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

Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Celebrates 10 Years of Flight

The Navy’s unmanned helicopter, Fire Scout, celebrated 10 years of flight in December 2016. Flying over 15,000 hours during test...

Jan 11, 2017
Textron Systems to Continue Shadow Tactical UAS Support for US Army

Textron Systems Support Solutions has been awarded a $206 million contract from the U.S. Army for Shadow Tactical Aircraft System...

Jan 11, 2017
DJI Introduces Drone Flight Planning App and New Accessories

DJI has introduced two new Osmo product extensions, a new aerial mapping app and a limited edition Phantom 4 drone...

Jan 09, 2017
New Portable Counter-UAV System Detects and Jams Drones

Airbus Defence and Space Electronics and Border Security (EBS) has added a portable jamming system to its family of Counter-UAV...

Jan 09, 2017
GDU Introduces Byrd Premium 2.0 Drone and New Camera Gimbals

GDU has announced the launch of a new line of interchangeable camera gimbals for different drone operator needs and specific...

Jan 08, 2017
uAvionix’ ADS-B/Mode S Transponder Receives FCC Approval

uAvionix has announced that the company’s Ping200S Mode S Transponder with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) has received FCC approval. Weighing...

Jan 08, 2017
Epson Announces Augmented Reality Smart Glasses for Drone Pilots

Epson has announced the availability of its Moverio BT-300 augmented reality (AR) smart eyewear platform. The new AR platform is...

Jan 08, 2017
Yuneec Unveils New Six-Rotor Drone for Commercial Applications

Yuneec International has announced the expansion of its commercial UAV offerings with the unveiling of the H520, an advanced multirotor drone...

Jan 08, 2017
EnergyOr Delivers Fuel Cell-Powered Multirotor UAV to French Air Force

EnergyOr Technologies, a developer of PEM fuel cell systems for aerospace applications, has announced that it recently shipped the first...

Jan 06, 2017
Agribotix and senseFly Announce Agricultural Drone & Data Processing Solution

Agribotix and senseFly have partnered to offer a new combined agricultural drone and data processing solution for professional users. Combining...

Jan 06, 2017
Vanilla Aircraft UAS Completes Record 56-Hour Flight

Vanilla Aircraft has announced that the company’s VA001 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has completed a non-stop, unrefueled 56-hour flight. The...

Jan 06, 2017
Thales to Provide French Armed Forces with Spy’Ranger Mini UAVs

The French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has selected Thales’ latest-generation Spy’Ranger mini surveillance and reconnaissance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to equip...

Jan 04, 2017
Orbital Signs Agreement with Insitu for UAV Propulsion Systems

Orbital Corporation has announced that it has signed a long-term agreement (LTA) with Insitu, valued at up to US$91m (A$120...

Dec 23, 2016
RT LTA Systems Announces New SkyStar 110 Aerostat

RT LTA Systems has announced that it has developed a new member of its Skystar family of aerostats, the Skystar...

Dec 23, 2016
GRIFF Aviation Announces New GRIFF 300 Heavy Lifting Drone

GRIFF Aviation has launched its new GRIFF 300 drone. The GRIFF 300 is an unmanned aircraft with fully customisable payload...

Dec 21, 2016
Leonardo-Finmeccanica Begins SW-4 Solo Remotely Piloted Helicopter Testing

Leonardo-Finmeccanica has announced that it has begun flight testing of its remotely piloted helicopter SW-4 Solo at Taranto-Grottaglie Airport. The...

Dec 19, 2016
Neva Aerospace Announces Electric Turbo-Fans for VTOL and STOL UAS

Neva Aerospace, a pan-European consortium which is developing industrial and commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) based on its patented distributed...

Dec 17, 2016
PrecisionHawk Releases Pathfinder UAS Research Phase 2 Results

PrecisionHawk has released its Phase 2 Pathfinder results as part of UAS TAAC (Unmanned Aircraft Systems Technical Analysis and Applications Center)...

Dec 16, 2016
AirMap and DigiCert Announce Digital Identity Certificates for Drones

AirMap has announced Drone ID, a partnership with DigiCert that will enable instant authentication of an unmanned aircraft’s identity via...

Dec 14, 2016
DARPA Launches OFFSET Swarm Tactics Program for Unmanned Vehicles

DARPA has announced that it has launched its new OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program, which aims to increase the effectiveness...

Dec 14, 2016
BAE Systems Trials Next Phase of New Unmanned Aircraft Technologies

BAE Systems has announced that, as part of collaborative efforts across the UK to assess how autonomous air vehicles could...

Dec 14, 2016
Octopus ISR Systems Unveils Enhanced Dual-Sensor UAV Payload

Octopus ISR Systems has announced an enhanced version of the company’s Epsilon 140, a UAV gimbal with a dual-sensor payload....

Dec 14, 2016
UKRspecsystems Selects Robotic Skies for Worldwide UAS Support Services

UKRspecsystems has announced that it has selected Robotic Skies to provide worldwide support services for its line of Unmanned Aircraft...

Dec 14, 2016
MetaVR Provides MQ-9 Reaper UAS Training Simulation Software to US Air Force

MetaVR has announced that it has sold new Virtual Reality Scene Generator (VRSG) licenses to unmanned air system (UAS) or...

Dec 13, 2016
New 24-Hour Endurance Hybrid Drone Developed for Monitoring & Inspection

Defiant Labs, the new technology division of Canadian drone company The Sky Guys Ltd., has announced its new drone, the...

Dec 12, 2016
Arcturus and HEC-TINA to Develop Hydrogen-Fueled Engine for UAVs

The Hydrogen Engine Center (HEC-TINA) and Arcturus UAV have announced that the two companies have formed a joint partnership to...

Dec 12, 2016
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