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

US Navy Continues Development of Sense and Avoid Radar System For MQ-4C Triton

RDRTec has announced that the U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) program has approved proceeding with Phase 3...

Oct 27, 2017
Vanilla Aircraft UAS Successfully Completes Five Day Flight

Vanilla Aircraft has announced that its VA001 unmanned aircraft has successfully completed a flight of five days, one hour twenty-four...

Oct 26, 2017
HAZON to Add LATAS Technology Into Drone Fleet Management Software

HAZON Solutions and PrecisionHawk have announced that the two companies have formed a partnership to integrate their technologies to provide...

Oct 25, 2017
Parrot Introduces New Quadcopter Thermal Imaging Solution

Parrot has announced the launch of Bebop-Pro Thermal, an all-in-one quadcopter thermal imaging solution specifically designed for small construction businesses,...

Oct 25, 2017
Cepton Technologies Introduces 3D LiDAR Sensor for UAV Mapping

Cepton Technologies, a developer of 3D LiDAR sensing solutions, has announced the launch of SORA 200, its new lightweight 3D...

Oct 25, 2017
New Delair Large-Area Mapping Drone Features 3G/4G and Onboard Processing

Delair has announced the introduction of its next-generation professional unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for survey-grade photogrammetric mapping, the UX11, at...

Oct 25, 2017
Measure Expands Drone Solutions for Architecture, Engineering and Construction

Measure has announced an expansion of its drone-powered solutions for the architecture, engineering and construction industries with packages designed to...

Oct 24, 2017
Thales Demonstrates ECOsystem Unmanned Traffic Management to FAA

Thales has announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected the company as part of a small group that...

Oct 23, 2017
CNN Awarded First FAA Part 107 Waiver for Open-Air Operations Over People

CNN has announced that it has received a first-of-its-kind Part 107 waiver from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly...

Oct 20, 2017
FlightWave Aerospace Selects First Payload Partner

FlightWave Aerospace Systems has announced that it has formed a partnership with aerial sensor company MAPIR as part of FlightWave’s...

Oct 19, 2017
GA-ASI Announces Collaboration with Korean Civil RPAS Research Center

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA‑ASI) has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Korean Advanced...

Oct 18, 2017
Yamaha Motor Introduces New Multirotor Agricultural Spraying Drone

Yamaha Motor has announced the introduction of the YMR-01 – a prototype industrial multi-rotor unmanned aircraft scheduled for launch in...

Oct 18, 2017
Vodafone Tests Elistair Tethered Drone System for 4G Coverage

Elistair has announced that Vodafone Group’s New Technologies and Innovation team has experimented with using the company’s Safe-T tethered station...

Oct 18, 2017
MQ-9 UAS Supports Firefighting Efforts in Northern California

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has announced that the California Air National Guard’s 163d Attack Wing operating out of March...

Oct 17, 2017
DJI Unveils New Drone Identification And Tracking Technology

DJI has announced that it has unveiled AeroScope, the company’s new solution to identify and monitor airborne drones with existing...

Oct 16, 2017
E-Commerce Delivery Pilot Project Pairs Vans with Drones

Mercedes-Benz Vans has announced that, in conjunction with US drone systems developer Matternet and Swiss online marketplace siroop, it has...

Oct 13, 2017
SRC to Provide U.S. Army and Air Force with Counter-UAS Systems

SRC, a not-for-profit research and development company, has announced that it has been awarded a $12.7M contract to provide the...

Oct 13, 2017
Flirtey Plans Drone Defibrillator Delivery Program

Flirtey, a drone delivery service, and REMSA, a community-integrated emergency medical services provider, have announced a partnership to launch the...

Oct 12, 2017
U.S. Navy to Continue and Expand Blackwing UAS Program

AeroVironment has announced that it has been awarded a contract by the United States Navy for continuation and expansion of...

Oct 11, 2017
Uavos Improves GPS Spoofing Protection for UAVs

Uavos has announced that it has improved its GPS spoofing identification algorithms for its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), protecting against...

Oct 11, 2017
GA-ASI Completes Transition to Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has announced that it has officially transitioned its production line from the MQ-1C Gray Eagle...

Oct 10, 2017
New Privacy Mode Stops Internet Data Transfer to DJI Drones

DJI has announced that it has launched a new Local Data Mode that stops internet traffic to and from its...

Oct 10, 2017
AeroVironment to Upgrade Puma and Raven Small UAS

AeroVironment, Inc. has announced that its Puma™ AE and Raven® small unmanned aircraft systems, the most widely deployed drones in the United States Department of...

Oct 10, 2017
New Geospatial Solution Turns Drones into Accurate Mapping Systems

Verity has announced the release of Verity Mapper, a complete drone mapping solution that combines professional geospatial products to enable...

Oct 10, 2017
RT LTA Systems Unveils Upgraded Skystar 100 Aerostat

RT LTA Systems, a developer of aerostats for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and communications applications, has announced that it will present...

Oct 09, 2017
Boeing to Acquire Aurora Flight Sciences to Advance Autonomous Aircraft Technologies

Boeing has announced plans to acquire Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a developer and manufacturer of advanced aerospace platforms, under an...

Oct 05, 2017
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