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

Presagis Launches New Customizable UAV Simulation Platform

Presagis has announced the launch of its CRAFT series line of customizable aircraft simulation platforms. The new CRAFT Series includes...

Nov 29, 2016
ABS Certify First Drone Specialist for Internal Vessel Inspections

Sky-Futures USA has announced that it has been certified as the world’s first approved drone specialist for internal vessel inspections...

Nov 29, 2016
MMC Introduces New Multi-Function Commercial UAV

Shenzhen drone manufacturer MMC has introduced F6 Plus, a multi-function drone with interchangeable mounts for a number of industrial and...

Nov 28, 2016
Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems and FAA Test Counter-UAS Technology

The Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems (NIAS), manager of the FAA-designated Nevada UAS Test Site, has announced that it teamed...

Nov 24, 2016
Nokia and UAE Civil Aviation Authority to Develop UAS Management System

  Nokia has announced that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with the United Arab Emirates General Civil Aviation...

Nov 23, 2016
Robota Selects LeddarOne Altimeter For New Professional Survey Drone

LeddarTech, a developer of solid-state LiDAR solutions, has announced that its LeddarOne optical sensor has been selected by unmanned aerial...

Nov 22, 2016
DARPA Funds Second Tern Unmanned Test Aircraft

DARPA has announced that it has tasked Northrop Grumman with building a second test vehicle for Tern, a joint program...

Nov 21, 2016
Schiebel CAMCOPTER UAS Supports Migrant Offshore Aid Station Mission

Schiebel has announced that its CAMCOPTER S-100 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has been operating onboard the charity organization MOAS’ (Migrant...

Nov 21, 2016
DJI Announces New Inspire 2 and Phantom 4 Pro Drones

DJI has announced the introduction of two new drones for professional imaging: Inspire 2, a ready-to-fly platform for high-end film...

Nov 18, 2016
AeroVironment Launches Quantix Drone and Decision Support System for Real-Time Intelligence

AeroVironment has announced the launch of its new integrated commercial information solution featuring the new Quantix drone and Decision Support...

Nov 18, 2016
Urban Aeronautics Cormorant UAV Completes First Fully Autonomous Pattern Flight

Urban Aeronautics has announced that its Cormorant Unmanned Air vehicle (UAV) prototype has performed its first autonomous pattern flight including...

Nov 17, 2016
Elbit Systems Announces Anti-Drone Protection and Neutralization System

Elbit Systems has announced the development of ReDrone, a solution for the protection of closed air spaces, national infrastructures and...

Nov 16, 2016
uAvionix and PrecisionHawk to Integrate ADS-B with LATAS-Enabled Drones

uAvionix and PrecisionHawk have announced that the two companies plan to jointly develop the next generation of LATAS (Low Altitude Tracking and...

Nov 16, 2016
Certifiable Predator B UAS Sale Approved to United Kingdom

The United States Defense Security Cooperation Agency has announced that a determination has been made approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to...

Nov 16, 2016
FAA Conducts Drone Detection Tests At Denver Airport

The FAA and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have conducted drone-detection research in the vicinity of Denver International Airport,...

Nov 16, 2016
Lockheed Martin UAS and Helicopters Demonstrate Firefighting and SAR Capabilities

Lockheed Martin has announced that it has demonstrated for the first time how its suite of optionally-piloted helicopters and small...

Nov 15, 2016
H3 Dynamics Launches Hydrogen Fuel Cell UAV with 10 Hour Flight Time

H3 Dynamics, a developer of robotics technologies, has announced the release of HYWINGS, a hand-launchable Fixed Wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicle...

Nov 15, 2016
uAvionix’ ADS-B Transceivers Receive CAA Approval

uAvionix has achieved the first two portable, low-power ADS-B transceiver approvals under the United Kingdom’s (UK) Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)...

Nov 15, 2016
General Atomics’ UAV to Deliver Humanitarian Relief Supplies

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that it can provide a company-owned unmanned aircraft to support humanitarian relief...

Nov 15, 2016
Geodetics Launches LiDAR Mobile Mapping System for UAS

Geodetics, a developer of advanced sensing and navigation technologies, has announced the expansion of its mapping capabilities by offering a...

Nov 14, 2016
AT&T and NASA Collaborate on Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management

  AT&T has announced that, in conjunction with NASA, it is researching traffic management solutions for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)....

Nov 12, 2016
Aurora Flight Sciences to Develop Unmanned UH-1H Helicopter

Aurora Flight Sciences has announced that it will be integrating the company’s Tactical Autonomous Aerial Logistics System (TALOS) on a...

Nov 11, 2016
GA-ASI Conducts First Flight of Avenger Extended Range UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has announced the successful first flight of its new Avenger Extended Range (ER) aircraft, an...

Nov 11, 2016
Fruity Chutes Introduces Non-Pyro CO2 UAV Parachute Release Valve

Fruity Chutes, a manufacturer of parachute recovery systems for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has announced the availability of the company’s...

Nov 10, 2016
Trust Automation Provides Capture and Recovery System for Medical Drones

Trust Automation, Inc., a developer of high-efficiency motors and control systems, has announced that it has provided critical engineering support...

Nov 09, 2016
Echodyne Successfully Tests Airborne Detect and Avoid Radar on sUAS

Echodyne has announced that it has performed what it claims is the first ever successful test of an airborne Detect...

Nov 09, 2016
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