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

Emergency Response Drones to be Developed in Norway

UAS (unmanned aerial systems) developer Robot Aviation has announced that it has partnered with telecommunications firm Telenor and the Andøya...

May 16, 2018
U.S. Navy Long-Endurance UAV to use Alta Devices’ Solar Cells

Alta Devices has announced that the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will use Alta Devices’ flexible and light-weight solar technology...

May 14, 2018
University of North Dakota to Install Counter-UAS Technology

Dedrone has announced that it has entered into a partnership with the University of North Dakota (UND) unmanned aerial systems...

May 14, 2018
3W-International Signs Distribution Agreement for Turkey

3W-International, a manufacturer of propulsion systems for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement...

May 14, 2018
NASA to Fly Unmanned Helicopter on Next Mars Rover Mission

NASA has announced that its Mars Helicopter, a small autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency’s Mars 2020 rover mission,...

May 14, 2018
Insitu and University of Alaska Fairbanks to Partner in UAS Integration Pilot Program

Insitu has announced that it is partnering with the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) in the recently announced Federal Aviation...

May 14, 2018
Workhorse Autonomous Drone Package Delivery Begins Pilot Program

Workhorse Group has announced that its HorseFly truck-launched Autonomous Drone Package Delivery System is now making real-life package deliveries to...

May 14, 2018
New Tactical Law Enforcement Drone Delivers Real-Time Video

xG Technology, developer of the IMT and Vislink live video communications systems, has announced that it has entered into a...

May 11, 2018
RCV Engines Develops High-Efficiency Multi-Fuel Engines for UAVs

RCV Engines, a leading manufacturer of small multi-fuel engines for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology...

May 09, 2018
Windhover Labs Launches New Open Software Ecosystem for UAS

Windhover Labs has announced the successful test flight of its integrated flight software stack and ground control software for unmanned...

May 09, 2018
Hemisphere GNSS Introduces New Rugged UAV GNSS Antenna

Hemisphere GNSS has announced the launch of its new multi-GNSS, multi-frequency 4-helix HA32 UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) antenna. The HA32...

May 09, 2018
Pipistrel Sinus Light Aircraft to be Converted to Optionally-Piloted System

UAVOS and JetLease have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a new optionally manned fixed-wing...

May 09, 2018
Guardian UAS Demonstration Flights Performed in Japan

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced the first flight of the Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in Japan...

May 09, 2018
FAA Begins Expansion of Automated UAS Airspace Authorization

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that it has begun expanding an automated system that will ultimately provide near...

May 08, 2018
German Navy Acquires AeroVironment Puma UAS

AeroVironment and system and software developer ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH have announced that the German Navy has acquired the AeroVironment...

May 08, 2018
XPONENTIAL 2018 – the UST Round-Up

More than 8,500 attendees and over 600 exhibitors attended XPONENTIAL 2018, the annual AUVSI trade show last week, held in Denver. It...

May 08, 2018
Penguin C UAS Selected for Unmanned Systems Sciences Program

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has announced that the Unmanned Systems Sciences Program in the College of Aviation at the Daytona Beach...

May 07, 2018
Solar Electric UAV to Stay Airborne for Up to One Year

BAE Systems and Prismatic have announced an agreement to develop a new solar electric unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which has...

May 04, 2018
Raytheon to Develop Unmanned Aircraft Testing Airspace Corridor

Raytheon has announced that it has been selected by the Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance as a key partner...

May 04, 2018
Northwest UAV Begins Manufacture of New Multi-Fuel UAV Engine

Northwest UAV (NWUAV) has announced that it has begun the manufacturing and parts procurement for the company’s new NW-88 multi-fuel...

May 03, 2018
Robot Aviation AS acquires UAS-Europe

Robot Aviation, a Norwegian developer and producer of Unmanned Aircraft Systems, has announced the acquisition of UAS Europe AB, a...

May 03, 2018
Sagetech ADS-B Transponders Selected for Detect-and-Avoid Research

Sagetech Corporation has announced that it has provided its ADS-B (Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast) MXS transponder to NASA for DAA (Detect-and-Avoid)...

May 02, 2018
Maritime Search Solution Integrated onto CAMCOPTER UAS

Schiebel has announced that it has successfully integrated Overwatch Imaging‘s PT8 Oceanwatch, a small target detection payload, on the CAMCOPTER...

May 02, 2018
HAZON and PrecisionHawk to Provide UAV BVLOS Training

HAZON Solutions and PrecisionHawk have announced that the two companies have entered into a strategic partnership where HAZON will serve...

May 02, 2018
UAVOS Announces New Solar-Powered HAPS UAV

UAVOS has announced that it has developed a High Altitude Pseudo Satellite (HAPS) control system for for high-altitude flexible wing...

May 02, 2018
Insitu Provides Resources for University of North Dakota UAS Program

Insitu and the University of North Dakota (UND) have announced significant additions to the university’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) degree...

May 02, 2018
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