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

DJI Announces Enhancements to Drone Geofencing System

DJI has announced that it has made new improvements to its geofencing system for enterprise drone users. Professional drone pilots...

Jul 19, 2018
Penguin C UAS Selected for Reconnaissance and Storm Damage Surveillance

UAV Factory has announced that the Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence & Innovation (LSUASC) has selected the company’s Penguin...

Jul 18, 2018
First Production Facility for Zephyr High-Altitude UAS Opens

Airbus Defence and Space has announced that it has opened the first serial production facility for its new Zephyr S...

Jul 18, 2018
Raytheon to Provide Counter-UAS Capabilities to U.S. Army

Raytheon has announced that the U.S. Army has selected its Coyote unmanned aircraft system (UAS) and KRFS radar (Ku-band Radio...

Jul 18, 2018
Thermal Imaging Solution Launched for DJI M200 Series Drones

3DR has announced that users of the Site Scan drone software platform for construction and engineering teams now have the...

Jul 17, 2018
Leonardo Provides Electronic Warfare Sensor for MQ-9B UAS

Leonardo and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) have announced that the two firms have signed an agreement that will...

Jul 17, 2018
Whitepaper: Fuel Cell-Based Energy Systems for Commercial UAVs

Ballard Power Systems, a leading provider of innovative clean energy solutions and fuel cell technologies, has released a whitepaper outlining...

Jul 16, 2018
Next-Generation Vehicle Management Computer for Autonomous Flight Under Development

UTC Aerospace Systems has announced that it is developing a next-gen vehicle management computer (VMC) that features triple multi-core processors,...

Jul 16, 2018
QinetiQ Selects Kratos Firejet Aerial Target Drone

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that it has received a 10-year sole source, single award framework contract...

Jul 16, 2018
UMS SKELDAR Unveils Enhanced Heavy-Fuel VTOL UAV

UMS SKELDAR has introduced a next-generation version of their rotary heavy-fuel engine Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), designed specifically for maritime...

Jul 15, 2018
Edge UAS Deployed Aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute Research Vessel

FlightWave Aerospace Systems has announced that its Edge unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was deployed aboard the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s Research...

Jul 15, 2018
UAVOS Solar UAV Completes 10-Hour Aerial Photography Mission

UAVOS has announced that it has completed flight tests of its solar-powered SAT-i UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), which is designed...

Jul 14, 2018
Advanced Navigation INS/AHRS Selected for DARPA Gremlins UAS Program

Advanced Navigation has confirmed that their miniature GPS-aided inertial navigation system (INS) and attitude & heading reference system (AHRS) has...

Jul 13, 2018
Elbit Systems Unveils MALE UAS Designed to Integrate into Civilian Airspace

Elbit Systems has announced the release of the Hermes 900 StarLiner, a Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) Unmanned Aircraft System...

Jul 13, 2018
SkyGuardian Completes First Trans-Atlantic MALE UAS Flight

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has announced that its MQ-9B SkyGuardian Medium-altitude, Long-endurance (MALE) Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) has...

Jul 11, 2018
Fire Scout UAS Completes Initial Operational Test and Evaluation

The U.S. Navy has announced that USS Coronado (LCS 4) and Air Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 (VX-1) have completed...

Jul 10, 2018
First Sanctioned UAV Mapping Missions Conducted over a Canadian City

Global UAV Technologies Ltd., along with UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) consulting firm InDro Robotics Inc. and High Eye Aerial Imaging...

Jul 10, 2018
MQ-25 Refueling UAS Features Integrated Fuel Tank Structure

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has confirmed that an integrated fuel tank structure will maximize fuel offload for the...

Jul 10, 2018
Kratos Delivers Subsonic Aerial Target Drone to U.S. Navy

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced the delivery of the first production BQM-177A Subsonic Aerial Target (SSAT) Drone...

Jul 10, 2018
Whitepaper: Geometric Accuracy Assessment of Mapping UAVs

Microdrones, a developer of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based surveying, mapping and monitoring platforms, has released a whitepaper assessing the geometric...

Jul 10, 2018
Parrot Unveils New 4K HDR Camera Drone

Parrot has announced the launch of ANAFI, the company’s next-generation portable drone equipped with a 4K HDR camera. Parrot has...

Jul 09, 2018
Unmanned Airship to Control Search & Rescue Drones & Robots

KT Corp., a South Korean telecommunications company, has unveiled a next-generation platform for disaster and safety management, in its latest...

Jul 06, 2018
AERTEC Continues Testing of TARSIS 75 Fixed-Wing UAV

AERTEC Solutions, an engineering firm specialising in aerospace and defence systems, has announced that it is continuing the flight testing...

Jul 05, 2018
San Andreas Fault Scanned with Drone LiDAR Technology

The Department of Geological Sciences at San Diego State University (SDSU) has teamed with Geodetics Inc., a manufacturer of integrated...

Jul 05, 2018
Mission Payloads Tested on MQ-25 Surrogate UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has announced that it has successfully flown its MQ-25A surrogate unmanned aerial system (UAS)...

Jul 04, 2018
AeroVironment to Build NASA’s JPL Unmanned Helicopter for Mars Mission

AeroVironment has revealed its critical role in collaborating with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA/JPL) to build the drone helicopter recently...

Jul 04, 2018
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