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

SNIPER VTOL UAV Demonstrates Maritime Search and Rescue Capabilities

Alpha Unmanned Systems, a manufacturer of small range helicopter UAVs, has outlined its participation “RONCAOR 2016”, a training exercise conducted...

Mar 29, 2016
AirMap and American Association of Airport Executives Launch UAS Notice System

AirMap, a provider of airspace information and services for unmanned aircraft, and the American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE), through...

Mar 29, 2016
NASA Mini Methane Sensor Successfully Tested on UAS

NASA has announced that researchers at its Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California have successfully flight-tested a miniature methane gas...

Mar 29, 2016
Kongsberg Geospatial Successfully Tests Rescue Drone Technology

Kongsberg Geospatial, a developer of geospatial visualisation software, and the County of Renfrew Paramedic Service have announced the successful conclusion...

Mar 25, 2016
Woolpert Collects Imagery via Drone for Rural Roads Project

Woolpert, an engineering and geospatial services firm, has announced that it has been hired by Michigan Tech Research Institute (MTRI)...

Mar 25, 2016
Heath Consultants and Physical Sciences to Develop Methane Detector UAV

Heath Consultants Incorporated, a developer of natural gas detection technologies, and Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), a technology development firm, have...

Mar 24, 2016
EEI and Sharper Shape Partner to Develop Safe BVLOS UAS Flight

The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and Sharper Shape, a provider of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)-based asset inspection solutions, have announced...

Mar 22, 2016
US Air National Guard Pilots Help FAA Develop UAS Detect and Avoid Display

The 111th Attack Wing of the US Air National Guard has announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected...

Mar 21, 2016
U.S. Federal Government Expands UAS Partnerships

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and key government agencies involved in unmanned aircraft operations are expanding participation in the Unmanned...

Mar 21, 2016
SIRIUS pro UAV Sets New Altitude Record

MAVinci, a manufacturer of small Unmanned Aerial Systems, has reported that the SIRIUS pro UAV has completed successful flight operations...

Mar 17, 2016
ParaZero Announces New Parachute Recovery System for Drones

ParaZero, a developer of safety solutions for drones, has announced SafeAir, a safety system that includes an automatic parachute recovery...

Mar 16, 2016
NOAA Unmanned Technologies Center Captures Humpback Whale Footage

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced that it has captured video showing a humpback whale with its...

Mar 15, 2016
Juniper Unmanned Announces Flight Management Software for Commercial Drones

Juniper Unmanned, Inc., a technology company focusing on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations, has announced that it has released its...

Mar 15, 2016
UNICEF and Malawi Government Test UAV Flights for Blood Sample Transportation

UNICEF has announced that, in conjunction with the Government of Malawi, it has begun testing the use of Unmanned Aerial...

Mar 14, 2016
UAE Armed Forces Orders 8 Piaggio HammerHead UAVs

The General Headquarters of the United Arab Emirates Armed Force (GHQ) has agreed a contract with Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems...

Mar 14, 2016
Maersk Tankers Successfully Completes Drone Delivery to Vessel at Sea

Maersk Tankers has announced that it has successfully completed what the company claims is the first drone delivery to a...

Mar 11, 2016
ATLAS Flight Test Center to Develop Agricultural Security UAS Project

The Andalusian Foundation for Aerospace Development (FADA) has announced that it has begun to develop, through the ATLAS Flight Test...

Mar 11, 2016
Intelsat General and L-3 Successfully Demo Automatic Satellite Beam Switching for UAS

Intelsat General Corporation (IGC), a satellite network operator, and L-3 Communication Systems-West (L-3 CS-West), a provider of networked communication solutions,...

Mar 10, 2016
Tekever Launches New Version of AR3 Net Ray Maritime UAS

The Tekever Group, a developer of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has announced that it will be launching a new version...

Mar 10, 2016
US DoD Awards Contract to Drone Aviation for WASP Tactical Aerostat System

Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, has announced that it has been awarded a...

Mar 10, 2016
3D Robotics and Autodesk to Develop UAV-to-Cloud Data Capture Solution

3D Robotics, a manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and Autodesk, a developer of 3D design software, have announced that...

Mar 07, 2016
Northrop Grumman’s AHRS Navigation System used on nEUROn UCAV Demonstrator

Northrop Grumman Corporation, in cooperation with Saab Aerosystems, has provided the Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS) for the nEUROn...

Mar 07, 2016
DARPA Selects Aurora for Phase 2 of VTOL X-Plane Program

Aurora Flight Sciences, a designer and manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects...

Mar 04, 2016
Olaeris Unveils Unmanned Multirotor Aircraft with 5 Hour Flight Time

Olaeris, a developer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has unveiled AEVA, a new unmanned aircraft with a 4-5 hour flight...

Mar 03, 2016
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