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

NovAtel’s GNSS Receiver Selected for Military ISR Fixed-Wing UAV

NovAtel, a developer of high-precision GPS and GNSS positioning technologies for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and unmanned systems, has released...

Jul 15, 2019
Delair Launches Drone Rental Program in Europe

Delair, a supplier of commercial drone solutions, has announced the launch of Delair Takeoff, a subscription program for accessing the...

Jul 12, 2019
On-Demand Drone Delivery Trialled in The Bahamas

Volans-i, Inc., an on-demand drone delivery business, has announced a strategic partnership with Fli Drone to provide on-demand drone delivery...

Jul 12, 2019
Long-Range Drone Delivery of Medicines Successfully Tested

A consortium led by humanitarian aid organization Direct Relief has announced the successful completion of a program testing the potential...

Jul 10, 2019
Microdrones Announces California Summer Tour

Microdrones has announced that the company is undertaking a California Summer Tour, from Monday July 15 through Friday July 19,...

Jul 10, 2019
US DoI Validates DJI Government Edition VTOL Drones

DJI has announced that its high-security solution for government UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) programs, Government Edition, has received independent validation...

Jul 09, 2019
Case Study: INS/GNSS Navigation Systems for Aerial Imagery

Inertial Sense, a developer of inertial navigation solutions for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and robotics, has released a case study...

Jul 09, 2019
DARPA Funds Machine Learning-Driven SIGINT Technology

BAE Systems has announced that it has been awarded funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to integrate...

Jul 09, 2019
FlyTech UAV Upgrades Fixed-Wing Surveying Drone with VTOL Capability

FlyTech UAV has announced that it has upgraded its flagship BIRDIE fixed-wing UAS (unmanned aerial system) with VTOL (vertical takeoff...

Jul 08, 2019
Microdrones VTOL UAV Solutions Used for Forensic Mapping

Microdrones, a developer of professional unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) solutions, has announced that it is partnering with CSI Mapping, a...

Jul 04, 2019
HENSOLDT Upgrades UAV Collision Warning Radar

HENSOLDT has announced that it has enhanced an important feature of its collision avoidance radar system for UAVs (unmanned aerial...

Jul 04, 2019
US Army Acquires MQ-9 Reaper UAS Virtual Reality Simulators

MetaVR has announced that the US Army Joint Technology Center and Systems Integration Lab (JSIL) has purchased an additional 86...

Jul 04, 2019
AVT Australia Selected as AAUS Industry Champion Innovation Award Finalist

Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) Australia has announced that it has been named by the Australian Association of Unmanned Systems (AAUS)...

Jul 03, 2019
Custom Interface Manufactures Cable Assemblies & Wire Harnesses for UAS

Custom Interface, a leading manufacturer and integrator of custom cable assemblies, wire harnesses and electro-mechanical assemblies for unmanned aerial vehicles...

Jul 02, 2019
Titan VTOL UAV deployed in Mali

Threod Systems, a developer and manufacturer of drones for tactical and commercial applications, has confirmed that its quadcopter Titan Unmanned Aerial Vehicle...

Jul 01, 2019
AVT Imaging Sensors Integrated on Firefighting Surveillance Drone

Ascent Vision Technologies (AVT) has confirmed that Bridger Aerospace has integrated their imaging sensors into Latitude’s FVR-90 VTOL (vertical take-off...

Jun 30, 2019
NASA to Send Multirotor UAV to Saturn’s Moon

NASA has announced that it will send its Dragonfly multirotor UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) to Saturn’s moon Titan in order...

Jun 28, 2019
Defibrillator-Carrying Drone Successfully Tested

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has announced that it has successfully completed phase one of its AED (automated external defibrillator) On...

Jun 28, 2019
GA-ASI Announces Streamlined ISR Tools for UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has unveiled its new Integrated Intelligence Center (I2C), which presents innovative ways to improve...

Jun 28, 2019
US Army Retrofits Stinger Missiles for Counter-Drone Operations

The U.S. Army has announced that it is retrofitting Stinger missiles, produced by Raytheon Company, with proximity fuzes to help...

Jun 28, 2019
Leaf-Sprung Landing Gear Developed for Heavy UAVs

UAVOS has announced that it has created an advanced leaf-sprung leg for the main landing gear of UAVs (unmanned aerial...

Jun 28, 2019
Thales to Develop Real-Time Remote Drone Identification & Tracking

Thales has announced that it has partnered with digital security firm Gemalto to develop systems for remote identification and tracking...

Jun 27, 2019
SkyGuardian UAS Conducts Simulated Civilian Airport Integration

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has announced that it worked with the Netherlands Research Laboratory (NLR) to conduct a...

Jun 26, 2019
Schiebel Pacific Opens New Facility in Australia

Schiebel Pacific Pty Ltd (SPL), a developer of rotary unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has announced that, one year after its...

Jun 26, 2019
Kratos Target Drones Used in German Navy Missile Exercise

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has announced that its Unmanned Systems Division has successfully completed a Swedish Defence Materiel Administration...

Jun 26, 2019
DJI Unveils High-Security Government Drone Solution

DJI has announced the introduction of DJI Government Edition, a new comprehensive drone solution created specifically for use in high-security...

Jun 24, 2019
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