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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

MQ-25 Refueling UAS Features Integrated Fuel Tank Structure
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 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
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 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
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 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
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
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 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
Schiebel CAMCOPTER UAS Completes Belgian Navy Trials
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 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
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
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 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 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
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
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
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 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 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 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 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
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 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
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
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
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