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

VStar Systems Adds Remote Operations Capability to SIGINT Sensor

VStar Systems has announced that it has added remote operations to its MA-C SIGINT Sensor, foregoing the need for operators...

Aug 10, 2017
Drone Aerial Reconnaissance Used to Fight Wildfires

Insitu has announced that it has formed a partnership with natural resource management technology company FireWhat, and spatial analytics specialist...

Aug 10, 2017
KDE Direct Motors Power Winning Design at International Aerial Robotics Competition

The International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC) is an annual competition challenging teams to develop aerial robots to solve engineering problems...

Aug 09, 2017
Unmanned Traffic Management Technology to be Deployed Statewide in Kansas

AirMap and Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) have announced that they will deploy Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) technology across the...

Aug 08, 2017
New Research Investigates Automated UTM Algorithms

Altitude Angel and Imperial College London have announced the results of a six-month long research project, supported by Microsoft, investigating...

Aug 07, 2017
New UAS Technology Provides Vision for GPS-Denied Navigation

A team from Draper and MIT has developed advanced vision-aided navigation techniques for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that do not...

Aug 07, 2017
3DR Integrates Site Scan Mapping Software With DJI Drones

3DR has announced that it has integrated its Site Scan aerial data capture software platform with DJI to make it...

Aug 04, 2017
Award-Winning UAV Utilizes Teledyne High-Resolution Cameras

Teledyne DALSA has announced that it has provided the University of Toronto Aerospace Team (UTAT) UAV and Aerial Robotics Divisions...

Aug 03, 2017
Black Swift sUAS Selected for Nighttime Wildfire Observation

Black Swift Technologies (BST) has announced that the company’s small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS), SuperSwift, has been selected by the...

Aug 03, 2017
Wireless Multi-Camera System Compatible With DJI Drones

Sling Media has announced that its SlingStudio wireless and portable multi-camera video production and live broadcasting system is compatible with...

Aug 02, 2017
Insitu Unmanned Aircraft Reach One Million Flight Hours

Insitu has announced that the company’s unmanned aircraft platforms — ScanEagle, Integrator and RQ-21A Blackjack — have achieved a collective...

Aug 01, 2017
GPSdome Tests GPS Anti-Jam Technology on UAV

GPSdome has announced that it has performed successful airborne tests of its device for protection against GPS jamming and spoofing....

Jul 31, 2017
University of Michigan Announces New Outdoor Drone Testing Facility

The University of Michigan has announced that it is developing an outdoor fly lab for testing autonomous aerial vehicles for...

Jul 31, 2017
Microdrones Unmanned Aircraft Completes BVLOS Test Flights

Microdrones has announced that it has completed a series of test flights with its md4-1000 UAS (unmanned aerial system) that...

Jul 28, 2017
UAS Image Processing Software Handles Thermal IR Data

Icaros, a developer of aerial imaging software, has announced that version 5.1 of its OneButton Standard and Professional image processing...

Jul 26, 2017
Civilian Drone Completes 88km BVLOS Flight

FlyLogix, a conductor of long range unmanned operations to offshore installations, has announced that it has conducted what it claims...

Jul 26, 2017
DroneDeploy Announces New Crop Health Analysis Capabilities

DroneDeploy has announced that it has developed new capabilities for its software platform to help growers perform more accurate plant...

Jul 25, 2017
Martek to Trial UAS Vaccine Delivery in Vanuatu

Martek Marine has announced that it has been selected by UNICEF & the Vanuatu Government to demonstrate the capability of...

Jul 25, 2017
New Long-Distance Drone Detection Solution Revealed

Groupe ADP and DSNA Services, a subsidiary created by the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC), have announced that the two...

Jul 24, 2017
Alpha UAV Records BVLOS Gimbal-Free Software-Stabilized Video

Alpha Unmanned Systems has announced that, working in conjunction with Sky Sapience and Sightec, it has used an unmanned aerial...

Jul 24, 2017
Hybrid Air/Water Drone Completes Bridge Inspection

The Delaware River Bay Authority (DRBA) has announced that, using a drone that can both fly and swim, the first...

Jul 21, 2017
Airbus Jet-Propelled UAV Demonstrator Completes First Test Flight

Airbus Defence and Space has announced that it has successfully tested a new type of aircraft that will aid the...

Jul 21, 2017
Trimble and Propeller Aero Collaborate on UAS Analytics Platform

Trimble has announced that it is collaborating with Propeller Aero to distribute its Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) analytics platform. Propeller...

Jul 20, 2017
U.S. Air Force Tests New Counter-UAS Program

The U.S. Air Force has announced that its 455th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron has teamed up with a researcher from...

Jul 19, 2017
Alta Devices Joins High Altitude Technology Group

Alta Devices has announced that it has joined with other developers of high altitude technology to create the Upper Airspace...

Jul 19, 2017
uAvionix Drone ADS-B Technology Adapted for General Aviation

uAvionix and ForeFlight have announced the release of Scout, a portable, dual-band ADS-B receiver in a small form-factor that delivers...

Jul 18, 2017
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