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

UKRSPECSYSTEMS Announces New Lightweight UAS Gimbal with Target Tracking

UKRSPECSYSTEMS has announced the introduction of the USG-211, a compact and lightweight gimbal suitable for a wide range of fixed-wing...

Jul 13, 2017
Explotrain Develops Drone-Based IED Training & Simulation System

Explotrain has announced that it has developed a realistic drone-based IED (Improvised Explosive Device) simulation and training system. Explotrain is...

Jul 12, 2017
Vigilant Aerospace Launches New FlightHorizon UAS Services

Vigilant Aerospace has announced its new list of FlightHorizon products for both ground-based and on-board detect-and avoidance for unmanned aerial...

Jul 12, 2017
Measure Announces Aerial Solar Plant Drone Inspection Services

Measure, a provider of enterprise drone services, has announced the launch of new services for the solar energy industry with...

Jul 12, 2017
VStar Systems Demonstrates Modular Signal Intelligence Sensor

VStar Systems has announced that, in conjunction with Martin UAV, it has successfully completed an overseas demonstration of its modular...

Jul 11, 2017
Micro Systems Develops New Drone Swarming Technology

Micro Systems, a subsidiary of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, has announced that it has developed a swarming technology called...

Jul 11, 2017
Netherlands Aerospace Centre Tests Jet-Powered Drone

The Netherlands Aerospace Centre (NLR) has announced that it will be testing the XCalibur+ Jet Trainer drone at Twente Airport....

Jul 09, 2017
New MQ-9 Reaper Variant Flies First Successful Combat Mission

The U.S. Air Force has announced that the latest version of the MQ-9 Reaper UAS (unmanned aircraft system), the Block...

Jul 06, 2017
Sentient ViDAR Demonstrated to European Maritime Surveillance Agencies

Sentient has announced that it has demonstrated its ViDAR airborne optical radar system to European maritime surveillance agencies, with a...

Jul 04, 2017
DARPA Smart Quadcopters Navigate Without Human Pilots or GPS

DARPA has announced that Phase 1 of its Fast Lightweight Autonomy (FLA) program has concluded following a series of obstacle-course...

Jun 29, 2017
MIT CSAIL to Develop Hybrid Aerial and Ground Drones

Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have announced that they are aiming to develop robots that...

Jun 29, 2017
Microdrones md4-1000 UAV Earns Compliance from Transport Canada

Microdrones has announced that the company’s md4-1000 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been added to Transport Canada’s (TC) exclusive list...

Jun 29, 2017
US Air Force Selects RE2 Robotics to Develop Robotic Pilot System

RE2 Robotics has announced that the company has been selected by the U.S. Air Force to develop a drop-in robotic...

Jun 29, 2017
Leonardo Unveils Lightweight Multi-Mode Radar for Unmanned Aircraft

Leonardo has announced that it has unveiled its new Gabbiano TS Ultra-Light (UL) surveillance radar, the result of the company’s...

Jun 28, 2017
Insitu Announces INEXA Cloud Data Processing for UAVs

Insitu has announced the availability of its INEXA Cloud capability — an integral feature of Insitu’s rapidly growing professional unmanned...

Jun 27, 2017
ECA Group Optimizes Aerial Drone for Maritime Applications

ECA Group has announced that it is expanding the use of its IT180 helicopter mini-drone to maritime applications and is...

Jun 27, 2017
Memery Launches Dragonfly Drone Video Solution App

Memery, a developer of location-based video apps, has announced the launch of Dragonfly, the company’s new complete solution for drone...

Jun 27, 2017
Sentient ViDAR to be Deployed on UMS Skeldar UAS

UMS SKELDAR has announced an agreement with Sentient Vision Systems to provide Sentient’s ViDAR (Visual identification Detection and Ranging) system...

Jun 25, 2017
European Maritime Safety Agency Selects TEKEVER AR5 UAS

TEKEVER has announced that its AR5 UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) has been chosen by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)...

Jun 24, 2017
First Responders Utilize Drone for Wireless Coverage

Verizon and American Aerospace Technologies have announced that they have developed new technologies allowing communications from a drone for disaster...

Jun 24, 2017
CAMCOPTER UAS Completes Flight Trials from French Naval Vessel

Schiebel has announced that its CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has successfully completed qualification flights for the French Navy....

Jun 23, 2017
Spanish Defence Ministry Selects AUDS Counter-UAV System

Blighter Surveillance Systems has announced that the AUDS counter-UAV system, developed by Blighter and a consortium of UK defence companies,...

Jun 21, 2017
New Tactical Unmanned Helicopter Completes First Autonomous Flights

Airbus Helicopters has announced that it has recently started autonomous flight trials of a VSR700 Optionally Piloted Vehicle (OPV) demonstrator,...

Jun 20, 2017
50-Megapixel Camera Integrated into ScanEagle UAV

Insitu has announced the successful integration of a 50-megapixel camera into its ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for delivering High...

Jun 20, 2017
Leonardo to Provide New Civilian Drone Services

Leonardo has announced that it has partnered with the certified air operator Heli Protection Europe (HPE) to offer surveillance and...

Jun 20, 2017
Rockwell Collins Avionics to Support SkyGuardian UAS

Rockwell Collins has announced that its avionics technologies have been selected for General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ (GA-ASI) MQ-9B SkyGuardian. Rockwell...

Jun 20, 2017
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