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

Orbital ATK Demonstrates Counter-UAS Technologies

Orbital ATK, a developer of aerospace and defense technologies, has announced that it recently participated in the Maneuver Fires Integrated...

Jan 21, 2018
Sentera Launches Consolidated Precision Agriculture Software Platform

Sentera has announced the launch of its new FieldAgent platform, which replaces all variants of the AgVault and OnTop products....

Jan 20, 2018
Drone Delivery Canada Tests Large Cargo Delivery Drone

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has announced that it is to begin testing its Raven X1400 cargo delivery drone. The Raven...

Jan 19, 2018
AirSpaceX Unveils Prototype Electric VTOL Unmanned Aircraft

Airspace Experience Technologies (AirSpaceX), a subsidiary of Detroit Aircraft Corp. (DAC), has revealed a sub-scale model of its autonomous, electric...

Jan 17, 2018
Leonardo to Lead Unmanned Naval Research Project

Leonardo has announced that it has been selected to lead the first European Defence Fund initiative, OCEAN2020, which has been...

Jan 17, 2018
New Drone Fleet Solution Provides Completely Private and Secure Data

Cicer One Technologies, a provider of data privacy solutions, and AVIDRONE Aerospace, a manufacturer of commercial and industrial unmanned aerial...

Jan 17, 2018
Aero-T Completes Production Of First SkyGuard1 Aerostat System

Aero-T, a subsidiary of tactical aerostat manufacturer RT LTA, has announced that it has completed the development and production of...

Jan 16, 2018
DARPA Begins Phase 3 of Collaborative Autonomy for UAS

DARPA has announced that it has completed successful Phase 2 flight tests and moved into Phase 3 of its Collaborative...

Jan 16, 2018
UAV LiDAR Technology Used for UK Forestry Research

Aberystwyth University has announced that it has invested in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology to expand their state-of-the-art forestry research....

Jan 15, 2018
Tactical VTOL UAV System to be Developed for French Navy Warships

Airbus Helicopters has announced that, along with European defense firm Naval Group, it has been awarded a contract by the...

Jan 15, 2018
Drone Delivery Canada Expands Testing Program to U.S.

Drone Delivery Canada has announced that the company is expanding its commercial testing program to the United States of America...

Jan 15, 2018
Long-Range, Detect-and-Avoid Radar Released for UAVs

Fortem Technologies has announced the availability of TrueView R20,a compact, high-performance detect-and-avoid radar solution for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Fortem’s...

Jan 11, 2018
Boeing Unveils Electric VTOL Cargo UAV Prototype

Boeing has announced that it has unveiled a new unmanned electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) cargo air vehicle (CAV) prototype that will...

Jan 10, 2018
Intel Unveils Shooting Star Mini Drone

Intel introduced its new Shooting Star Mini drone at the CES 2018 show, and set a new Guinness World Records...

Jan 10, 2018
Yuneec Unveils New Photography and Racing Drones

Yuneec International has announced the unveiling of a new fixed wing drone, the Firebird FPV, and a racing drone, the...

Jan 10, 2018
Insitu Demonstrates Situational Awareness System for UAS

Insitu has announced that it has successfully completed a flight demonstration for its ground-based Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) airspace situational...

Jan 09, 2018
AEE Selects Qualcomm Flight Embedded Platform for Drones

AEE Aviation Technology has announced that it will integrate the Qualcomm Flight embedded drone development platform to bring advanced functionality...

Jan 08, 2018
Kittyhawk Adds Automated Flight System to Drone Operations Platform

Kittyhawk, a developer of commercial drone operations software, has announced the addition of new features to its drone operations platform....

Jan 08, 2018
AeroVironment to Develop Solar-Powered HALE UAS

AeroVironment has announced the formation of a joint venture with Japanese telecommunications firm HAPSMobile to develop solar-powered high-altitude long-endurance, or...

Jan 04, 2018
AI Technology Selected for US Army’s UAS Fleet

Stryke Industries LLC has announced that it has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army as part of the...

Jan 04, 2018
Certified Version of Orion UAS to be Developed

Aurora Flight Sciences, a Boeing Company, has confirmed that they have been awarded a new $48 million contract by the...

Jan 04, 2018
Materion Composite Materials Selected for Global Hawk UAS Multispectral Imaging Sensor

Materion Corporation has announced that it has been awarded a contract by UTC Aerospace Systems for AlBeMet metal matrix composite...

Jan 04, 2018
Ballard Launches New Fuel Cell System for Drones

Ballard Power Systems has announced that the company has developed a next-generation high-performance fuel cell propulsion system to power unmanned...

Dec 31, 2017
NV Energy Adopts UAS Technology for Utility Operations

NV Energy has announced that it has partnered with the FAA-designated Nevada UAS Test Site, managed by the Nevada Institute...

Dec 31, 2017
Drone Delivery Canada Achieves Compliant Status for Cargo Delivery Drone

Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) has announced that Transport Canada has accepted the company’s Declaration of Compliance for the X1000 Sparrow...

Dec 29, 2017
AirMap Trials New Zealand’s First Drone Traffic Management System

AirMap has announced that it has partnered with Airways New Zealand to deploy an unmanned traffic management system that enables...

Dec 29, 2017
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