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

Kespry Announces Drone 2.0 for Aerial Intelligence Applications

Kespry, a designer of automated drone systems for commercial use, has announced the new Kespry Drone 2.0. The new lighter-weight...

Aug 01, 2016
DJI and uAvionix Collaborate on ADS-B Collision Avoidance Developer Kit

DJI and uAvionix Corporation have announced that they will collaborate on an ADS-B based collision avoidance developer kit, to help...

Aug 01, 2016
General Atomics Conducts First Predator Flight at UAS Training Academy

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. has announced the successful first flight of a company-owned Predator A at the company’s new Unmanned...

Jul 29, 2016
Volz Throttle Servo Selected for ScanEagle UAV Engine

Volz Servos, a provider of electromechanical actuators, has announced that it has been selected by specialized engine manufacturer Orbital to...

Jul 29, 2016
Drones Made Easy Adds New Mapping Features to iOS App

Drones Made Easy has released a new feature for its iOS app Map Pilot for DJI. The new technology allows users...

Jul 28, 2016
UVIONIX and NASA to Use Drones for Asteroid Analysis

UVIONIX Aerospace, a developer of intelligent autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has announced that in conjunction with partners SETI Institute,...

Jul 28, 2016
Northrop Grumman Global Hawk UAS Surpasses 200,000 Flight Hours

Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced that its autonomous Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has surpassed 200,000 flight hours, reinforcing...

Jul 27, 2016
Lehmann Aviation Announces New Drones for Professional Mapping Applications

Lehmann Aviation, a developer of drones for civil applications, has announced the launch of its new L-A Series line of...

Jul 26, 2016
Raytheon to Develop Networking Technology for Manned-Unmanned Aircraft Communications

Raytheon Company has announced that it is developing new technologies to allow the next generation of manned and unmanned flying...

Jul 25, 2016
German Forces to Deploy Heron 1 UAS in Mali, Operated by Airbus

The German Defence Procurement Agency (BAAInBw) and Airbus Defence and Space have signed a contract to provide Heron 1 surveillance...

Jul 25, 2016
Flirtey Completes First FAA-Approved Drone Home Delivery

Flirtey, a drone delivery service, has completed the first fully autonomous drone delivery to a private residence to advance research...

Jul 25, 2016
Drone2Map for ArcGIS Integrates with Aeryon SkyRanger UAS

Aeryon Labs have confirmed that the application can be used to process data from their SkyRanger sUAS within the Esri...

Jul 25, 2016
Thales Launches Fulmar X Flexible UAV System

Thales has announced the launch of Fulmar X, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system designed to meet the needs of...

Jul 20, 2016
ASA and AUVSI Partner to Advance Unmanned Aviation

The Aerospace States Association (ASA), a non-partisan aerospace organisation of state Lieutenant Governors, and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems...

Jul 19, 2016
Drone Aviation Launches ‘Bolt’ Heavy-Lift Tethered Drone

Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, has introduced the ‘Bolt’ tethered UAV platform. Designed...

Jul 19, 2016
US Army Orders CyPhy Works Tethered Drone

CyPhy Works, a developer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has received an order for its Persistent Aerial Reconnaissance and Communications...

Jul 18, 2016
L-3 Communications EO/IR Imaging System Selected for Predator XP UAS

The WESCAM division of L-3 Communications has received multiple orders from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) for its MXTM-15D electro-optical and infrared (EO/IR)...

Jul 18, 2016
DJI and AirMap Introduce Real-Time Wildfire Awareness and Geofencing Capabilities for Drones

DJI and AirMap, a provider of airspace intelligence and navigation services, have added real-time wildfire alerts to their geofencing data in...

Jul 15, 2016
Honeywell and IAI to Develop Sense-And-Avoid Capabilities For UAS

Honeywell has announced that it is partnering with Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to jointly develop a sense-and-avoid capability for IAI’s...

Jul 14, 2016
Airbus Demonstrates Aircraft Inspection by UAV

Airbus has demonstrated aircraft visual inspection using a drone at the Farnborough Airshow. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), equipped with...

Jul 14, 2016
Northrop Grumman and Triumph Group to Advance UAS Production

Triumph Group, Inc., a manufacturer of aircraft components and systems, has signed a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Northrop Grumman...

Jul 14, 2016
Predator C Avenger Receives FAA Experimental Certificate

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has announced that its company-owned Predator C Avenger RPA system has achieved a historic...

Jul 13, 2016
UTC Aerospace Systems to Integrate ISR Sensor onto Global Hawk UAS

UTC Aerospace Systems, a supplier of aerospace and defense products, has been awarded a contract to support the integration and...

Jul 12, 2016
GA-ASI and NLR to Support RPA Integration into Non-Segregated Airspace

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA ASI) and the NLR-Netherlands Aerospace Centre have executed an agreement to support expanded operational...

Jul 12, 2016
NASA Concludes UAS NAS Integration Flight Tests

NASA has confirmed that a two-month flight test series came to a close on Thursday, June 30, concluding an essential...

Jul 12, 2016
Textron Successfully Tests Shadow Tactical UAS Weapon System

Textron Systems Weapon & Sensor Systems has announced that, in conjunction with Thales, it has successfully tested the Fury lightweight...

Jul 11, 2016
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