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 to Provide Aerostat to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

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

Feb 08, 2016
NASA sends Global Hawk UAS to study El Nino weather patterns

The NASA Global Hawk UAS will conduct several missions to collect detailed data over the Pacific Ocean from complex El...

Feb 08, 2016
Fruity Chutes Launches Parachute Descent Rate Calculator

Fruity Chutes, leading manufacturer of high quality UAV parachute recovery systems, has released a tool that plots the descent rate...

Feb 05, 2016
EagleView Develops Outdoor Drone Research Lab at Rochester Institute of Technology

EagleView Technology Corporation, a provider of aerial imagery technology, data analytics and GIS solutions, has announced that its wholly owned...

Feb 04, 2016
AeroVironment to Provide US Coast Guard Ice Breaker with Puma UAS

AeroVironment, Inc., a manufacturer of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS), has announced that it and a team from the National...

Feb 03, 2016
Aerialtronics Adds Collision Avoidance Technology to Zenith UAS

Aerialtronics, a designer and manufacturer of UAV solutions, has developed a sense and avoid system for the Altura Zenith unmanned...

Feb 02, 2016
Bluesky Partners with Cyberhawk for Unmanned Survey & Mapping Services

Bluesky, an aerial mapping company, has announced that it is partnering with airborne inspection and surveying firm Cyberhawk to provide...

Feb 01, 2016
Auburn University Researchers Use UAS to Monitor Crop Health

Auburn University has announced that its precision agriculture researchers are using unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to monitor crop health over...

Feb 01, 2016
Flyability Drone Explores Swiss Alps Glacier

Flyability, a developer of collision-resistant drones and the winner of the 2015 UAE Drones for Good Award, has announced that...

Jan 29, 2016
European Aviation Safety Agency Issues Recommendations for UAS Airspace Integration

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has announced that it has issued a technical opinion on the future of unmanned...

Jan 29, 2016
Lufthansa Aerial Services and DJI Team Up to Develop Commercial Drone Applications

Lufthansa Aerial Services, a division of the Lufthansa aviation group, has announced that it has signed a deal with DJI...

Jan 27, 2016
NMC Completes Training at UAV Factory

In anticipation of their Penguin C UAS delivery, NMC has taken part in a comprehensive 15 day training program at...

Jan 26, 2016
Measure UAS and Drone Aviation Partner on WATT-200 Tethered Drone

Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, and Measure UAS Inc., a drone operator firm,...

Jan 26, 2016
German Aerospace Center Lands UAV on Moving Car

Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have successfully landed UAV Factory’s Penguin BE...

Jan 26, 2016
US Navy Blackjack UAS Ready for Fleet Operation

The US Naval Air Systems Command has announced that the Navy and Marine Corps’ RQ-21A Blackjack unmanned aircraft system (UAS)...

Jan 22, 2016
NOAA Uses Raytheon Coyote UAS for Hurricane Tracking

Raytheon has announced that it has provided its enhanced Coyote Unmanned Air System (UAS) to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...

Jan 22, 2016
CMU and Sikorsky Demonstrate Unmanned Collaborative Capabilities

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and Sikorsky, a developer and manufacturer of helicopters, have announced that they have recently participated in...

Jan 20, 2016
UgCS Fly DJI Drone With Sagetech XPS-TR Transponder, Providing ATC Visibility

UgCS, a developer of software for mission planning and execution for unmanned systems, have integrated a Sagetech Mode S/ADS-B out...

Jan 20, 2016
Beijing Normal University Unmanned Helicopter Completes South Pole Flight

Beijing Normal University has announced that an unmanned helicopter developed by the university has completed its maiden flight from the...

Jan 20, 2016
Saab To Provide UAV Systems to Swedish Police

Saab, a defence and security company, has announced that it has signed a contract with the Swedish Police to deliver...

Jan 15, 2016
FAA Announces Public Release of B4UFLY UAS Smartphone App

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced the public release of the B4UFLY mobile application following an initial beta testing...

Jan 14, 2016
EnergyOr Multirotor Drone Completes Two-Hour Flight with Camera Payload

EnergyOr Technologies Inc., a developer of proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cell systems for aerospace applications, has announced that it...

Jan 13, 2016
Flypro Announces Voice-Controlled XEagle Drone

Flypro, a manufacturer of VTOL unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has announced that the company has developed a version of its...

Jan 11, 2016
Aeryon Labs Expands to Meet Increasing Demand for sUAS Platforms

Aeryon Labs, a leading manufacturer of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS), has opened a second office in the Waterloo Region,...

Jan 11, 2016
EHang Unveils Unmanned Passenger-Carrying Drone

EHang, a developer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has unveiled the EHang 184, an electric, personal Autonomous Aerial Vehicle (AAV)...

Jan 08, 2016
Airbus Defense and Space Announces New Counter-UAV System

Airbus Defense and Space, Inc. has announced that it has developed a Counter-UAV System which detects illicit intrusions of Unmanned...

Jan 08, 2016
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