay Ecosystem
Lockheed Martin Indago 3 UAS Joins Wave Relay Ecosystem

Persistent Systems has announced that Lockheed Martin Procerus Technologies (LMPT) has joined the Wave Relay Ecosystem, a group of companies...

Oct 26, 2019
Raspberry Pi-Based ADS-B Solution for UAS Ground Stations Developed
Raspberry Pi-Based ADS-B Solution for UAS Ground Stations Developed

Aerobits has announced the development of a new ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance—Broadcast) receiver solution, the AERO-RPi-HAT, based on the Raspberry...

Oct 25, 2019
Long-Distance UAS Flight Performed Through Civilian Airspaces
Long-Distance UAS Flight Performed Through Civilian Airspaces

Maritime Robotics, a provider of unmanned surveying and monitoring solutions, has announced that one of its modified Penguin B UAVs...

Oct 24, 2019
AeroVironment to Provide Puma 3 AE UAS for U.S. Border Patrol
AeroVironment to Provide Puma 3 AE UAS for U.S. Border Patrol

AeroVironment has announced that it has received a contract to provide Puma 3 AE unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) and support...

Oct 23, 2019
Counter-UAS Laser Weapon System Developed
Counter-UAS Laser Weapon System Developed

Applied Technology Associates (ATA), a developer of precision optical technologies, has announced the introduction of its new counter-drone system, LOCUST...

Oct 23, 2019
Partnership Offers UAS Upgrade Path for Safer BVLOS Operations
Partnership Offers UAS Upgrade Path for Safer BVLOS Operations

Robotic Skies Inc and SqwaQ Inc have signed an agreement enabling Robotic Skies Service Centres to distribute, retrofit, and provide...

Oct 22, 2019
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