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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

First Major North American Urban BVLOS Drone Project Concludes
First Major North American Urban BVLOS Drone Project Concludes

Commercial drone operator IN-FLIGHT Data and senseFly have announced that the two companies have completed North America’s first urban BVLOS...

Oct 25, 2018
Certifiable Autonomous UAS Framework to be Established
Certifiable Autonomous UAS Framework to be Established

NASA and Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI) have announced that they have entered into a partnership to develop a framework...

Oct 25, 2018
CRP Showcases Composite Materials & AM for Aerospace Applications
CRP Showcases Composite Materials & AM for Aerospace Applications

CRP Technology and CRP Meccanica have exhibited at the Sampe (Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering) Israel...

Oct 24, 2018
DJI Improves Drone Geofencing for Airport Safety Zones
DJI Improves Drone Geofencing for Airport Safety Zones

DJI has announced that it is improving its geofencing technology to refine the airspace limitations for drone flights near airports,...

Oct 24, 2018
ScanEagle3 UAS Achieves FAA Type Certification Requirements
ScanEagle3 UAS Achieves FAA Type Certification Requirements

Insitu has announced that it has successfully completed the first interim Type Certification Board Meeting (TCBM) in support of the...

Oct 24, 2018
Persistent Systems Provides MANET Capabilities to Insitu UAVs
Persistent Systems Provides MANET Capabilities to Insitu UAVs

Persistent Systems has announced it has entered into a five-year agreement with Insitu to incorporate Persistent’s Wave Relay mobile ad...

Oct 24, 2018
ECSU Aviation Installs UAS Simulation Classroom
ECSU Aviation Installs UAS Simulation Classroom

Simlat has announced that it has delivered its IMPACT system to Elizabeth City State University’s (ECSU) Aviation Science Program. IMPACT,...

Oct 23, 2018
General Atomics Tests UAV-Mounted Airborne Tracking and Targeting System
General Atomics Tests UAV-Mounted Airborne Tracking and Targeting System

General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems (GA-EMS) has announced that it has participated in the Rim of the Pacific Exercise (RIMPAC) to...

Oct 23, 2018
US Navy Commissions First Dedicated UAS Test Squadron
US Navy Commissions First Dedicated UAS Test Squadron

The U.S. Navy has announced that it has commissioned its first Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) test and evaluation squadron. The...

Oct 23, 2018
HES Creates World’s Smallest Hydrogen Fuel Cell Pressure Reducer
HES Creates World’s Smallest Hydrogen Fuel Cell Pressure Reducer

HES Energy Systems, a developer of aerial hydrogen fuel cell propulsion systems has announced the launch of a new lightweight...

Oct 22, 2018
Dedicated Volume Production Line Created for UMS SKELDAR UAS
Dedicated Volume Production Line Created for UMS SKELDAR UAS

UMS SKELDAR has announced that, following major contract wins and in line with its global expansion strategy, it has teamed...

Oct 22, 2018
Boeing Joins EU UAS Airspace Management Initiative
Boeing Joins EU UAS Airspace Management Initiative

Boeing has announced that it has joined the European Network of U-Space Demonstrators, a Europe-wide platform for aggregating early Unmanned...

Oct 22, 2018
Combat Proven Range of sUAS Released
Combat Proven Range of sUAS Released

InstantEye Robotics has announced the launch of the next evolution in its family of combat-proven, small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS),...

Oct 19, 2018
Drone Software Platform Combines Thermal and Visual Imaging with Flight Data Management
Drone Software Platform Combines Thermal and Visual Imaging with Flight Data Management

FLIR Systems has announced the release of DroneSense–FLIR Edition, a drone flight management software platform designed for public safety applications....

Oct 18, 2018
TASE400 Laser Designator Selected for Resolute Eagle UAS
TASE400 Laser Designator Selected for Resolute Eagle UAS

PAE ISR, the original equipment manufacturer of the Group 3 unmanned aerial system (UAS), Resolute Eagle, has announced that it...

Oct 18, 2018
FAA Approves First Civil Use of BVLOS Drone with Radar
FAA Approves First Civil Use of BVLOS Drone with Radar

Avitas Systems has announced that it has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval to fly an unmanned aerial system (UAS)...

Oct 17, 2018
Solar Array Technology Will Power Autonomous Stratospheric Airship
Solar Array Technology Will Power Autonomous Stratospheric Airship

Thales Alenia Space has announced the successful completion of static mechanical validation tests of the first full-scale photovoltaic modules specially...

Oct 17, 2018
US Air Force Creates UAS Airfield Damage Assessment System
US Air Force Creates UAS Airfield Damage Assessment System

The U.S. Air Force has announced that it has implemented the Rapid Airfield Damage Assessment System, a method of using...

Oct 17, 2018
Machine Vision Algorithms Behind New Autonomous Drones
Machine Vision Algorithms Behind New Autonomous Drones

Percepto Robotics has announced that it has employed machine vision algorithms in its proprietary Sparrow drones as part of its...

Oct 15, 2018
Bell and Yamato to Develop Autonomous VTOL Delivery Drones
Bell and Yamato to Develop Autonomous VTOL Delivery Drones

Bell Helicopter and Yamato Holdings have announced that the two firms have entered into a strategic collaboration for the future...

Oct 15, 2018
Orbital UAV Developing Modular Propulsion Solutions
Orbital UAV Developing Modular Propulsion Solutions

Orbital Corporation has announced that the company is developing a range of modular propulsion solutions for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)....

Oct 15, 2018
New Parachute Rescue Systems Introduced for Multicopter UAVs
New Parachute Rescue Systems Introduced for Multicopter UAVs

Drone Rescue, a developer of parachute rescue systems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has announced the launch of its latest...

Oct 14, 2018
High Altitude Pseudo Satellite UAV Completes Flight Tests
High Altitude Pseudo Satellite UAV Completes Flight Tests

UAVOS has announced that it has successfully completed the first stage of the flight tests of its 10-meter prototype High...

Oct 12, 2018
Sky Power Develops Heavy Fuel and Gasoline Engines for UAVs
Sky Power Develops Heavy Fuel and Gasoline Engines for UAVs

Sky Power, a leading developer of 2-stroke combustion and Wankel engines for UAS (Unmanned Aerial Systems), has partnered with Unmanned...

Oct 11, 2018
DroneShield Releases New Drone Jammer for Remote Weapon Stations
DroneShield Releases New Drone Jammer for Remote Weapon Stations

DroneShield has announced the launch of DroneCannon RW, a counterdrone jammer which is designed for use on remote weapon stations....

Oct 11, 2018
Small Tactical UAS to be Integrated with Armoured Combat Vehicles
Small Tactical UAS to be Integrated with Armoured Combat Vehicles

AeroVironment has announced a new strategic relationship with General Dynamics Land Systems (GD) to produce highly integrated and effective tactical...

Oct 10, 2018
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