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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

DJI Enhances Enterprise Drones And Fleet Management Software
DJI Enhances Enterprise Drones And Fleet Management Software

DJI has announced the launch of new hardware and software tools to give professional UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) operators improved...

Feb 22, 2019
Drone Swarms to Reseed Oregon Rangelands
Drone Swarms to Reseed Oregon Rangelands

DroneSeed has announced that it has signed a contract with global conservation organization The Nature Conservancy to utilize swarms of unmanned...

Feb 21, 2019
UMS SKELDAR Accelerates Production Lines for VTOL UAVs
UMS SKELDAR Accelerates Production Lines for VTOL UAVs

UMS SKELDAR, a provider of rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platforms, has announced that it has ramped up its workforce...

Feb 21, 2019
Electric VTOL Mini-UAS Developed for Covert Operations
Electric VTOL Mini-UAS Developed for Covert Operations

Cyient Solutions & Systems, a joint venture between Cyient Ltd. and BlueBird Aero Systems, has announced the launch of its...

Feb 21, 2019
Drones Used to Map Crime Scene
Drones Used to Map Crime Scene

FoxFury Lighting Solutions has announced that, along with Sundance Media Group, Westwind Unmanned Vehicles, Yuneec Aviation, Pix4D, and Autel Robotics,...

Feb 20, 2019
Orbital UAV Hosts Australian Office of Defence West
Orbital UAV Hosts Australian Office of Defence West

Orbital UAV has announced that it has hosted a delegation from the Office of Defence West – the Western Australian...

Feb 20, 2019
Tethered Drone Manufacturer Joins Wave Relay MANET Ecosystem
Tethered Drone Manufacturer Joins Wave Relay MANET Ecosystem

Persistent Systems has announced that it has entered into a five-year agreement with tethered drone solutions provider Hoverfly Technologies Inc....

Feb 20, 2019
NASA to Commence Final Phase of Unmanned Traffic Management Tests
NASA to Commence Final Phase of Unmanned Traffic Management Tests

NASA has announced that it has selected two organizations to host the final phase of its four-year series of increasingly...

Feb 20, 2019
Leonardo Target Drones Utilised in Italian Navy Training Exercise
Leonardo Target Drones Utilised in Italian Navy Training Exercise

Leonardo has announced that its new M-40 target drone has flown its first live missions for the Italian Navy in...

Feb 19, 2019
Synthetic Aperture Radar Payload Integrated with Aerosonde sUAS
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 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
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 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 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 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
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
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 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
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 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
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 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
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 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 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 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
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