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

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
Intel Unveils New Drone Aerial Data Software Solutions

Intel unveiled details of the Intel Insight Platform, a digital asset management system enabling effective aerial data management and analyses, at...

May 02, 2018
TASE Imaging Payloads Selected for USSOCOM UAS Program

UTC Aerospace Systems (now Collins Aerospace) has announced that it has been selected to provide systems for the U.S. Special...

May 02, 2018
New Satellite Solutions Developed for Unmanned Aircraft Applications

DataPath, a provider of remote communications and information technology solutions to the aerospace, broadcast, government, and critical infrastructure markets, has...

May 01, 2018
DroneDeploy Releases New Aerial Intelligence Solution for Construction

DroneDeploy has announced that it has launched its new construction solution to meet the industry’s growing demand for aerial site...

May 01, 2018
Insitu Introduces ScanEagle3 UAS

Insitu has announced the launch of the newest member of its growing family of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), the ScanEagle3,...

May 01, 2018
Lockheed Martin Upgrades Quadrotor UAS with High-Resolution Thermal Imaging

Lockheed Martin has announced that its Indago 3 small quadrotor unmanned aerial system (UAS) has been upgraded with high resolution...

May 01, 2018
UMS SKELDAR Acquires UAV Engine Manufacturer Hirth Motors

UMS SKELDAR has announced the acquisition of Hirthmotoren GmbH & Co. KG (Hirth Motors), a German-based specialist global engine manufacturer...

May 01, 2018
AeroVironment to Adapt FlightWave VTOL UAS Technology

FlightWave Aerospace Systems has announced that it has entered into a strategic relationship with AeroVironment, a developer of unmanned aircraft...

May 01, 2018
UAV Imaging Camera Integrates World’s Fastest Imaging Sensor

Phase One Industrial has announced the iXM series, the company’s new aerial camera platform driven by the world’s fastest medium-format...

May 01, 2018
3DR Launches UAS Ground Control Point App

3DR, developers of the Site Scan drone software platform for construction and engineering professionals, have announced the release of 3DR...

May 01, 2018
Optical Payload for Commercial & Military sUAS Unveiled

UTC Aerospace Systems (now Collins Aerospace) has announced the release of its new TASE250 optical payload system for small UAS (unmanned...

Apr 30, 2018
First Full-Scale Model of European Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance RPAS Revealed

Airbus Defence and Space has announced that, in conjunction with Dassault Aviation and Leonardo, it has unveiled the first full...

Apr 30, 2018
Rockwell Collins Demonstrates UAS Command & Control Datalink for NASA UTM

Rockwell Collins has announced that it has recently participated in two weeks of critical testing for the NASA Unmanned Aircraft...

Apr 30, 2018
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