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

DJI Introduces “Phantom 4 Advanced” Aerial Imaging Drone

DJI has announced the latest addition to its Phantom family of drones, the “Phantom 4 Advanced“, which features a more powerful 1-inch,...

Apr 17, 2017
MQ-8C Fire Scout UAS Completes First Flight from Littoral Combat Ship

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s MQ-8C Fire Scout autonomous helicopter took to the air for the first time from a U.S. Navy...

Apr 17, 2017
New Multispectral Sensor Tested on Global Hawk UAS

UTC Aerospace Systems has announced that it has successfully completed the first flight test of its new MS-177 long-range, multi-spectral...

Apr 17, 2017
Industrial Skyworks Releases Remote Drone Inspection Software

Industrial Skyworks has officially launched “Blue VU”, the company’s new drone inspection software for accurate and efficient inspections of buildings,...

Apr 16, 2017
FAA to Release UAS Facility Maps for Part 107 Applications

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that it plans to release unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) facility maps that depict...

Apr 14, 2017
360 Designs Unveils New Live Streaming Virtual Reality Broadcast Drone

360 Designs has announced the release of Flying EYE, a broadcast quality, live streaming, virtual reality drone. Flying EYE has...

Apr 14, 2017
Advanced Solutions and 3DR to Offer Drone Data Solution to AEC Professionals

Advanced Solutions has announced that it has entered into partnership with 3DR, the developer of Site Scan, a drone data...

Apr 12, 2017
PrecisionHawk and Corning to Develop New Hyperspectral Imagery UAS Solution

PrecisionHawk has announced that it will collaborate with Corning Incorporated to sell the Corning microHSI 410-SHARK hyperspectral camera coupled with...

Apr 12, 2017
SkyX Develops Long-Range Hybrid Drone for Oil and Gas Inspections

SkyX, a start-up based in Canada, has unveiled details of their new Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to service the oil and...

Apr 11, 2017
Lockheed Martin and U.S. Air Force Demonstrate Manned/Unmanned Teaming

Lockheed Martin has announced that its Skunk Works division, in collaboration with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), U.S. Air...

Apr 10, 2017
General Atomics Predator B UAS Demonstrates Threat Radar Detection

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA‑ASI) has announced the successful airborne demonstration of a Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) on a GA-ASI...

Apr 10, 2017
VTOL Drone Autonomously Transports Lab Samples Between Hospitals

Swiss Post has announced that, in conjunction with the Ticino EOC hospital group and drone manufacturer Matternet, it has been...

Apr 09, 2017
SolAero Solar Cells Used on Naval Research Lab UAV

SolAero Technologies, a provider of high efficiency solar cells and panels for satellite and aerospace applications, has announced that it...

Apr 07, 2017
Hirth Motors Develops New Gasoline Engine for V-BAT UAV

Hirth Motors has developed a new propulsion system for MartinUAV‘s V-BAT transitional vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system. Hirth’s new 15hp 4201...

Apr 05, 2017
microdrones Provides UAS Mapping Solutions to Martin Instrument

microdrones has announced that it has formed a partnership with Martin Instrument, a provider of equipment for surveying and construction...

Apr 05, 2017
Phase One and ATI Announce New Aerial Inspection Drone Solution

Phase One Industrial and Aerial Technology International (ATI) have announced that the two companies have developed a professional aerial inspection...

Apr 05, 2017
LightningStrike VTOL UAS Demonstrator Completes Subscale Flight Test Program

Aurora Flight Sciences has announced that its unmanned XV-24A LightningStrike Vertical Take-off and Landing (VTOL) X-Plane subscale vehicle demonstrator (SVD)...

Apr 05, 2017
Sentera Upgrades Incident Light Sensor for NDVI Applications

Sentera has announced that it has launched updates to its Incident Light Sensor (ILS) for use on NDVI-Upgraded DJI Phantom...

Apr 05, 2017
Northrop Grumman Successfully Tests MQ-4C Triton UAS Mission Capability Upgrade

Northrop Grumman has announced that its MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS), built for the U.S. Navy, has completed formal...

Apr 05, 2017
New UAV Provides Full 4G Cell Phone Service

Fenix Group, a private technology firm, has announced that, in partnership with Martin UAV, it has launched what it claims...

Apr 03, 2017
Schiebel Develops Manned-Unmanned Teaming Technology for CAMCOPTER UAS

Schiebel has announced that it has been working with defense and aviation technology company Patria to integrate Patria’s sophisticated Compact...

Mar 31, 2017
Airobotics Approved to Fly Fully-Automated BVLOS Drones

Airobotics has announced that it has been granted authorization by the Civil Aviation Authority of Israel (CAAI) to fly fully...

Mar 31, 2017
Sky-Futures and Bristow Conduct Successful Manned-Unmanned Interoperability Flight Tests

Sky-Futures and Bristow Group have announced that they have successfully conducted their first interoperability test between a helicopter and an...

Mar 31, 2017
Rotron Power UAV Engine Completes 1000 Hour Simulated Flight Endurance Test

Rotron Power, a manufacturer of advanced rotary-powered propulsion systems for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) applications, has announced the successful completion...

Mar 31, 2017
Drone Delivery Canada to Develop Vision-Based Drone Navigation System

Drone Delivery Canada has announced that it has entered into a Sponsored Research and Collaboration Agreement with the University of...

Mar 29, 2017
NASA Selects SmartPlanes’ Fixed Wing UAV for BVLOS Testing

SmartPlanes has announced that its Freya fixed wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has been included in the NASA UAS Traffic...

Mar 28, 2017
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