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

New VTOL UAS Engine Provides Enhanced Performance & Fuel Efficiency

Sky Power, a leading manufacturer of 2-stroke combustion and Wankel engines for UAS,  has announced that UAS manufacturer A-techSYN has...

Apr 24, 2018
Schiebel and Airbus Helicopters Demonstrate Manned-Unmanned Teaming

Schiebel has announced that its CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) and Airbus Helicopters’ manned H145 have successfully completed a...

Apr 24, 2018
Systel Provides Rugged Computing Servers for MQ-8C Fire Scout UAS

Systel, a developer of rugged computing solutions, has announced that it has been selected to support the US Navy Naval...

Apr 23, 2018
Kratos Begins Phase 3 of DARPA Gremlins UAS Program

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that its subsidiary, Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems, as part of a Dynetics-led...

Apr 22, 2018
VectorNav GPS/INS Provides Primary Navigation for Long-Endurance UAV

VectorNav has confirmed that its surface-mount VN-200 GPS-aided inertial navigation system (INS) has been selected as the primary navigation system...

Apr 20, 2018
uAvionix Demonstrates Remote UAS Identification Solution for NASA UTM

uAvionix has announced that it has successfully completed testing and demonstration of the DroneAware uAvionix UAS (unmanned aerial system) Remote...

Apr 19, 2018
Exyn Technologies and Velodyne Develop Fully Autonomous Indoor UAVs

Exyn Technologies and Velodyne LiDAR have announced that they have combined Exyn’s proprietary AI software, exynAI, and Velodyne’s VLP-16 Puck...

Apr 19, 2018
Leonardo Target Drone Authorised for Military Operations

Leonardo has announced that, following comprehensive testing at the PISQ (Poligono Interforze Salto di Quirra) joint armed forces test range...

Apr 18, 2018
Novadem Develops Next-Generation Tethered Drone

Novadem has announced that it has developed the next generation of its NXWIRE tethered drone system, which allows Novadem’s NX70...

Apr 17, 2018
Sky Power Develops UAV Engine Construction Kits

Sky Power, a leading manufacturer of 2-stroke combustion and Wankel engines for UAS, has introduced a novel engine construction kit for...

Apr 17, 2018
GA-ASI Demos MQ-25 UAS Aircraft Carrier Flight Deck Handling

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that it has successfully demonstrated aircraft carrier deck handling, to include taxi...

Apr 16, 2018
Next-Gen Agricultural Multispectral Sensor Integrates Pix4D Software

Parrot has announced the development of Parrot Sequoia+, a new generation of its multispectral sensor that allows users to automatically...

Apr 13, 2018
New Injection and Ignition System Reduces UAV Engine Fuel Consumption

Sky Power, a leading manufacturer of 2-stroke combustion and Wankel engines for UAS, has announced the introduction of a new...

Apr 12, 2018
Airbus Unveils Aircraft Inspection Drone

Airbus has announced its new Advanced Inspection Drone system, for use inside a hangar, which accelerates and facilitates visual checks,...

Apr 12, 2018
AeroVironment Demos Automated Sensor-to-Shooter Capability with Puma UAS

AeroVironment has announced the successful maritime demonstration of a Puma UAS (unmanned aerial system)-Switchblade missile automated sensor-to-shooter (S2S) capability from...

Apr 11, 2018
GA-ASI Continues MQ-9B Protector Development for UK MoD

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced the recent award of a $81M Foreign Military Sales contract by the...

Apr 10, 2018
Predator UAS Series Achieves Five Million Flight Hour Milestone

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that its Predator-series family of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), encompassing Predator, Predator...

Apr 10, 2018
Aerobits Develops Miniature ADS-B Technology for UAS

Aerobits, a leading developer of miniature avionics technologies for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”)...

Apr 09, 2018
UMS SKELDAR Expands Operations to Meet Demand for UAS

UMS SKELDAR, a developer of rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) solutions, has announced that it has launched a recruitment drive...

Apr 09, 2018
Testing UAV GPS Systems with a Simulator

Many unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) rely on global navigation satellite systems such as GPS to fly an accurate course. Spirent...

Apr 09, 2018
Marshall Radio Develops Tracking & Recovery Solutions for UAVs

Marshall Radio Telemetry is a leading designer and manufacturer of lightweight, portable tracking equipment to find targets over long distances...

Apr 07, 2018
3W-International to Enhance Performance of UAV Engines

3W-International has announced that it has formed a partnership with Sky Power GmbH for further development and performance enhancement of...

Apr 06, 2018
Avenger Extended Range UAS Sets New Endurance Record

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA‑ASI) has announced that it has set a new endurance record with its Avenger Extended Range...

Apr 05, 2018
Hawk Aerospace Performs Aerial Survey at Malta Aerodrome

Hawk Aerospace, a provider of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) services and solutions, has announced that it has conducted a commercial...

Apr 05, 2018
senseFly Integrates with Trimble’s Aerial Photogrammetry Module

senseFly, a producer of professional drone solutions, has announced a new software integration with Trimble, which optimizes the drone mapping...

Apr 05, 2018
Commtact Unveils Datalink Command and Control Software

Commtact Ltd., a specialized developer and manufacturer of communications systems, has announced the release of its new I-Commtact Command and...

Apr 04, 2018
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