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

Drone Aviation Announces Automated Smart Winch Tethering System

Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, has announced the introduction of FUSE, the company’s...

Jun 01, 2017
DJI Launches Spark Miniature Gesture-Controlled Camera Drone

DJI has announced the launch of Spark, a miniature camera drone that can lift off from the palm of a...

May 31, 2017
New Hybrid Power System Design to Streamline UAS Development

Alta Devices and PowerOasis have announced that the two firms have entered into a partnership to develop a reference design...

May 28, 2017
Aeroscout Introduces Scout B-330 VTOL UAV

Swiss-based UAV manufacturer, Aeroscout, has launched the new Scout B-330 UAV Helicopter, which is built with a high payload capacity...

May 26, 2017
Fury Precision-Guided Glide Munition Tested from Tactical UAS

Textron Systems Weapon & Sensor Systems has announced that it has successfully tested its Fury lightweight precision guided glide munition...

May 26, 2017
MQ-9B SkyGuardian UAS Flies for 48 Hours Continuously

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has announced that its new MQ-9B SkyGuardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) system, a “Certifiable” (STANAG...

May 25, 2017
Avion Unmanned Provides UAS Training for Sheriff’s Office

Avion Unmanned has announced that it has provided the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) in Alabama with training to allow...

May 25, 2017
DARPA Selects Boeing Design for Unmanned Spaceplane Program

DARPA has announced that it has selected The Boeing Company to complete advanced design work for the Agency’s Experimental Spaceplane...

May 25, 2017
UAS Technology Assists Tornado Damage Assessment

Aeryon Labs has partnered with Textron Systems Unmanned Systems’ Civil & Commercial team to support disaster response efforts for the...

May 24, 2017
Atmos UAV Unveils Data Gathering UAS for Mapping Applications

Atmos UAV, a start-up originating from the Technical University of Delft, has announced the launch of Marlyn, a lightweight data-gathering...

May 24, 2017
CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS Completes Flight Trials in Norway

Schiebel has announced that its CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has been presented to the Norwegian Coastguard, Royal Norwegian...

May 23, 2017
MMC Announces New Tethered Drone Power Supply System

MMC has announced the introduction of the company’s new T1 drone tether system, which provides a direct power supply that...

May 23, 2017
Centaur UAS Demonstrates Unpiloted Air Taxi Service

Aurora Flight Sciences demonstrated the use of its Centaur unmanned aircraft as an unpiloted air taxi service during the opening of...

May 22, 2017
Insitu ScanEagle UAV Assists U.S. Coast Guard

Insitu has announced that the ScanEagle small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) deployed aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter STRATTON has...

May 22, 2017
Drone Mapping Supports Search & Rescue Operations During Colombia Landslide

Pix4D has announced that its drone mapping technology has been used to support search & rescue operations in Mocoa, in...

May 22, 2017
Autonomous Co-Pilot Flies and Lands Simulated Boeing 737

Aurora Flight Sciences has announced that its Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) program, developed for the Defense Advanced Research...

May 19, 2017
Lockheed Martin Indago UAS Selected for Search and Rescue Operations

Lockheed Martin has announced that its Indago quadrotor small unmanned aerial system (UAS) has been selected by sheriff’s agencies in...

May 19, 2017
Consortiq Launches New IoT Intelligence UAS Operations Portal

Consortiq has announced the launch of its IoT (Internet of Things) inspired flight planning portal, CQNet. Using real time data...

May 18, 2017
UAV Range Extender Enables BLOS Operations

Flyability SA has announced the introduction of the Range Extender, an accessory for the company’s collision-tolerant indoor drone Elios. The...

May 17, 2017
XPONENTIAL 2017 – the UST Round-Up

More than 7,000 attendees and over 600 exhibitors attended XPONENTIAL 2017, the annual AUVSI trade show last week, held in Dallas. It...

May 15, 2017
3W-International Develops New Hybrid Wankel UAV Engine

Engine manufacturer 3W-International has expanded its range of drive products for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with its new 3W-180 SRE...

May 15, 2017
Drone Aviation Unveils New Heavy Lift Multirotor Tethered Drone

Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, has unveiled the company’s new WATT 300 heavy-lift...

May 15, 2017
New Record Set for Urban Package Delivery by Drone

A Nevada unmanned aircraft system (UAS) consortium (Team Roadrunner) has announced that it has set a new record flying a...

May 12, 2017
Pulse Aerospace Unveils New Long-Endurance Unmanned Helicopters

Pulse Aerospace, a developer of multirotor Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) platforms, has announced the release of two new VTOL UAS, the...

May 11, 2017
UAV Vision Launches New Lightweight 3-Axis Camera Gimbal

UAV Vision has announced the launch of a new 3-axis gyro-stabilised gimbal, which has been unveiled at the AUVSI XPONENTIAL...

May 11, 2017
AeroVironment Unveils Snipe Nano Quadrotor UAS for ISR Missions

AeroVironment has unveiled the new Snipe Nano Quad, a miniature (“Class 0”) and field-rugged unmanned aircraft system (UAS) designed to...

May 10, 2017
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