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

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
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
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