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

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
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
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