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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

European Standards to be Developed for UTM Drone Tracking Hardware

Aerobits, a developer of air traffic control technologies for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has announced that it has signed a...

Sep 25, 2019
Alpha Security and Defense Develops Tactical Helicopter Drones

Alpha Security and Defense, the military business unit of Alpha Unmanned Systems and a leading developer of military-grade gasoline-powered helicopter UAVs (unmanned...

Sep 25, 2019
DJI Launches Disaster Relief Drone Program

DJI has announced the unveiling of a new Disaster Relief Program to support first responders in the United States, providing...

Sep 24, 2019
UAS Microturbine Propulsion System Undertakes First Flight

UAV Turbines, a developer of propulsion technologies for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has announced that it has successfully undertaken the...

Sep 24, 2019
Hydrogen-Powered VTOL UAV Achieves 15-Hour Flight-Time
Sep 23, 2019
MQ-25 Refueler UAV Completes First Test Flight

Boeing has announced that it has successfully completed the first test flight of the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 unmanned aerial refueler....

Sep 23, 2019
SkyRobot Drone Demonstrated to Polish Police
Sep 23, 2019
CAMCOPTER S-100 Completes Five-Day Maritime Flight Trials
Sep 20, 2019
Sensor Data Processing Payload to be Demonstrated to USAF

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air Force (USAF)...

Sep 20, 2019
Tactical MIMO Network Streams Tethered UAS Data

  Silvus Technologies StreamCaster Tactical MIMO network was used to stream Hoverfly’s LiveSky video last week at DESI, as part...

Sep 18, 2019
Tactical H.265 Video Encoder for UAVs Tested

Trillium Engineering, a developer of gimbaled camera systems for small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has announced that it has successfully...

Sep 17, 2019
Upgraded ISR Capabilities for MQ-9 UAVs Demonstrated

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that it has performed live-flight demonstrations of new ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance and...

Sep 17, 2019
Teledyne Optech Releases LiDAR Sensor for UAV

Teledyne Optech, a Teledyne Technologies company, has introduced a compact, long-range, survey-grade LiDAR sensor for UAV and mobile applications. The...

Sep 17, 2019
Intelligent Energy Project Partner with ZeroAvia following £2.7m UK Grant

ZeroAvia a leading innovator in decarbonising commercial aviation, have announced a £2.7m UK Government Grant for the development of zero...

Sep 17, 2019
USMC Reaper UAS Squadron Wins Award

The U.S. Marine Corps’ (USMC) Marine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadron 1 (VMU-1) has been awarded the Marine Corps Aviation Association...

Sep 16, 2019
HAPSMobile Solar UAV Successfully Completes First Test Flight

HAPSMobile, a developer of high-altitude pseudo-satellite (HAPS) technologies, has announced that its HAWK30 solar-powered unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which is...

Sep 16, 2019
Elbit Systems Announces Vehicular Counter-Drone System

Elbit Systems has announced the launch of the ReDrone Vehicular Tactical System, a vehicle-mounted version of its counter-drone detection and...

Sep 15, 2019
Upgraded Unmanned Helicopter Showcased at DSEI
Sep 15, 2019
1-Ton Cargo Delivery Drone to be Manufactured in UK

Yates Electrospace Corporation (YEC) has announced that it has unveiled the world’s first production-ready 1-ton autonomous cargo unmanned aerial vehicle...

Sep 15, 2019
MIMO Radio Incorporated into Tethered UAS

Tethered drone manufacturer Elistair and wireless data solutions developer Silvus Technologies have announced that the two companies have partnered to...

Sep 14, 2019
Test and Evaluation Contract Signed for UK Protector UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that it has signed a Direct Commercial Sale (DCS) contract with the...

Sep 12, 2019
New Mil-Spec Drone Tethering System Unveiled

Drone Evolution has announced the launch of its new mil-spec drone tethering system, which provides a six-hour flight endurance for...

Sep 11, 2019
C-UAV range available for military, civilian and commercial security applications
Sep 10, 2019
CONTROP Develops Targeting and Tracking Payloads for Unmanned Systems

CONTROP Precision Technologies, a leading developer of electro-optical and infrared thermal imaging targeting and tracking systems for surveillance, security and...

Sep 10, 2019
SkyPod Created Using Paua’s Materials Technology
Sep 10, 2019
Hybrid UAV Enhances Drone Surveying Capabilities
Sep 10, 2019
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