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 Hybrid VTOL Drone Mapping System Undergoes Flight Trials

Wingcopter and UAVenture have announced that they have completed training and run mapping trials with the Wingcopter drone Mapping Package...

Mar 09, 2018
Skyguide & AirMap to Develop European UTM System

skyguide, a Swiss air navigation service provider, and AirMap, a global airspace management platform for drones, have announced that they...

Mar 09, 2018
Septentrio GNSS Technology Selected for VTOL Mapping Drone

Septentrio, a manufacturer of GNSS receiver technologies, has announced that it has been selected by Swiss drone manufacturer Wingtra to...

Mar 07, 2018
20th Anniversary of First Global Hawk UAS Flight Celebrated

Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced the 20th anniversary of the first flight of its autonomous Global Hawk high altitude long...

Mar 07, 2018
Elistair Unveils Next-Generation Tethered UAS

Elistair has announced the launch of Orion, the company’s next generation of tethered drone systems. Designed for semi-persistent aerial surveillance...

Mar 06, 2018
CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS Selected for ISR Missions

Schiebel has announced that a fleet of the company’s CAMCOPTER S-100 unmanned aerial systems (UAS) has been commissioned by aerospace...

Mar 06, 2018
Hurricane Tracker UAS Wins Laureate Award

Raytheon Company and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have announced that they have received Aviation Week magazine’s Laureate...

Mar 02, 2018
Boeing Launches New Unmanned Systems Program in Australia

Boeing has announced that it has launched its largest autonomous systems development program outside of the United States in Australia...

Mar 01, 2018
Canadian Navy Selects Puma II AE UAS for Coastal Defence Vessels

AeroVironment, Inc., and MDA (a Maxar Technologies company) have announced that the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) has acquired the AeroVironment...

Mar 01, 2018
TEOCO Launches Drone IoT Service Enablement Platform

TEOCO, a provider of analytics, assurance and optimization solutions, has announced the launch of AirborneUTM, a Service Enablement Platform for...

Feb 28, 2018
Solo Optionally Piloted Helicopter Completes First Unmanned Flight

Leonardo has announced that its SW-4 Solo optionally piloted helicopter has successfully completed its maiden flight with no safety pilot...

Feb 28, 2018
VTOL Upgrade Module Released for PD-1 Fixed-Wing UAS

UKRSPECSystems has announced that the company has developed an upgrade module that converts its PD-1 fixed-wing drone to a VTOL...

Feb 27, 2018
UAVOS Unveils New Multi-Functional VTOL UAV

UAVOS has announced its new SURVEYOR-H Unmanned Aerial System, based around the company’s UVH-290E vertical takeoff/landing (VTOL) drone platform. The...

Feb 27, 2018
Falco UAS Logs Over 15,000 Flying Hours

Leonardo has announced that its Falco family of Remotely-Piloted Air Vehicles (RPAS) have together logged more than 15,000 hours of...

Feb 26, 2018
Tritex Introduces Ultrasonic Thickness Gauge for Drone Inspections

Tritex NDT have announced the launch of a new ultrasonic metal thickness gauge specifically designed for mounting onto unmanned aerial...

Feb 23, 2018
Micro-Gimbal Improves Crop Scouting Options for DJI Phantom 4 Drones

Sentera has announced the availability of a Micro Gimbal upgrade for Sentera Single sensors mounted on the DJI Phantom 4...

Feb 22, 2018
Image Processing Software Aids Long-Range UAS Railway Inspection

Bihrle Applied Research has announced that, in conjunction with BNSF Railway (BNSF), it has successfully demonstrated the processing of tens...

Feb 20, 2018
U.S. Army Selects UAV Turbines for Turboprop Gas Engine Development

UAV Turbines, a developer of advanced heavy-fuel microturbine propulsion systems, has announced that it has entered into a $19 million...

Feb 20, 2018
Microdrones to Integrate with Trimble Business Center Software

Microdrones has confirmed that it is currently working to integrate its solutions with Trimble Business Center software, to further extend...

Feb 20, 2018
Skydio Unveils Fully Autonomous Camera Drone

Skydio has announced the availability of the company’s first product, the R1, a fully autonomous flying camera drone. Skydio has...

Feb 19, 2018
US Army Improves Battlefield Reconnaissance with sUAS

The U.S. Army has announced that its 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment has adopted small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) as...

Feb 19, 2018
Financing Allows Small Business to Acquire Essential UAV Equipment

AP Equipment Financing, a leading provider of flexible financing solutions for UAV manufacturers and operators, has released a case study outlining...

Feb 19, 2018
New Counter-UAS Drone Uses AI-Enabled Radar Technology

Fortem Technologies has announced the release of DroneHunter, a military-tested unmanned aerial system (UAS) that provides perimeter intrusion detection and...

Feb 18, 2018
DroneDeploy Announces Real-Time Mapping Capabilities

DroneDeploy has announced the release of Live Map — a new feature that allows any UAS (unmanned aerial system) operator...

Feb 17, 2018
Canadian Navy to Integrate Maritime UAS Capabilities

MDA, a provider of robotics and defense technologies, has announced that it has signed a contract with Canada’s Department of...

Feb 15, 2018
Drone Aviation Provides U.S. Army with Enhanced WASP Tactical Aerostat

Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, has announced that it has delivered its multi-mission...

Feb 15, 2018
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