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

Long-Endurance Portable UAV Introduced for Commercial Applications

Skyeton has announced the introduction of its new ACS series of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The ACS is a modular...

Sep 26, 2017
PrecisionHawk Developing Survey-Grade Drone LiDAR

PrecisionHawk has announced that it is preparing to provide its customers with a drone LiDAR solution that matches or exceeds...

Sep 26, 2017
DJI Outlines Solutions For Managing And Monitoring Unmanned Aircraft Traffic

DJI has announced that it has presented a robust system for managing and monitoring drone traffic in two white papers...

Sep 25, 2017
OpenWorks Engineering Announces Automatic Drone Capture System

OpenWorks Engineering has announced the launch of a new technology that allows authorities the ability to remotely and automatically capture...

Sep 25, 2017
Threod Systems Develops New Tactical Fixed-Wing UAS

Threod Systems has announced that the company is developing an updated variant of its Stream small tactical unmanned aircraft system...

Sep 25, 2017
Drone Station Automatically Swaps Batteries and Packages

Matternet, developer of an autonomous drone logistics platform, has unveiled the Matternet Station, which enables fully-automated ground operations for Matternet...

Sep 23, 2017
Volz Servos Achieve Over 200,000 Flight Hours in Aerosonde SUAS

Volz Servos has announced that the company’s servos have successfully flown over 200,000 hours in Textron Systems’ Aerosonde Mk4.7 Small...

Sep 22, 2017
Lockheed Martin Develops Counter-UAS Laser Weapon

Lockheed Martin has announced that it has developed a prototype laser weapon that incorporates an advanced system of sensors, software...

Sep 21, 2017
Skyfront Sets New Multirotor Drone Flight Record

Skyfront, a manufacturer of multirotor drones for the agriculture, energy and utility industries, has announced that its flagship drone has...

Sep 21, 2017
Sentera Agricultural Drone Captures RGB, Thermal and NVDI Data

Sentera has announced the new capability of its Omni quadcopter drone to capture three distinct crop health data measurements in...

Sep 20, 2017
AeroVironment Updates sUAS with Digital Data Link Technologies

AeroVironment has announced that it has integrated M1/M2/M5 radio frequencies into its Raven and Puma AE unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)...

Sep 20, 2017
UMS SKELDAR Achieves AS/EN 9100 Quality Standard

UMS SKELDAR, a developer of rotary Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) solutions, has announced that it has achieved the international accreditation...

Sep 19, 2017
GA-ASI Conducts First Flight from New Test and Training Center

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that it has flown its first test flight out of its new...

Sep 19, 2017
Egan Airships Introduces Hybrid Plane-Blimp Unmanned Aircraft

Egan Airships has announced PLIMP, a plummet-proof, plane-blimp hybrid UAS (unmanned aircraft system) that can maneuver and move quickly like...

Sep 17, 2017
Intel Develops New Drone Data Analytics Platform

Intel has announced that it has developed a new platform to address critical steps of the unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)...

Sep 16, 2017
Hybrid VTOL UAV Wins Research & Development Funding

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has announced that a computer-controlled hybrid unmanned aircraft system (UAS) developed at the university that lifts off...

Sep 16, 2017
Lockheed Martin Unveils Lightweight Canister-Launched UAS

Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new small unmanned aircraft system (UAS) for military, civil and commercial applications. OUTRIDER is a lightweight,...

Sep 16, 2017
UMS SKELDAR and JetLease Announce Global UAV Leasing Platform

UMS SKELDAR has announced that it has joined forces with JetLease, a private aircraft leasing company, to launch the first...

Sep 14, 2017
FlightWave Aerospace Launches New Hydrogen-Powered UAS

FlightWave Aerospace Systems has announced its second UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) product, the hydrogen-powered Jupiter-H2. The hydrogen fuel cell technology...

Sep 14, 2017
AeroVironment Long-Range Tracking Antenna Extends Puma AE UAS Capabilities

AeroVironment has announced the release of a new, long-range tracking antenna (LRTA) for its Puma AE unmanned aircraft system. The...

Sep 13, 2017
U.S. Marine Corps Infantry Equipped with Quadcopter sUAS

The U.S. Marine Corps has announced that it has started equipping infantry units with small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) quadcopters...

Sep 13, 2017
Aerotenna Smart Drone Development Platform Features FPGA-Based Flight Controller

Aerotenna has announced the company’s new Smart Drone Development Platform, a drone kit equipped with microwave radar collision-avoidance sensors, a...

Sep 12, 2017
FLIR Announces New Advanced Commercial Drone Camera

FLIR has announced the company’s most advanced commercial drone camera and aerial mapping system, the dual sensor FLIR Duo Pro...

Sep 11, 2017
Atlas Dynamics Introduces Carbon Fiber Fixed-Wing Drone

Atlas Dynamics has announced its new fixed wing UAV, the Atlas Blue-J, which will be displayed at InterDrone 2017. The...

Sep 10, 2017
inUAVi Develops Wireless Real-Time Data Measurement Technology for Drones

inUAVi, a start-up developer of drone radio frequency monitors and sensors, has announced that it has developed an RF measurement...

Sep 10, 2017
DJI Launches New Drones And Sphere Photography Mode

DJI has announced that it has introduced two new drones, the Mavic Pro Platinum and Phantom 4 Pro Obsidian, as...

Sep 09, 2017
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