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

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
DroneOSS 2.0 Platform Features Cloud Based BVLOS C2 Capabilities

ANRA Technologies, a provider of off-the-shelf commercial drone platforms and services, has announced the release of version 2.0 of its...

Sep 09, 2017
Aerix Drones Announces Hybrid Aerial Photography and Racing Drone

Aerix Drones has announced the release of DaVinci, a mid-sized aerial photography and racing drone hybrid. DaVinci’s on-board first-person view...

Sep 08, 2017
New FUSE Tether System Compatible with DJI Commercial Drones

Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, and Drone Nerds, a commercial drone sales and...

Sep 07, 2017
Icaros and Agrowing Launch Agricultural Drone Multispectral Mapping Solution

Icaros, a provider of aerial imaging software, and Agrowing, a supplier of multispectral sensors and analytics software, have announced an...

Sep 07, 2017
Tersus Upgrades GNSS RTK Board

Tersus GNSS, a manufacturer of high precision GNSS RTK boards, receivers and systems, has announced a major upgrade to its...

Sep 07, 2017
New Weather Service Introduced for Commercial Drone Market

Earth Networks, a provider of weather intelligence solutions, has announced Sferic DroneFlight – a new advanced predictive weather service specifically...

Sep 06, 2017
Qelzal Begins Testing of BLOS Autonomous Vision Sensor System

Qelzal has announced that it has begun testing of its new “Sense and Avoid” system, which enables commercial drones to...

Sep 06, 2017
Threod Systems Develops UAS and Subsystems for Tactical and Commercial Applications

Threod Systems, a leading developer and manufacturer of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and subsystems, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology...

Sep 05, 2017
Uavos Announces Updated Autopilot for Miniature UAVs

Uavos, a developer of unmanned systems solutions, has announced that it has updated its lineup of automatic control systems, and...

Sep 04, 2017
Yuneec Launches Hexacopter UAS for Commercial Applications

Yuneec International has announced the availability of the H520 sUAS (small unmanned aerial system), the company’s first product dedicated to...

Sep 04, 2017
Fischer to Provide Connectivity Solutions for High Altitude Solar-Powered Aircraft

The Fischer Connectors Group has announced that it has joined the SolarStratos project as Official Partner to provide mission-critical connectivity...

Sep 01, 2017
New Hybrid VTOL UAV Achieves 2hr 45min Flight Time

Vertical Technologies has announced that it has released its DeltaQuad series of autonomous VTOL UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). The new...

Aug 31, 2017
Terra Drone Introduces New 3D Image Processing Software

Terra Drone has launched its new Terra Mapper image processing software, designed to assist drone surveying services. Terra Mapper is...

Aug 31, 2017
New Solar Wing Developed for High-Altitude UAV

SolAero Technologies Corp (SolAero) has announced the completion and delivery of the first solar wing for Bye Aerospace‘s “StratoAirNet”, a...

Aug 31, 2017
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