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

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
KSU Salina and Westar Energy Build UAS Pavilion Flight Facility

Kansas State University Salina and industry partner Westar Energy have announced the creation of a new flight facility dedicated to...

Oct 20, 2015
Sentera Announces Agricultural Imagery Upgrade for Phantom 3 UAS

Sentera LLC, a designer and manufacturer of drones and related equipment, has announced that it has developed an add-on to...

Oct 20, 2015
General Atomics Awarded US Army Contract for Improved Gray Eagle UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), has announced that it has been awarded a...

Oct 19, 2015
Indra Announces Unmanned Maritime Reconnaissance and Intelligence Aircraft

Indra, a Spanish defense systems company, has announced that it has presented the unmanned version of its P2006T MRI maritime...

Oct 16, 2015
Thales Watchkeeper UAS Successfully Flies in UK Civil Airspace

Thales has announced that its Watchkeeper Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has successfully flown alongside commercial manned aircraft in controlled civil...

Oct 16, 2015
Lockheed Martin and KAMAN Demonstrate Unmanned Helicopter Firefighting Capability

The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced that Lockheed Martin and KAMAN Corporation have demonstrated how the remotely piloted...

Oct 15, 2015
AeroVironment to Supply Raven UAS to Seven Allied Nations

AeroVironment, Inc., a manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has announced that it has been awarded a firm-fixed-price contract from...

Oct 14, 2015
General Atomics Tests Advanced Communications System Aboard Predator B

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, has announced the successful flight of...

Oct 14, 2015
Lockheed Martin Unveils “ICARUS” Counter-UAS System

Lockheed Martin has unveiled a new capability at the annual Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting (AUSA), that...

Oct 13, 2015
FAA and CACI International to Collaborate on UAS Detection Near Airports

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that it has entered into a partnership with CACI International, an information technology...

Oct 08, 2015
US Army Engineers Demonstrate Anti-Drone Technology

The US Army has announced that it has successfully demonstrated its latest counter-UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) technology, shooting down two...

Oct 08, 2015
IMSAR to Launch Collision-Avoidance Radar for Small UAS

IMSAR LLC, a developer of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) devices and radar image processing technology, has announced that its family...

Oct 07, 2015
AirMap Technology Used to Co-Ordinate Drones and Crop Dusters

UAS Colorado, a non-profit business league that promotes the aerospace industry in Colorado, and the Colorado Agricultural Aviation Association (CAAA)...

Oct 07, 2015
Draganfly Innovations Launches ‘Draganflyer Commander’ UAV

Commercial UAV specialists Draganfly Innovations Inc. – the wholly-owned commercial division of TRACE Live Network – has announced the launch...

Oct 07, 2015
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