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

French Defense Agency Supports Elistair’s Airwatch Project

Elistair, a designer and manufacturer of tethered drone systems for aerial surveillance, has signed an agreement with the French Defense...

Dec 13, 2017
UAVOS Converts Light Aircraft into Multifunctional UAV

Uavos has announced that the company has created an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) based on the Sinus light aircraft manufactured...

Dec 12, 2017
AirMap UTM Platform Released for Japan

Rakuten AirMap has announced the release of its AirMap unmanned traffic management (UTM) platform to drone operators and airspace managers...

Dec 11, 2017
University of Maryland UAS Test Site Acquires TigerShark Aircraft

The University of Maryland Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Test Site has announced that it has acquired 11 TigerShark vehicles to...

Dec 11, 2017
Viasat Develops Cryptographic Module for USAF Unmanned Systems

Viasat, a global communications company, has announced that, in partnership with the U.S. Air Force, it has successfully completed its...

Dec 06, 2017
DroneAG Launches New Agricultural Drone Solution

DroneAG has announced the launch of its new M200 Agri Pro agricultural drone package. The new solution is based around...

Dec 06, 2017
SkyX Drone Completes Autonomous 100km Data Collection Flight

SkyX Systems Corporation, a provider of long-range unmanned aerial monitoring and data collection services, has announced that it has successfully...

Dec 05, 2017
UMS SKELDAR Demonstrates Unmanned Helicopter to German Armed Forces

UMS SKELDAR has announced that, along with its key partner ESG (ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH), it has successfully completed a...

Dec 04, 2017
MicroPilot Integrates Sense & Avoid System into UAV Autopilot

MicroPilot has announced that it has successfully integrated the FLARM Sense and Avoid system with its autopilot, granting clients a...

Dec 04, 2017
QinetiQ Simulates UAV Threat for Royal Canadian Navy

QinetiQ Target Systems (QTS) has conducted a live demonstration to the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), emulating the threat posed to...

Dec 01, 2017
European Space Agency Investigates High-Altitude UAVs

The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that it is considering extending its activities to a new region of the...

Nov 30, 2017
Delair and ECA Group Develop Multi-Drone Ground Station

Delair and ECA Group have announced that the two companies have co-developed a new generation of ground control station (GCS)....

Nov 30, 2017
Autonomous Drone Flight Utilizes Mobile Communications Network and 3D Map

Terra Drone, a provider of industrial drone services, and KDDI Corporation, a Japanese telecommunications operator, have announced that the two...

Nov 30, 2017
ScanEagle UAS Assists Disaster Relief and Fire Suppression Missions

Insitu has announced that the company has used its ScanEagle unmanned aerial system (UAS) in assisting with several recent disaster...

Nov 28, 2017
Alpha Adds Image Stabilization Technology to VTOL UAV

Alpha Unmanned Systems, the manufacturer of the Alpha 800 gasoline-powered helicopter UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), has announced that it has...

Nov 27, 2017
UAVE Demonstrates Long-Endurance Fixed-Wing UAVs

UAVE Ltd., a leading developer of large long-endurance fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”)...

Nov 27, 2017
UMS SKELDAR Unveils New VTOL UAS Platform

UMS SKELDAR, a provider of rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) solutions, has announced the launch of its new enhanced R-350...

Nov 26, 2017
ECA Group Unveils New Drone-Mounted Signal Intelligence Solution

ECA Group, a developer of robotics for challenging environments, has announced its new IMSI-Catcher signal intelligence module designed to integrate...

Nov 23, 2017
SwiftCore FMS to be Integrated on Penguin BE UAV for NOAA Mission

Black Swift Technologies (BST) has announced that it’s SwiftCore Flight Management System (FMS) will be integrated with a UAV Factory...

Nov 23, 2017
Uavos Develops Pan-Tilt Platform for Drone Tracking Systems

Uavos has announced the introduction of the OPU-03, a rotary turret manipulator on a pan-tilt platform designed to accommodate observation...

Nov 23, 2017
3DR Integrates Site Scan Drone Data Platform with Autodesk BIM 360

3DR has announced that it has integrated its Site Scan drone data platform for construction and engineering professionals with Autodesk...

Nov 23, 2017
Bye Aerospace and SolAero Test Solar UAV Wing

SolAero Technologies has announced the successful completion of ground testing of the integrated solar wings on Bye Aerospace‘s medium-altitude, long-endurance...

Nov 20, 2017
Lockheed Martin Updates Fury UAV Engine

Lockheed Martin has announced that Fury, the company’s expeditionary, runway-independent unmanned air vehicle (UAV), now has engine updates that will...

Nov 17, 2017
Lufthansa Technik Launches UAS Health Condition Monitoring Service

SafeDrone, an initiative of Lufthansa Technik, has announced the launch of a new online service, Health Condition Monitoring (HCM), allowing...

Nov 17, 2017
Northwest UAV Provides Engines & Components for Unmanned Aircraft

Northwest UAV, a leading developer of propulsion systems and components for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has partnered with Unmanned Systems...

Nov 16, 2017
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