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

Harris to Provide BVLOS Capabilities for Grand Sky UAS Park

Harris Corporation has announced that it has been selected by Grand Sky Airfield Operations to provide an advanced solution to...

May 10, 2017
Lockheed Martin Upgrades Indago UAS for Military ISR Missions

Lockheed Martin has announced that the newest version of its Indago quadrotor unmanned aerial system (UAS), Indago 3, now enables...

May 10, 2017
Rockwell Collins Demonstrates BVLOS Operations with UAS Radio Data Link

Rockwell Collins has announced that, in conjunction with BNSF Railway, it has successfully demonstrated with a series of test flights...

May 09, 2017
Airbus Announces New Commercial Drone Services Division

Airbus has announced that it has launched its U.S. base and operations of a new commercial drone start-up, named Airbus...

May 09, 2017
HAZON Solutions Releases Cloud-Based Drone Management Software

HAZON Solutions has launched the HAZON Drone Management System (HAZON DMS), a secure, web-based management tool providing drone operators with a...

May 09, 2017
UAV Satcom Terminal Successfully Completes Live Video Trials

Cobham SATCOM has announced that it has successfully completed live video transmission trials over the AVIATOR UAV 200 low SWAP...

May 09, 2017
PrecisionHawk Opens Access to PrecisionMapper Drone Mapping Software

PrecisionHawk has announced that it has opened access to its professional mapping and analytics software, PrecisionMapper, for free. The announcement...

May 09, 2017
UAS Services to be Integrated into Daily Operations at Edmonton International Airport

Clear Flight Solutions (CFS) and AERIUM Analytics have announced that the two companies will be focusing on safely integrating unmanned...

May 09, 2017
Hybrid UAS Completes Autonomous Marine Flight Test

Swift Engineering has announced that its Swift020 hybrid unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has successfully performed a completely autonomous marine flight...

May 08, 2017
New Tethered Drone Station Features 60 Mbs Secured Datalink

Elistair has announced the launch of the Ligh-T 2, the company’s new advanced edition of the Ligh-T tethered drone station,...

May 08, 2017
Inmarsat Announces New UAV Satellite Communications Service

Inmarsat and Cobham SATCOM have announced the launch of the Inmarsat SwiftBroadband unmanned aerial vehicle (SB-UAV) satellite communications service, intended...

May 08, 2017
Rapid Composites Announces New Amphibious VTOL UAS

Rapid Composites has announced Bullray – a rugged, fully autonomous, waterproof and man-portable VTOL unmanned aircraft system (UAS) that is...

May 06, 2017
Avion Unmanned Provides UAV Training Courses and Commercial Services

Avion Unmanned, a leading FAA-approved provider of training courses, services and complete solutions for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has partnered...

May 05, 2017
Trig Avionics Announces New Multi-Mission UAS Avionics Solution

Trig Avionics has announced the TT26, a multi-mission device for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) with four fully certified products in...

May 04, 2017
New senseFly Solution Increases Drone Corridor Mapping Efficiency

senseFly has announced its new mapping solution senseFly Corridor, a new platform enhancement that vastly simplifies the unmanned aircraft system...

May 04, 2017
Ascent Vision Provides Imaging Payloads for Silent Falcon UAS

Silent Falcon UAS Technologies, a manufacturer of long range solar-electric powered unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has announced that it has...

May 02, 2017
NASA Selects SuperSwift XT UAS for Volcano Ash Monitoring

Black Swift Technologies (BST) has announced that it has been awarded a contract by NASA to develop and deliver a...

May 02, 2017
Kongsberg Geospatial UAS Situational Awareness Software to be Certified for UTM

Kongsberg Geospatial, a developer of real-time geospatial visualization software, has announced that the company’s IRIS UAS Airspace Situational Awareness application...

May 02, 2017
UMS SKELDAR Provides UAS Solutions for Maritime, Commercial & Land Applications

UMS SKELDAR, a leading provider of multi-role Rotary and Fixed Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platforms, has partnered with Unmanned...

May 02, 2017
New Micro-Turboprop Propulsion System Integrated into ArcticShark UAS

UAV Turbines (UAVT) and Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation (NASC) have announced that an ArcticShark unmanned aircraft fitted with a UAVT...

May 01, 2017
Sentera Introduces New Multispectral Double 4K Sensor for Precision Agriculture

Sentera has announced the release of its new Multispectral Double 4K Sensor, which offers five precise spectral bands: blue, green,...

Apr 30, 2017
New IBM Invention Transfers Packages Between Drones During Flight

IBM has announced that its inventors have been granted a patent for transferring packages between drones during flight. The invention...

Apr 30, 2017
Fuel Cell Propulsion System Successfully Tested on ScanEagle UAV

Ballard Power Systems has announced that the company’s subsidiary, Protonex, has successfully powered test flights of the ScanEagle unmanned aerial...

Apr 30, 2017
Lockheed Martin Performs Flight Demonstrations of Fury Tactical UAS

Lockheed Martin has announced that it is regularly flying long-range endurance test missions with its advanced tactical Group 3 unmanned...

Apr 30, 2017
uAvionix Unveils New Integrated ADS-B and GPS Solutions for Drones

uAvionix has announced a new line of four integrated Ping transceivers and navigation products for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that...

Apr 30, 2017
New Heavy-Lift Drone to Enter Production

GRIFF Aviation has announced that a new assembly plant that will produce the company’s new heavy-lift Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV)...

Apr 28, 2017
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