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

Challenger Aerospace Unveils New Hybrid VTOL UAS

The Challenger Aerospace Group has announced that it has unveiled the design of its new Stingray hybrid vertical take-off and...

Aug 30, 2017
MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range UAS Exceeds 40-Hour Test Flight Goal

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has announced that its MQ-1C Gray Eagle Extended Range (MQ-1C ER) aircraft has completed a...

Aug 30, 2017
Drone-Based Aerial Chemical Detection System Completes First Test

NevadaNano has announced that the U.S. Army has awarded the company and the University of Utah’s DARC Lab the next...

Aug 30, 2017
Flytrex Launches Autonomous Drone Delivery System

Flytrex has announced that, in partnership with online marketplace AHA, it has launched what it claims is the world’s first...

Aug 30, 2017
GA-ASI Opens New Hangar at UAS Flight Test and Training Center

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced that it has opened a new Flight Test and Training Center (FTTC) hangar at...

Aug 29, 2017
New Tilt-Wing VTOL UAS Completes Evaluation Tests

VTOL AEROSPACE (formerly Elytron Aircraft LLC) has announced details of its UAV Converticopter™ line (CVC), designed for industries that require...

Aug 28, 2017
AAC Releases Long Endurance Hybrid VTOL UAS

Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC) has confirmed that customer deliveries of the new ‘Hercules’ unmanned aerial system (UAS) will begin in...

Aug 28, 2017
New Geodetics UAS Solution Allows Photogrammetry Without Multiple Flights

Geodetics, a manufacturer of integrated Mobile Mapping Systems that utilize LiDAR, has announced plans to introduce a new Point&Pixel capability...

Aug 25, 2017
Atlas Dynamics Announces Professional Drone System with 55-Minute Flight Time

Atlas Dynamics has announced that it will showcase live demonstrations of its autonomous professional drone, the Atlas Pro, at InterDrone...

Aug 23, 2017
HAZON Performs 100,000 Feet of UAS Bridge Inspections

HAZON Solutions has announced that the company has recently surpassed the inspection of more than 100,000 linear feet of railway...

Aug 23, 2017
NIAS and Microsoft Test Advanced UAS Artificial Intelligence

The Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS) has announced that it has teamed up with the Nevada Governor’s Office of...

Aug 23, 2017
DARPA Selects Teams to Develop UAS-Neutralizing Tech

DARPA has recently awarded Phase 1 agreements for the Mobile Force Protection (MFP) program, to develop real-time protection of ground...

Aug 22, 2017
MQ-9B SkyGuardian UAS Completes FAA-Approved Flight

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has announced that it has flown an MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) from Laguna...

Aug 20, 2017
Avion Unmanned Delivers UAS Training for Utilities Provider

Avion Unmanned, a provider of commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) training solutions, has provided formal training to Huntsville Utilities to...

Aug 18, 2017
New Industrial Electric Drone to Carry 100kg Payloads

A group of entrepreneurial engineers based in the UK has announced that it will build a mid-mass logistics drone for...

Aug 17, 2017
Mobilicom Releases Advanced Data Link for DIY Drones

Mobilicom has announced the release of the SkyHopper ONE UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) data link, an advanced UAV communication system...

Aug 17, 2017
Volaero to Integrate Geodetics LiDAR into UAS

Volaero Drones has announced that it has partnered with Geodetics to integrate, deploy, and resell Geodetics’ advanced LiDAR and RGB...

Aug 16, 2017
DJI Develops Private Flight Mode for Drone Apps

DJI has confirmed that it is developing a new local data mode that stops internet traffic to and from its...

Aug 16, 2017
New Hybrid VTOL UAV Boasts Two Hour Flight Time

FlightWave Aerospace Systems, Inc., a California-based startup, has revealed the FlightWave Edge™ Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). The FlightWave Edge™ UAS...

Aug 15, 2017
Kratos’ Mako Tactical UAS Completes Flight Test Series

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has recently completed a flight test series evaluating the next evolution of the UTAP-22...

Aug 15, 2017
New Fixed-Wing VTOL UAV Completes Flight Tests

ULC Robotics, Inc. has successfully flight tested its newly developed vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle. As...

Aug 15, 2017
Award-Winning Robotics Team Uses KDE Direct Motors

KDE Direct has announced that it has sponsored an award-winning team at the International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC), an annual...

Aug 15, 2017
KDE Direct Provides Components for Commercial and Industrial Drones

KDE Direct, a leading designer and manufacturer of high quality components for single- and multi-rotor unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has...

Aug 14, 2017
New UAS Introduced for Wildlife Management

Saxon Remote Systems, a developer of fixed-wing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has announced the release of its newest line of...

Aug 14, 2017
New Drone-Based Mapping Program Designed for Public Safety Applications

CompassDrone, a developer of unmanned aerial solutions for high-quality data collection, has announced a new comprehensive drone-based mapping program designed...

Aug 14, 2017
Altus Intelligence Unveils Electric VTOL UAS

Altus Intelligence has unveiled an electric helicopter drone platform ahead of its official release at Interdrone in Las Vegas this...

Aug 11, 2017
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