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

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
Rockwell Collins Successfully Tests BVLOS Unmanned Avionics Solution

Rockwell Collins has announced that, in collaboration with the University of Iowa’s Operator Performance Lab (OPL), it has successfully controlled...

Jul 08, 2016
U.S. Air Force Selects First Enlisted Airmen for Global Hawk Pilot Training

The U.S. Air Force has announced that it has recently selected the first 10 enlisted Airmen to attend RQ-4 Global...

Jul 07, 2016
GA-ASI Begins Integration of Certifiable Predator B UAS Fuselage

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems and related mission systems solutions, has...

Jul 06, 2016
Measure and DJI Partner to Develop Commercial Drone Industry

Measure and DJI have announced a partnership to assist commercial enterprise customers and help them to achieve their most demanding...

Jul 06, 2016
Saab Enhances Counter-UAV Abilities of Giraffe Surface Radars

Saab has announced that it has made upgrades to the ability of its Giraffe surface radars to detect both UAVs...

Jul 05, 2016
UKRSPECSYSTEMS Demonstrate UAV Solutions & Gimbals

UKRSPECSYSTEMS, a provider of UAV platforms and support equipment including ground control stations and gyro-stabilized gimbals, have created a profile...

Jul 04, 2016
Skyward and senseFly to Create Custom UAS Operations Management Software and Services

Unmanned aircraft technology firms Skyward and senseFly have announced that the two companies are partnering to deliver a custom operations...

Jul 01, 2016
Flightradar24 and Skysense to Integrate ADS-B Technology into Drones

Flightradar24, a flight tracking service, and Skysense, a provider of safety solutions for drones, have announced that the two companies...

Jul 01, 2016
AIAA Awards GA-ASI for Aerospace Achievement and Contribution

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has recently been honored by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) with...

Jul 01, 2016
Simulyze Situational Awareness Software Deployed During Ship-to-Shore Drone Delivery

Simulyze, Inc., a provider of operational intelligence (OI) technology and applications, has announced the successful deployment of its enterprise-level Mission...

Jul 01, 2016
MQ-8B Fire Scout Begins Flight Operations with New Maritime Surveillance Radar

The U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command has announced that the MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter recently deployed with the...

Jun 30, 2016
First U.S. Ship-to-Shore Drone Delivery Demo is a Success

Independent drone delivery service Flirtey and Dr. Timothy Amukele, an assistant professor of pathology at Johns Hopkins University School of...

Jun 28, 2016
Insitu to Provide UAS Services to U.S. Coast Guard

Insitu has confirmed that it will provide unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) services via its ScanEagle system aboard one Coast Guard National...

Jun 27, 2016
Lockheed Martin Q-53 Radar Demonstrates Counter-UAS Capability

Lockheed Martin has announced that it has recently demonstrated the ability of its AN/TPQ-53 counterfire radar to identify and track...

Jun 27, 2016
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