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

FLYPRO Announces Smartwatch-Controlled XEagle Drone

FLYPRO Aerospace Tech Co. Ltd., a developer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for the entertainment and sports markets, has announced...

Dec 11, 2015
Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Venom Counter-UAV System

Northrop Grumman has announced that it has demonstrated its Venom counter-UAV system at the Army Maneuver-Fires Integrated Experiment (MFIX) held...

Dec 09, 2015
UAV-America Announces New Long-Endurance Eagle XF Drone

UAV-America, a manufacturer of unmanned aerial platforms, has announced the launch of a new long-duration flight time UAV to be...

Dec 09, 2015
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide to Offer Online UAS Course

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University has announced that it will be offering a free course covering key concepts related to unmanned aircraft...

Dec 08, 2015
UAVAir and Rigg-Access to Provide Drone Training Solutions to Survey Industry

UAVAir, a provider of drone training solutions, has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Rigg-Access, in which...

Dec 08, 2015
UAV Factory’s Gas-Powered UAV Granted Exemption 333 Status

In what may be the first time since the Section 333 program was introduced, the Federal Aviation Administration has granted...

Dec 07, 2015
Kratos Successfully Performs Second Flight of Tactical UAS

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. has announced that it has successfully performed the second flight of its Unmanned Tactical...

Dec 04, 2015
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates UAS Traffic Management Capabilities

Lockheed Martin has announced that it has successfully demonstrated its ability to integrate unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operations into the...

Dec 03, 2015
Verizon Announces New IoT Developments for Drones

Verizon has announced new developments that further expand the company’s Internet of Things (IoT) portfolio, building on its global strategy...

Dec 02, 2015
Rocketship Systems Announces BoxBotix 3D-Printable Robotics System

Rocketship Systems Inc., a manufacturer of components for the unmanned aerial systems market, has announced the development of BoxBotix, a new 3D printable...

Dec 02, 2015
MQ-8C Fire Scout UAS Completes Operational Assessments

The MQ-8C Fire Scout completed a three week operational assessment period Nov. 20 at Naval Base Ventura County at Point...

Dec 01, 2015
Quantum3D Announces New UAV Training Solution

Quantum3D, Inc., a provider of training and simulation solutions, has announced that it has developed several new complete training solutions,...

Nov 30, 2015
Elbit to Supply Hermes 900 HFE UAS to Swiss Air Force

Elbit Systems Ltd., has been awarded a contract, worth approximately $200 million, from the Swiss Federal Department of Defense, Civil...

Nov 30, 2015
Heron 1 Reaches 25,000 Flight Hour Milestone in Afghanistan

Airbus Defence and Space has announced that one of its Heron Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) has completed 25,000 flight hours...

Nov 27, 2015
DJI Announces Agras MG-1 Agricultural Drone

DJI, a developer of unmanned aerial vehicle technology, has announced the launch of a smart, crop-spraying agricultural drone. The DJI...

Nov 27, 2015
New South Wales Government Trials Shark Surveillance Drones

The New South Wales government has announced that drones will be trialled and aerial surveillance boosted on the North Coast...

Nov 26, 2015
U.S. Marines Order RQ-20A Puma AE sUAS for Remote Scouting

AeroVironment, Inc. has received a firm fixed-price order valued at $13,015,396 for RQ-20A Puma™ AE small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)...

Nov 26, 2015
CACI Launches SkyTracker UAS Detection and Tracking System

CACI International Inc has released SkyTracker, a precision system to protect high-value assets and support public safety against the escalating...

Nov 23, 2015
US Army Organizations Collaborate on Counter-Drone Solutions

The US Army has announced that its Rapid Equipping Force (REF), on Fort Belvoir, Virginia, and Asymmetric Warfare Group (AWG),...

Nov 20, 2015
Thales Announces Spy’Ranger Mini-Drone for Reconnaissance and Surveillance

Thales, an aerospace and defense firm, has announced Spy’Ranger, the firm’s latest-generation surveillance and reconnaissance small fixed wing unmanned aircraft...

Nov 20, 2015
Gray Eagle UAS Conducts Manned-Unmanned Teaming in South Korea

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

Nov 20, 2015
MQ-4C Triton UAS Begins Operational Assessment

The US Naval Air Systems Command has announced that it has begun one of the events that will be used...

Nov 20, 2015
ETV Joins NASA’s Unmanned Aerial Systems Traffic Management Programme

Strat Aero plc, an international aerospace company focused on the rapidly emerging Unmanned Aerial Vehicle sector, has announced that its...

Nov 19, 2015
DJI Introduces New Drone Geofencing System

DJI, a developer of drone and unmanned camera technology, has announced that the company will launch a new geofencing system...

Nov 19, 2015
US Air Force Global Hawk Reaches 500-Mission Milestone

The US Air Force has announced that an unmanned aircraft from its fleet of EQ-4 Global Hawks has successfully completed...

Nov 17, 2015
Aerialtronics Adds Nuclear Radiation & Chemical Detection Sensors to UAS

Aerialtronics, a leading manufacturer of commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has revealed a unique series of commercial drone sensors for...

Nov 17, 2015
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