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

Global Hawk Awarded Prestigious Technology Innovation Award

Northrop Grumman has announced that CONNECT, an innovation company accelerator in San Diego, has awarded its highest honor for a...

Jan 07, 2016
US Naval Research Laboratory Conducts Flight Tests on Unmanned Sailplanes

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has announced that, in collaboration with the Air Vehicle Intelligence and Autonomy (AVIA) Lab...

Jan 07, 2016
Yuneec International Announces New Typhoon H Camera Drone

Yuneec International, a manufacturer of electric multirotor unmanned aerial vehicles, has announced the latest addition to its Typhoon series, the...

Jan 06, 2016
Zerotech Announces 4K Video Drone Based on Qualcomm Snapdragon Flight Platform

ZEROTECH, a developer of intelligent drone solutions, has announced a commercial VTOL UAV based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon Flight platform. YING...

Jan 06, 2016
Bird-X Releases Autonomous Bird Control Drone

Bird-X, a developer of humane bird control solutions, has announced the release of its new multirotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)...

Jan 06, 2016
DJI and Ford Announce Drone-to-Vehicle Technology Developer Challenge

Ford and DJI have announced a challenge to develop software to allow vehicles and drones to become more capable and...

Jan 05, 2016
RT LTA Unveils SkyStar 330 Tactical Aerostat

RT LTA Systems Ltd., a leading designer, developer, and manufacturer of the Skystar™ family of aerostats for use in intelligence,...

Jan 05, 2016
Sanborn Pilots Complete UAS Flight Training

The Sanborn Map Company, Inc., a provider of geospatial technology solutions, has announced that several of its seasoned pilots have...

Dec 30, 2015
DARPA Announces Phase 3 of Tern Unmanned VTOL Aircraft Project

DARPA has announced that it has awarded Phase 3 of Tern, a joint program between DARPA and the U.S. Navy’s...

Dec 30, 2015
General Atomics Delivers Final Predator UAVs to Italian Air Force

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems and related solutions, has announced that the Italian Air...

Dec 24, 2015
US Army Retires Oldest Unmanned Aircraft

The US Army has announced that it has retired its oldest unmanned aircraft system (UAS), the Hunter, which had its...

Dec 23, 2015
Antarctic Supply Ship Uses Drone to Navigate Sea Ice

The Australian Antarctic Division has announced that a quadcopter drone has helped navigate the research and supply ship Aurora Australis...

Dec 23, 2015
uAvionix and Draganfly Innovations Announce New Sense and Avoid Drone Safety System

uAvionix Corporation, a developer of ADS-B transponders, and Draganfly Innovations Inc., a manufacturer of multi-rotor unmanned aircraft, have announced the...

Dec 22, 2015
PrecisionHawk Signs UAS R&D Agreement with Indiana State University

PrecisionHawk, an unmanned aircraft data collection company, and Indiana State University have announced that they have signed a research and...

Dec 22, 2015
Two Kratos UTAP-22 UAS Demonstrate Continuous Collaborative Airborne Operations

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, has successfully performed the third flight demonstration of...

Dec 22, 2015
Saab and UMS Aero Group Form Tactical UAV Joint Venture

Saab, a defence and security company, and UMS Aero Group AG, a Swiss supplier of tactical unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs),...

Dec 21, 2015
NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance UAS Completes First Flight

Northrop Grumman Corporation and members of NATO’s Alliance Ground Surveillance Management Agency (NAGSMA) celebrated the first flight of NATO’s first...

Dec 21, 2015
US Navy CICADA UAV Wins Popular Science Award

The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has announced that its small glider, the Close-in Covert Autonomous Disposable Aircraft (CICADA), has...

Dec 18, 2015
UK MOD Selects Roke Manor to Develop Real-Time Datalink for Drones

Roke Manor Research, an electronics engineering consultancy, has announced that the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD), as part of its...

Dec 17, 2015
PASSUR Aerospace Announces Drone Traffic Management Integration Service

PASSUR Aerospace, Inc., a provider of aviation intelligence solutions, has announced that it has established an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)...

Dec 17, 2015
Lehmann Aviation Offers Civil Liability Drone Insurance

Lehmann Aviation, a manufacturer of professional civil UAVs, together with a worldwide insurance company, has launched new civil liability insurance...

Dec 17, 2015
Intelligent Energy to Unveil Hydrogen Fuel Cells for Drones

Intelligent Energy, a developer of fuel cell technologies, has announced that it has developed a prototype of a hydrogen fuel...

Dec 16, 2015
Commercial Droneport to be Constructed in Nevada

Aerodrome, a provider of aviation services for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), and its partner, the City of Boulder City, NV,...

Dec 15, 2015
Small UAS Must Be Registered under new FAA Rule

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced a streamlined and user-friendly web-based aircraft registration process for...

Dec 15, 2015
Fenstermaker Announces Completion of Custom Mapper Drone

C. H. Fenstermaker & Associates, L.L.C., a provider of engineering and surveying services, has announced the completion and field implementation...

Dec 14, 2015
Shotover Launches U1 Professional Aerial Cinematography Drone

Shotover, a manufacturer of high-performance stabilization platforms, has announced the debut of the Shotover U1, a professional-grade unmanned aerial vehicle...

Dec 11, 2015
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