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

Synthetic Aperture Radar Payload Integrated with Aerosonde sUAS

Textron Systems and IMSAR have announced the successful integration and demonstration of IMSAR’s NSP-3 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) system on...

Feb 19, 2019
UAVOS Modifies VTOL UAV for Tropical Climate Operations

UAVOS has announced that it will unveil a modified version of its UVH-170E helicopter UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), adapted to...

Feb 19, 2019
SATCOM Launch & Recovery Demonstrated for MQ-9B UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that it has demonstrated a complete MQ-9B UAS (unmanned aerial system) mission...

Feb 17, 2019
Ordnance Survey to Develop Solar HAPS UAV

Ordnance Survey has announced that it is developing a solar powered, High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)...

Feb 15, 2019
Sky Power Refines Electronics Production Capabilities

Sky Power, a manufacturer of 2-stroke combustion and Wankel engines for UAS (unmanned aerial systems) has announced that the company...

Feb 15, 2019
Embry-Riddle Acquires Penguin C UAS for Flight Training

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has announced that it has become the only university to acquire the Penguin C long-endurance, long-range professional...

Feb 15, 2019
Drone Hackathon Challenge Seeks Wildfire Solutions

The UK’s Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), in collaboration with the...

Feb 15, 2019
New Compact SATCOM Solution Developed for UAVs

UAV Navigation has announced that it has partnered with Cobham to develop a small, light SATCOM solution for UAVs (unmanned...

Feb 15, 2019
DJI Improves Drone Geofencing for European Airports and Facilities

DJI has announced that it is improving its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) geofencing technology with the launch of its Geospatial...

Feb 14, 2019
U.S. Army Unmanned Aerostat Upgraded with Advanced Communications Technology

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

Feb 14, 2019
AeroVironment Introduces Next-Generation Hybrid VTOL Drone

AeroVironment has announced the introduction of the next generation of its Quantix VTOL hybrid drone and the AeroVironment Decision Support...

Feb 13, 2019
First Remote UAS Operations Take Place in Papua New Guinea

Insitu Commercial Solutions (operating through Insitu Pacific Pty. Ltd.) has announced that it has recently conducted a series of aerial...

Feb 13, 2019
Elistair Tethered Drones Deployed for Super Bowl Broadcasting and Security

Elistair has announced that its tethered stations for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) were selected to provide TV broadcasting and security...

Feb 13, 2019
Advanced Radar Detection System Tested on MQ-9 Predator B UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) and Raytheon Deutschland GmbH have announced that the two companies have successfully proven the...

Feb 11, 2019
Anemoment Expands International Wind Sensor Distribution Program

Anemoment, a specialized meteorological instrument design firm, has announced the addition of Sparv Embedded AB to its International Authorized Distribution...

Feb 11, 2019
UAVOS Develops Unmanned Solutions for Air, Ground and Marine Applications

UAVOS, a leading developer of unmanned systems platforms, autopilots and other components, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) to...

Feb 11, 2019
Fischer Connectors Selected for Modular Waterproof Quadcopter Drone

Fischer Connectors has confirmed that its MiniMax™ Series of connectors has been used in Hexadrone Systems’ Tundra-M UAS (unmanned aerial...

Feb 11, 2019
Drone Delivery Canada to Unveil 400lbs Payload Cargo Delivery Drone

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has announced that it will unveil the company’s largest payload cargo delivery drone, known as the...

Feb 11, 2019
Stratospheric Unmanned Aircraft Completes Flight Tests at 25km

UAVOS has announced that, in conjunction with Stratodynamics Aviation Inc., it has successfully completed the next stage of flight tests...

Feb 10, 2019
New Propeller Technology Developed for More Efficient VTOL UAS

Blainjett Aviation has announced that it has developed a new propeller technology, called dynamic-variable-pitch, that will make both manned and...

Feb 09, 2019
New Search and Rescue Drone Tracks Mobile Phones

C-Astral, an aerospace solutions provider, has announced the launch of the BRAMOR sAR, a new Search and Rescue (SAR) unmanned...

Feb 09, 2019
Wide-Area Motion Imagery Sensor Integrated into Insitu UAS

Logos Technologies has announced that it has recently finalized a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Insitu to be the preferred...

Feb 07, 2019
Delair Launches AI-Driven Drone Data Analysis Platform

Delair, a developer of commercial drone solutions, has unveiled Delair Aerial Intelligence (delair.ai), a comprehensive platform for converting drone-based images...

Feb 07, 2019
Predator UAS Mission Trainer Delivered to Italian Air Force

CAE has announced that the Italian Ministry of Defence and Italian Air Force have formally qualified the CAE-built Predator Mission...

Feb 07, 2019
First Test Flights Performed at UK BVLOS Test Corridor

Cranfield University has announced that the first test flights to establish the principles for the National Beyond visual line of...

Feb 06, 2019
Atmos UAV Announces New Ultra-HD and Multispectral Drone Payload Options

Atmos UAV has announced that the company has just expanded the range of payload options for its unmanned aerial vehicles. Through...

Feb 06, 2019
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