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

Autonomous Drones Flown Over 5G Trial Network

Percepto has announced that it has successfully demonstrated operation of its autonomous drones over SK Telecom’s 5G trial network. SK...

May 01, 2019
Launch & Recovery System Enables Drone Package Delivery To and From Moving Platforms

Target Arm has announced that it has officially unveiled v2.5 of its Talon Universal Launch and Recovery (ULaR) platform at...

May 01, 2019
Advanced Avionics Computer Introduced for Unmanned Vehicles

GE Aviation has announced the introduction of a new advanced avionics computer specifically built for military and commercial unmanned aerial...

May 01, 2019
New 2-Cylinder UAS Engine Developed for High-Speed Applications

Sky Power, a manufacturer of engines for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has announced the introduction of a new high-performance two-cylinder...

May 01, 2019
StreamCaster Wireless Datalink Aids UAS Organ Delivery

Silvus Technologies has announced that its StreamCaster 4200 MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) radio has supported the world’s first unmanned aircraft system...

May 01, 2019
Cloud-Based Remote Drone Operations Solution Launched

FlytBase, an enterprise drone automation company, has announced the launch of FlytGCS, a cloud-based remote drone operations solution, at AUVSI...

Apr 30, 2019
Computer Vision Detect-and-Avoid Solution Enables BVLOS for Autonomous Vehicles

Iris Automation, an artificial intelligence and safety avionics company, has announced the launch of Casia – the first commercially available...

Apr 30, 2019
Unmanned Aircraft Delivers Organ for Successful Kidney Transplant

The University of Maryland (UMD) has announced that an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has delivered a donor kidney to surgeons...

Apr 30, 2019
Raytheon Demonstrates Directed-Energy Counter-UAS System

Raytheon Company has announced that its advanced high power microwave and mobile high energy laser systems engaged and defeated multiple...

Apr 30, 2019
Integrated Hardware & Software Platform for Commercial Drones Developed

GE Aviation and Auterion have announced the integration of the Auterion Enterprise PX4 operating system on GE Aviation’s Unmanned Aircraft...

Apr 30, 2019
AeroVironment Opens UAS Innovation Center

AeroVironment, a provider of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for both defense and commercial applications, has announced the creation of its...

Apr 30, 2019
Long-Range High Scan Rate LiDAR for UAVs Introduced

Cepton Technologies, Inc., a provider of 3D LiDAR solutions, has unveiled the newest product in its SORA family of scanning...

Apr 30, 2019
New Thermal Drone Solutions Launched for Solar Plant Inspection

senseFly, a provider of fixed-wing drone solutions, has announced the introduction of its new senseFly Solar 360 at the AUVSI...

Apr 30, 2019
Safety-Critical Aerospace Management Solutions Developed for UAS Industry

ATA, LLC has announced that it has partnered with Harris Corporation to provide safety-critical aerospace management solutions for the fast-growing...

Apr 30, 2019
Aerosonde sUAS Joins Wave Relay MANET Ecosystem

Persistent Systems has announced that Textron Systems will join the Wave Relay Ecosystem, an industry alliance of unmanned platform and...

Apr 30, 2019
Autonomous UAV Power & Communication Solutions Unveiled

Atlas Dynamics, a provider of autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) solutions, has announced that it has developed new autonomous and...

Apr 30, 2019
Fully Automatic Autorotation Introduced for Alpha 800 UAV

Alpha Unmanned Systems has announced that, in conjunction with autopilot developer UAV Navigation, it has developed a fully automatic autorotation feature...

Apr 30, 2019
Unmanned Helicopter Conversion Successfully Flight Tested

UAVOS has announced that it has successfully converted a Robinson R22 helicopter to unmanned flight and completed programmed missions with...

Apr 30, 2019
Flyability Launches New Inspection Drone for Confined Spaces

Flyability, a developer of indoor inspection and exploration drones, has announced the launch of Elios 2, a new generation of...

Apr 30, 2019
Sky Power Opens US Subsidiary

Sky Power, a German manufacturer of engines for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has announced that the company has opened a...

Apr 30, 2019
TriSonica Ultrasonic Anemometer Upgraded for Remote Monitoring

Anemoment LLC, a specialized meteorological instrument design firm, has announced integration of the company’s TriSonica Mini Wind and Weather Sensor...

Apr 30, 2019
Echodyne to Demonstrate Augmented Reality UAS Airspace Management

Echodyne, a manufacturer of small electronically scanned array (ESA) radars for government and commercial markets, has announced today that it...

Apr 30, 2019
US Army Short Range Reconnaissance UAS Prototype Under Development

Altavian, an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) engineering and manufacturing firm, has announced that it has been awarded the Short Range...

Apr 29, 2019
Indago UAS Adds Tethering Option for Persistent ISR

Lockheed Martin has announced that it has expanded its portfolio of Indago unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to include a tethering...

Apr 29, 2019
Fuel Cell Solutions for Commercial UAVs Unveiled

Ballard Unmanned Systems has announced the launch of the FCair fuel cell product line, a complete long-duration fuel cell power...

Apr 29, 2019
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