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

Valkyrie UAS Successfully Undertakes Third Test Flight
Valkyrie UAS Successfully Undertakes Third Test Flight

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has announced that, in conjunction with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), it has...

Oct 14, 2019
USSOCOM Expands Funding for Gray Eagle ER UAS
USSOCOM Expands Funding for Gray Eagle ER UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) has increased the funding ceiling...

Oct 14, 2019
NW-44 UAS Engine Reaches 21,000 Operational Hours
NW-44 UAS Engine Reaches 21,000 Operational Hours

Northwest UAV, a developer of propulsion systems for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has announced that its NW-44 heavy-fuel engine has...

Oct 14, 2019
Acecore Develops Professional Heavy-Lift Drones
Acecore Develops Professional Heavy-Lift Drones

Acecore Technologies, a developer of unmanned aerial solutions for a wide range of professional markets, has partnered with Unmanned Systems...

Oct 14, 2019
Microdrones Announces New Distributor
Microdrones Announces New Distributor

Microdrones, a provider of professional unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) solutions, has announced that surveying and engineering technology provider Precision Products...

Oct 11, 2019
Micro UAS ATLAS C4EYE in NATO Trials
Micro UAS ATLAS C4EYE in NATO Trials

C-Astral, a member of the Terra Drone group, has been successfully fielding its new micro UAS ATLAS C4EYE (Advanced Technology...

Oct 10, 2019
Defense Company Selects Threod Systems’ UAS Gimbals
Defense Company Selects Threod Systems’ UAS Gimbals

Threod Systems, a developer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and UAV subsystems, has announced that it has signed a contract...

Oct 09, 2019
GA-ASI and NASA to Demo Commercial UAS Mission in NAS
GA-ASI and NASA to Demo Commercial UAS Mission in NAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that it has entered into a partnership with NASA to perform a...

Oct 09, 2019
uAvionix to Test Remote ID & DAA Solution for UAS
uAvionix to Test Remote ID & DAA Solution for UAS

uAvionix, a developer of Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance (CNS) equipment for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), has announced that the FAA’s...

Oct 08, 2019
Unmanned Helicopter for Precision Agriculture Unveiled
Unmanned Helicopter for Precision Agriculture Unveiled

UAVOS has announced the addition of a new unmanned helicopter to its lineup of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) for precision...

Oct 08, 2019
Schiebel CAMCOPTER UAS Completes SAR Trials in Norway
Schiebel CAMCOPTER UAS Completes SAR Trials in Norway

Schiebel has announced that its CAMCOPTER S-100 Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial system (UAS) has been demonstrated to...

Oct 07, 2019
FAA Approves First Drone Airline
FAA Approves First Drone Airline

UPS has announced that its subsidiary UPS Flight Forward has been awarded a Part 135 Standard certification by the U.S....

Oct 03, 2019
FLIR Acquires Tethered Drone Technologies
FLIR Acquires Tethered Drone Technologies

FLIR Systems has announced that it has acquired the intellectual property and certain operating assets of Aria Insights, a tethered...

Oct 03, 2019
Anemoment Extends Authorized Distributors Program
Anemoment Extends Authorized Distributors Program

Anemoment LLC, a specialized designer of meteorological instruments, has announced that it has added Nippon Kaiyo Co. Ltd. to its...

Oct 02, 2019
Skyward Introduces Advanced Airspace Intelligence System
Skyward Introduces Advanced Airspace Intelligence System

Skyward, an unmanned aviation operations company, has announced that it has introduced new advanced airspace intelligence capabilities for unmanned aerial...

Oct 02, 2019
Reventec Develops Precision Liquid and Fuel Level Sensors for UAVs
Reventec Develops Precision Liquid and Fuel Level Sensors for UAVs

Reventec Ltd., a specialist designer and manufacturer of liquid level, position and flow sensors for extreme environments, has partnered with...

Sep 30, 2019
Tactical Unmanned Aerostats Delivered for Border Security
Tactical Unmanned Aerostats Delivered for Border Security

Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a developer of tethered unmanned aerial monitoring and communications platforms, has announced that it has delivered...

Sep 30, 2019
Hydrogen-Powered Drone Flown in Dutch Airspace
Hydrogen-Powered Drone Flown in Dutch Airspace

The Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) has announced that it has flown a drone in Dutch airspace powered by hydrogen....

Sep 29, 2019
New Turboprop Engine to be Designed for European UAV Applications
New Turboprop Engine to be Designed for European UAV Applications

Safran Helicopter Engines has announced that it has partnered with ZF Luftfahrttechnik GmbH (ZFL) and MT-Propeller to design a new...

Sep 29, 2019
Solar Arrays Delivered for Demonstration HALE UAV
Solar Arrays Delivered for Demonstration HALE UAV

MicroLink Devices, a developer of high-efficiency solar technology, has announced that it has delivered its first production contract of lightweight...

Sep 27, 2019
Unmanned Stratospheric Glider Flies at Over 33km Altitude
Unmanned Stratospheric Glider Flies at Over 33km Altitude

UAVOS has announced that, as part of its partnership with Earth observation services company Stratodynamics, it has performed a four...

Sep 26, 2019
First Multi-Gas Detector for UAS Announced
First Multi-Gas Detector for UAS Announced

FLIR Systems has announced that it has developed the industry’s first multi-gas detector specifically built for unmanned aerial systems (UAS),...

Sep 26, 2019
UAV Successfully Inspects 6,000 km of Pipeline in Southern China
UAV Successfully Inspects 6,000 km of Pipeline in Southern China

A recent Microdrones Case Study details the use of the Microdrones md4-1000 in the daily inspection of 6,000 km of oil...

Sep 26, 2019
DJI Announces Integrated Multispectral Imaging Drone
DJI Announces Integrated Multispectral Imaging Drone

DJI has announced the launch of the P4 Multispectral, a fully integrated multispectral imaging drone designed for precision agriculture and...

Sep 25, 2019
Silent Falcon UAS Integrates MIMO MANET Streamcaster Communications
Silent Falcon UAS Integrates MIMO MANET Streamcaster Communications

Silvus Technologies has partnered with Silent Falcon UAS Technologies to integrate its MIMO MANET Streamcaster communications systems into the solar-electric...

Sep 25, 2019
European Standards to be Developed for UTM Drone Tracking Hardware
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
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