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

Airbus Successfully Demonstrates Parcel Delivery Drone

    Airbus Helicopters has announced that its Skyways unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has successfully completed its first flight demonstration...

Feb 12, 2018
VStar Systems Announces New UAV Signal Intelligence Sensor

VStar Systems, an aerospace and defense systems company, has announced the development of a pod version of its MA-C SIGINT...

Feb 10, 2018
YellowScan Introduces High-Density Long-Range LiDAR for UAVs

YellowScan has announced the launch of its Surveyor Ultra LiDAR system for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). The company will be...

Feb 08, 2018
CybAero UAS Selected for Search & Rescue in Sweden

CybAero has announced that the company has signed a collaboration agreement with nonprofit search and rescue organization Missing People Sweden....

Feb 07, 2018
United States Marine Corps Selects InstantEye Multi-Mission UAS

InstantEye Robotics has announced that it has received an order from PMA-263, the Navy and Marine Corps Small Tactical Unmanned...

Feb 06, 2018
New Surveying UAV Combines LiDAR and RGB Camera Data

Delair, a supplier of drone solutions for commercial industries, has announced the introduction of the next generation of its Delair...

Feb 05, 2018
Airbus’ VTOL UAS Completes First Full-Scale Test Flight

Airbus has announced that Vahana, an all-electric, self-piloted, vertical takeoff and landing UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) built by the company’s...

Feb 05, 2018
Black Swift Technologies and NASA JPL Demonstrate UAS Volcano Research

Black Swift Technologies (BST) has announced a successful collaboration with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA/JPL) to capture airborne carbon dioxide...

Feb 05, 2018
Aeryon Creates Dedicated sUAS Contractor for Defense Agencies

Aeryon Labs has announced the launch of Aeryon Defense USA, an approved U.S. defense contractor that will deliver the next-generation...

Feb 02, 2018
AeroVironment Releases Agricultural Drone and Data Processing Solution

AeroVironment has announced that its automated Quantix hybrid drone and AeroVironment Decision Support System (AV DSS) analytics software are now...

Feb 01, 2018
DroneShield Releases New Portable Counter-UAS System

DroneShield has announced the release of its DroneGun Tactical portable counter-UAS (unmanned aerial system) product. The DroneGun Tactical is not...

Feb 01, 2018
Uavos Unveils Electric Unmanned Helicopter with 6kg Payload Capacity

Uavos has announced that it has completed the test flights of its SURVEYOR-HE Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), which is based...

Jan 31, 2018
Aurora and Socionext Announce Radar-Enabled UAS Collision Protection

Aurora Flight Sciences has announced a collaboration with Socionext Inc., a developer of radar sensor technology, to provide a radar-enabled...

Jan 31, 2018
U.S. Army Uses Raven sUAS for Surveillance Exercise

The U.S. Army has announced that its Military Police have trained to use the RQ-11 Raven sUAS (small unmanned aerial...

Jan 31, 2018
AirMap Enables Low-Altitude UAS Authorization and Notification for Third Party Developers

AirMap has announced a new feature that makes LAANC, the Low-Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability, available to the entire drone...

Jan 30, 2018
Kratos Opens New UAS Design and Production Facilities

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has announced that the company’s Unmanned Systems Division is opening administrative and engineering offices and...

Jan 29, 2018
Video-Based Landing Aid Software Integrated into UAV Autopilots

SightLine Applications, a developer of onboard video processing for advanced camera systems, has announced that its landing assist functionality has...

Jan 28, 2018
DeTect Demonstrates Counter-UAS System to U.S. Army

DeTect has announced that it has demonstrated its HARRIER counter-UAS (unmanned aerial systems) system at the U.S. Army’s annual Maneuver...

Jan 28, 2018
CAMCOPTER UAS Demonstrates Search and Rescue Capabilities

Schiebel has announced that its CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) has demonstrated suitability for search and rescue missions as...

Jan 25, 2018
DJI Introduces Mavic Air Foldable 4K Camera Drone

DJI has announced the introduction of Mavic Air, a portable, foldable camera drone that features a 4K camera for superior...

Jan 25, 2018
Insitu Trials Amazon Web Services with UAS 3D Modelling Data

Insitu has announced that it has recently completed a successful trial deployment of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Snowball Edge in...

Jan 24, 2018
SKELDAR V-200 UAS Selected for Unmanned Naval Research Project

UMS SKELDAR has announced that it has been selected alongside partner Saab to be a part of the European Defence...

Jan 23, 2018
GA-ASI Demonstrates MQ-9B Automatic Takeoff and Landing

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has announced that it has successfully demonstrated its latest Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability (ATLC)...

Jan 22, 2018
Elistair Raises 2m Euros to Accelerate International Growth

Elistair, a leading provider of unlimited autonomy tethered drones for aerial surveillance, has announced a 2,000,000 Euro round of fundraising...

Jan 22, 2018
3W International Provides Heavy Fuel and Gasoline Engines for UAVs

3W International, a leading developer of heavy fuel and gasoline engines for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), has partnered with Unmanned...

Jan 22, 2018
Alliance to Develop Autonomous Firefighting and Surveillance Aircraft

Thrush Aircraft has announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and systems manufacturer Drone...

Jan 21, 2018
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