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

Schiebel CAMCOPTER UAS Completes Belgian Navy Trials

Schiebel has announced that it has effectively demonstrated the search and rescue and maritime surveillance capabilities of the CAMCOPTER S-100...

Jul 03, 2018
AirMap UTM Services Integrated into Drone Autopilot Systems

AirMap has announced that its UTM (unmanned traffic management) services have been selected by TopXGun to be integrated into the...

Jul 03, 2018
Spanish Armed Forces Selects Fulmar X UAS for ISR Missions

Thales has announced that it has been awarded two contracts by Spain’s Directorate-General for Armament and Material (DGAM) to provide...

Jul 02, 2018
Counter-UAS Jamming System Unveiled for Dismounted Soldiers

MyDefence has announced the launch of PITBULL the company’s next-generation wearable Counter-UAS (unmanned aerial system) solution that utilizes smart jamming...

Jul 02, 2018
KDE Direct Upgrades UAV Electronic Speed Controllers

KDE Direct have announced new features for their UAS (unmanned aerial system) UVC electronic speed controller (ESC) series and KDE...

Jun 28, 2018
Kongsberg UAS Airspace Awareness Software Selected for BVLOS Flight Trials

Kongsberg Geospatial has announced that its IRIS technology will be used by three of the four winning teams selected by...

Jun 26, 2018
GA-ASI to Undertake First Transatlantic MALE UAS Flight

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that it plans to make the first-ever trans-Atlantic flight of a Medium-altitude,...

Jun 26, 2018
Australian Air Force to Acquire MQ-4C Triton UAS

Northrop Grumman has announced that the Australian Department of Defence will purchase up to six MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Air Systems...

Jun 26, 2018
Guardian UAS Completes Demonstration Flights in Japan

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that the Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) has concluded the first large-scale...

Jun 25, 2018
VectorNav INS Selected for UAV LiDAR Mapping System

VectorNav has confirmed that its VN-300 Dual-Antenna Inertial Navigation System (INS) has been selected by LiDAR USA for its ScanLook...

Jun 24, 2018
SolAero Develops High-Efficiency Solar Cells and Panels for UAVs

SolAero Technologies, a leading developer and manufacturer of high efficiency solar cells, solar panels and composite structural products for unmanned...

Jun 24, 2018
Firestorm UAV Unveils Smartphone-Integrated Search & Rescue Sensor

Firestorm UAV has announced the launch of a new handheld search and rescue sensor, which can also be mounted directly...

Jun 24, 2018
AERTEC Fixed-Wing UAV Completes Automated Flight Tests on Sand

AERTEC Solutions has announced that its fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform, TARSIS 75, has completed automated flight tests on...

Jun 24, 2018
MQ-8C Fire Scout UAS Begins Testing Aboard USS Coronado

The U.S. Navy has announced that USS Coronado (LCS 4) has begun operational testing of the Navy’s newest unmanned helicopter,...

Jun 22, 2018
NASA Flies Ikhana UAS in Public Airspace Without Chase Plane

NASA has announced that its remotely-piloted Ikhana aircraft, based at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, has...

Jun 21, 2018
MQ-9B UAS Undergoes Lightning Tests

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that it has used its second full-scale MQ-9B unmanned aerial system (UAS)...

Jun 21, 2018
DOI selects ScanEagle UAS for Fire Suppression Missions

Insitu has announced that it has received a first-of-its kind contract from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to...

Jun 19, 2018
DARPA Awards Phase II Funding for Rotary UAV Diesel Engine Development

LiquidPiston has announced that the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the company an additional $2.5 million...

Jun 19, 2018
ALTI Develops Hybrid VTOL Fixed-Wing UAVs for Commercial Applications

ALTI UAS, a leading developer and manufacturer of commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”)...

Jun 19, 2018
Black Swift to Develop UAS for Atmospheric Observations of Venus

Black Swift Technologies (BST), a developer of purpose-built scientific aerial platforms, has announced that it has been awarded a NASA...

Jun 18, 2018
Airbus to Provide Heron TP Drones to German Armed Forces

Airbus has announced that it has signed an agreement with the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service...

Jun 18, 2018
Endurance-Boosting Solar Technologies Developed for UAVs

Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have announced that they are developing technology for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV)...

Jun 18, 2018
Leica Geosystems Launches New 3D Mapping UAS

Leica Geosystems has announced the launch of the new Leica Aibot, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system based on DJI’s...

Jun 14, 2018
Insitu to Provide UAS ISR Services for U.S. Coast Guard

Insitu has announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) ISR services aboard...

Jun 13, 2018
GA-ASI Detect-and-Avoid System Aids NASA UAS Flight

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has announced that its Detect and Avoid (DAA) avionics system was the key technology...

Jun 13, 2018
Interview: FT Technologies on Latest UAV Wind Sensor

FT Technologies is a leading manufacturer of rugged wind sensors for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and the company’s new FT205...

Jun 12, 2018
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