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

Ascent Solar Develops Ultralight Thin-Film Modules for High-Altitude UAS

Ascent Solar Technologies has announced that the company has successfully developed and shipped its next-generation laminated aerospace product, using Ultralight...

Apr 03, 2018
Patent Issued for Truck-Launched Package Delivery Drone

Workhorse Group, a developer of sustainable solutions for the commercial electric transportation sector, has announced that the United States Patent...

Apr 03, 2018
UAVOS Unveils Fixed-Wing UAV with 4-Hour Flight Time

UAVOS has announced the launch of the Borey-10 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a fixed-wing aircraft that can be assembled and...

Apr 02, 2018
FLIR Thermal Imaging Sensor to be Integrated into DJI Zenmuse XT2 Drone Camera

FLIR Systems, Inc. has announced that DJI, will integrate a FLIR thermal imaging sensor technology into its new DJI Zenmuse...

Apr 02, 2018
Yamaha Motor to Release YMR-08 Agrochemical Spraying Drone

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. has announced that it will begin limited sales of the YMR-08 industrial multi-rotor drone from June...

Apr 02, 2018
Thales to Develop Unmanned Systems Control Technologies for NASA

Thales has announced that it has reached a formal agreement with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for a...

Mar 30, 2018
DEEP AERO Develops AI-Driven Blockchain Drone Technology

DEEP AERO, a developer of drone technologies, has announced that it is building an AI-driven, autonomous, self-governing, intelligent unmanned aircraft...

Mar 30, 2018
Sentera Announces High-Precision Agricultural Sensor for DJI Matrice 200 Drones

Sentera has announced the availability of the company’s new AGX710 gimbaled precision agriculture sensor with plug-and-play integration for DJI’s Matrice...

Mar 28, 2018
IARPA Announces Drone Imagery Prize Challenge

The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA), within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, has announced the UG2...

Mar 28, 2018
New Cargo Drone to Lift 400lb Payloads

Drone Delivery Canada has announced that it has commenced development of its newest cargo delivery drone, the Condor, with a...

Mar 28, 2018
NASA UTM Program Completes Level 3 Testing at Nevada UAS Test Site

The Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) has announced that, along with its NASA Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) partners, it...

Mar 27, 2018
Raytheon Develops Unmanned Vehicle Swarm Technology

Raytheon‘s BBN Technologies has announced that, under DARPA’s Offensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program, it is developing technology to direct and control...

Mar 27, 2018
AeroVironment Unveils Upgraded Puma 3 sUAS

AeroVironment has announced that the company is now taking orders for its new Puma 3 small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS)....

Mar 27, 2018
Schiebel Demonstrates Heavy Fuel Variant of CAMCOPTER UAS to Royal Australian Navy

Schiebel has successfully demonstrated the heavy fuel variant of its CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) as part of its...

Mar 26, 2018
DJI and Skycatch to Deliver Industrial Construction Drone Fleet

DJI and commercial drone data company Skycatch have announced that they have extended their partnership to manufacture and deliver a...

Mar 26, 2018
Drone Innovation Startup Winner Will Receive $500,000 Funding

Krypto Labs, a company focused on the support and development of start-up businesses, have launched the “Drone Innovation Startup contest”...

Mar 26, 2018
Sentera Releases RTK GPS Module for PHX Fixed-Wing UAV

Sentera has released an RTK GPS precision positioning module for the PHX™ Pro fixed-wing drone. The module delivers true L1/L2,...

Mar 23, 2018
Raytheon Demonstrates Microwave and Laser Counter-Drone System

Raytheon has announced that its high-power microwave and laser counter-drone system has been demonstrated during the Maneuver Fires Integrated Experiment...

Mar 22, 2018
Black Swift and NASA to Develop Next-Gen Sensors for Agricultural Drones

Black Swift Technologies (BST) has announced the expansion of a pathfinder mission with NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center to develop...

Mar 20, 2018
U.S. Department of the Interior Acquires New UAS Fleet

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced that it will soon have the use of up to 50...

Mar 20, 2018
Schiebel Provides High-Performance VTOL UAS for Civil and Military Applications

Schiebel, a leading global designer and manufacturer of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) unmanned helicopters, has partnered with Unmanned Systems...

Mar 20, 2018
Drone Delivery Canada Completes First USA Test Flights

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has announced that it has completed a series of successful test flights in the United States...

Mar 19, 2018
Kratos Tactical UAS Approved for International Release

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has announced that it has received U.S. State Department approval to market its Mako High...

Mar 18, 2018
FAA Expands Testing of UAS Airspace Authorization System

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that it is expanding tests of an automated system that will ultimately provide...

Mar 13, 2018
NATS and Altitude Angel to Develop UTM Solution for UK Airspace

NATS, the UK’s leading air traffic services provider, and drone traffic management solutions company Altitude Angel have announced that the...

Mar 12, 2018
Elistair Develops Tethered Drone Systems for Military & Commercial Applications

Elistair, a leading designer and manufacturer of tethered drone systems for military and commercial applications, has partnered with Unmanned Systems...

Mar 12, 2018
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