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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

Predator UAS Series Achieves Five Million Flight Hour Milestone
Predator UAS Series Achieves Five Million Flight Hour Milestone

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that its Predator-series family of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), encompassing Predator, Predator...

Apr 10, 2018
Aerobits Develops Miniature ADS-B Technology for UAS
Aerobits Develops Miniature ADS-B Technology for UAS

Aerobits, a leading developer of miniature avionics technologies for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”)...

Apr 09, 2018
UMS SKELDAR Expands Operations to Meet Demand for UAS
UMS SKELDAR Expands Operations to Meet Demand for UAS

UMS SKELDAR, a developer of rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) solutions, has announced that it has launched a recruitment drive...

Apr 09, 2018
Testing UAV GPS Systems with a Simulator
Testing UAV GPS Systems with a Simulator

Many unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) rely on global navigation satellite systems such as GPS to fly an accurate course. Spirent...

Apr 09, 2018
Marshall Radio Develops Tracking & Recovery Solutions for UAVs
Marshall Radio Develops Tracking & Recovery Solutions for UAVs

Marshall Radio Telemetry is a leading designer and manufacturer of lightweight, portable tracking equipment to find targets over long distances...

Apr 07, 2018
3W-International to Enhance Performance of UAV Engines
3W-International to Enhance Performance of UAV Engines

3W-International has announced that it has formed a partnership with Sky Power GmbH for further development and performance enhancement of...

Apr 06, 2018
Avenger Extended Range UAS Sets New Endurance Record
Avenger Extended Range UAS Sets New Endurance Record

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA‑ASI) has announced that it has set a new endurance record with its Avenger Extended Range...

Apr 05, 2018
Hawk Aerospace Performs Aerial Survey at Malta Aerodrome
Hawk Aerospace Performs Aerial Survey at Malta Aerodrome

Hawk Aerospace, a provider of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) services and solutions, has announced that it has conducted a commercial...

Apr 05, 2018
senseFly Integrates with Trimble’s Aerial Photogrammetry Module
senseFly Integrates with Trimble’s Aerial Photogrammetry Module

senseFly, a producer of professional drone solutions, has announced a new software integration with Trimble, which optimizes the drone mapping...

Apr 05, 2018
Commtact Unveils Datalink Command and Control Software
Commtact Unveils Datalink Command and Control Software

Commtact Ltd., a specialized developer and manufacturer of communications systems, has announced the release of its new I-Commtact Command and...

Apr 04, 2018
Ascent Solar Develops Ultralight Thin-Film Modules for High-Altitude UAS
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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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
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
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 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 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 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 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
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
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