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

Schiebel Develops New Heavy Fuel Engine for CAMCOPTER® S-100 UAS

Schiebel is delighted to announce the completion of testing of a new heavy fuel engine for the CAMCOPTER® S-100 UAS...

Nov 16, 2015
Aeryon Labs Ranked in Top Ten of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 50 Companies

Aeryon Labs Inc., a premier manufacturer of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS), has been ranked 10th in the 2015 Deloitte...

Nov 16, 2015
SkySentry Tests Aerostat-Enhanced Expansive Mobile Network

SkySentry, a developer of lighter-than-air unmanned systems, has announced that it has completed successful baseline performance testing of a self-contained...

Nov 13, 2015
MIT Develops Autonomous Drone Obstacle Detection System

MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) has announced that it has developed an obstacle-detection system that allows a...

Nov 13, 2015
Cobb UAS Announces droneSim Pro UAV Flight Simulator Software

Cobb UAS, Inc., a provider of drone flight training and related services, has announced the launch of droneSim Pro UAS...

Nov 13, 2015
Kespry and NVIDIA Demonstrate Object Recognition Drone AI

Kespry, a developer of unmanned aerial systems for commercial applications, has announced that it has demonstrated a prototype drone that...

Nov 12, 2015
World’s First Jet-Powered 3D Printed UAV Unveiled at Dubai Airshow

Stratasys Ltd, a provider of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions, and Aurora Flight Sciences, an aeronautics research company, have...

Nov 09, 2015
General Atomics Commences Construction on Unmanned Aircraft Training Academy

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, has announced that construction has commenced on...

Nov 09, 2015
DJI Announces Manifold High-Performance Embedded Computer

DJI, a developer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has announced the release of the Manifold, a high-performance embedded computer specially...

Nov 06, 2015
Cyberhawk Performs UAV Inspection of Cargo Oil Tank for Maersk Oil

Cyberhawk Innovations, a provider of unmanned aerial inspection services, has announced that the company has completed its first ever unmanned...

Nov 04, 2015
EHang Announces Ghost 2.0 Drone with VR Goggles

EHang, a manufacturer of UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles), has announced the release of the newest version of the company’s Ghost...

Nov 04, 2015
Galileo Announces Alpha Property Security Drone

Galileo, a developer of unmanned systems for security applications, has announced Alpha, the company’s first autonomous drone for property security....

Nov 04, 2015
Lockheed Martin Awarded Contract for Development of Canister-Launched UAS

Lockheed Martin has announced that it has been awarded a $4.6 million contract from the United States Government’s Combating Terrorism...

Nov 03, 2015
Scientific Systems to Develop Autonomous Visual Control Systems for UAVs

Scientific Systems Company, Inc. (SSCI) has been awarded a contract from the Defense Applied Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop...

Nov 03, 2015
Insitu Conducts First Beyond Line of Sight Commercial UAS Flight in Contiguous US

Insitu, a developer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has announced that it has accomplished the first commercial beyond visual line...

Oct 30, 2015
PrecisionHawk and Partners Demonstrate Technology for Drone Airspace Integration

PrecisionHawk, a provider of unmanned data acquisition services, along with Verizon, Harris and DigitalGlobe Inc., has announced the successful completion...

Oct 28, 2015
Aeryon SkyRanger to be Included in Microsoft Advanced Patrol Platform Vehicle

Aeryon Labs, a developer of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS), has announced that it has entered into a technology partnership...

Oct 28, 2015
Cardno Announces New UAS and Remote Sensing Data Analytics Services

Cardno, a infrastructure and environmental services company, has announced that it has added Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) and Remote Sensing...

Oct 28, 2015
Harvard Engineers Develop First Aerial-Aquatic Microrobot

Engineers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science (SEAS) and the Wyss Institute for Biologically...

Oct 27, 2015
CAMCOPTER® S-100 Completes Successful Trials for South African Navy

Schiebel Elektronische Geraete GmbH has reported that their CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) has demonstrated its capabilities to the...

Oct 27, 2015
Alliance Lp Drones Unveils Vision for Solar-Powered Atmospheric Satellite UAVs

Alliance Lp Drones Ltd., specialists in the design, development and manufacturing of solar unmanned atmospheric platforms, has unveiled visuals of...

Oct 26, 2015
Alta Devices Introduces “Solar for UAV Index”

Alta Devices, a developer of lightweight, flexible solar power solutions for UAVs, has introduced a new “Solar for UAV Index”...

Oct 26, 2015
Aeryon Labs to Expand sUAS Capabilities With Growth Financing Investment

Aeryon Labs Inc., a manufacturer of small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS) and mission control software, has closed a $60 million investment...

Oct 26, 2015
FAA Announces Registration Process for UAS

U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Administrator Michael Huerta and U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx have announced the creation of a...

Oct 21, 2015
Shafer, Kline & Warren Evaluates Tethered Bridge Inspection Drone Prototype

Shafer, Kline & Warren (SKW), a provider of surveying and engineering services, has announced that it has tested tethered drone...

Oct 21, 2015
Planehook Aviation Online UAV Safety Course Accredited by FAA

Planehook Aviation Services, an aviation safety consulting firm, has announced that its online UAV flying safety training course, published on...

Oct 21, 2015
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