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

Insitu Integrates Firewatch Payload on ScanEagle UAS

Insitu and Overwatch Imaging have announced that the two companies have successfully integrated a customized TK-5 Firewatch smart tactical mapping...

Apr 30, 2018
Northwest UAV Increases Production of NW-44 Unmanned Aircraft Engine

Northwest UAV has announced that it has increased production of its NW-44 multi-fuel single-cylinder UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) engine, in...

Apr 30, 2018
New Commercial Quadcopter UAV Features 40-Minute Flight Time

AEE Aviation Technology has announced the introduction of the Mach 4, a multiple-payload capable commercial UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) designed...

Apr 30, 2018
Prototype Hybrid Wankel UAV Engine Unveiled

3W-International has announced that it will be unveiling a prototype of its new SP-480 SRE 2-disc hybrid Wankel engine at...

Apr 29, 2018
3D Radar Counter-UAS System Developed to Monitor Airspace

uAvionix, Kongsberg Geospatial and Echodyne Corp have announced that the three companies have integrated their technologies to create a new...

Apr 27, 2018
Elistair Announces Next-Generation Compact Tethered Drone Station

Elistair has announced the launch of Ligh-T V.3, the next-generation of the company’s compact tethered drone stations. The new station...

Apr 27, 2018
Arctic UAV Adopts Airspace Awareness Application for BVLOS Drone Flights

Kongsberg Geospatial, a geospatial visualisation software company, and Arctic UAV, a UAS (unmanned aerial system) service provider in the Canadian...

Apr 26, 2018
Aeryon Unveils Military-Grade VTOL sUAS for U.S. DoD and Federal Agencies

Aeryon Defense USA has announced its new multi-mission Defense and Federal Government Group 1 Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) small...

Apr 26, 2018
Hensoldt Develops Deployable Compact Counter-UAV System

Hensoldt, a sensor solutions provider, has announced that it has unveiled a compact and deployable version of its Xpeller counter-UAV...

Apr 26, 2018
UAVOS Unveils 2-Axis Visual and Thermal UAV Camera Gimbal

UAVOS has announced the development of a new gyro-stabilized two-axis gimbal for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with integrated 30x Optical...

Apr 25, 2018
UAV Propulsion Tech to Represent HES Energy Systems in U.S.

UAV Propulsion Tech has announced that it has been appointed by Singaporean company HES Energy Systems Pte. Ltd. as its...

Apr 25, 2018
Delair Launches New Long-Range Aerial Data Collection UAV

Delair, a supplier of commercial drone solutions, has announced the availability of its newest unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) solution, the...

Apr 24, 2018
ARA Robotics Develops Multirotor UAV Flight Controller

ARA Robotics has announced the development of Skymate, a commercial UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) flight controller built for multirotor configurations...

Apr 24, 2018
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
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