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 to Provide Blackjack UAS to US Navy and Marine Corps

Insitu, a designer and manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has announced that it has received a contract to build...

Jul 30, 2015
Flyox I Amphibious UAV Completes First Flight

Singular Aircraft, a designer and manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has announced that the company’s Flyox I UAV has...

Jul 29, 2015
Sky-Futures Launches New UAV Services for North Sea Oil & Gas

Sky-Futures, a specialist oil and gas Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) inspection provider, has announced the launch of two new services...

Jul 29, 2015
Bluesky Produces Prototype UAV Flight Restriction Map

Bluesky, an aerial mapping company, has announced that it has produced a prototype map of the UK showing where it...

Jul 29, 2015
3D Printed UAV Launched from Royal Navy Ship

A team of engineers from the University of Southampton have completed a test flight of the new 3D printed SULSA...

Jul 28, 2015
Transtrex Unveils Geospatial Restriction System for UAVs

Seattle-based Transtrex has released the beta version of a dynamic geospatial restriction system for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), designed to...

Jul 28, 2015
RT LTA Unveils Enhanced Skystar 180 Aerostat

RT LTA Systems Ltd., a designer and manufacturer of unmanned aerostat systems, has announced that it has launched a new...

Jul 27, 2015
Grand Sky UAS Park to Manage Flight Operations with VirtualAirBoss

Grand Sky, a UAS Business and Aviation Park in Grand Forks, North Dakota, has announced that it has chosen the...

Jul 24, 2015
Tayzu Robotics Partners with Verizon Wireless for Large-Scale Data Collection

Tayzu Robotics, a developer and manufacturer of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), has announced that it has entered into a partnership...

Jul 24, 2015
NASA UAS Assists in Unmanned Medical Supply Delivery Research

NASA has announced that an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) developed by the agency has taken part in research flights that...

Jul 21, 2015
Aeryon SkyRanger UAV Secures Special Flight Operations Certificate from Transport Canada

Aeryon Labs, a manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems, has announced that the Aeryon SkyRanger small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (sUAV) has...

Jul 17, 2015
Delair-Tech Adds 3G Connectivity to UAVs, Allowing BLOS Operation

Delair-Tech, a manufacturer of UAVs, and Telefonica Business Solutions, a provider of integrated B2B communication solutions, have signed a unique...

Jul 15, 2015
ARCA Space Corporation to Begin Flight Tests on AirStrato UAS

ARCA Space Corporation, a manufacturer of space exploration aircraft, has announced that it has begun production and flight testing of...

Jul 15, 2015
Orion Unmanned Aircraft Sets Flight Duration World Record

Aurora Flight Sciences, a designer and manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems, has announced that the company’s Orion aircraft has set...

Jul 15, 2015
NASA to Launch Prototype Unmanned Mars Airplane

NASA has announced that a prototype of its Preliminary Research Aerodynamic Design to Land on Mars (Prandtl-m) flying wing aircraft...

Jul 14, 2015
Drone Detector Identifies Drone at Distance of One Kilometre

Drone Labs, a provider of drone security products, has announced that its flagship product, the Drone Detector, has broken its...

Jul 14, 2015
Sagem and Seguritech to Provide Drone Systems to Mexico

Sagem, a part of aerospace and defense company Safran, has announced that it has signed a collaboration agreement with Mexican...

Jul 09, 2015
Tayzu Robotics to Open Commercial Drone Testing Facility in Cayman Islands

Tayzu Robotics, a manufacturer and developer of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), has announced that it has reached an exclusivity agreement...

Jul 08, 2015
IAI and Thales Integrate NATO Datalink onto Heron UAV

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Thales, companies that provide electronic systems for the aerospace and defense sectors, have announced that...

Jul 07, 2015
Laflamme Aero Inc to Develop Commercial Unmanned Helicopter

Laflamme Aero Inc., a developer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has announced the launch of a $2.3 million project for...

Jul 06, 2015
University of Southampton to Help Operate US National Center of Excellence for UAS

The University of Southampton has announced that it has been selected as the sole UK partner to help operate the...

Jul 03, 2015
Dutch Government Uses Drones for Traffic Control

The Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment has announced that it has successfully used three Altura Zenith ATX8 drones, manufactured...

Jul 01, 2015
Yuneec International Announces Typhoon Drone with 4K Video

Yuneec International, a manufacturer of electric-powered aircraft, has announced the launch of the Typhoon Q500 4K. The unmanned aircraft is...

Jul 01, 2015
Certifiable Predator B Variant Completes Critical Design Review

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, has announced that it has reached...

Jun 29, 2015
Schiebel and IAI Test HF Interception and Geo-Location System on CAMCOPTER® S-100 UAS

Schiebel and Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) subsidiary ELTA Systems Ltd., are preparing to demonstrate the ELK-7065 3D High Frequency (HF)...

Jun 29, 2015
US Army Tests Remote Video Terminal on Gray Eagle UAS

The US Army has announced that it has completed the follow-on test and evaluation (FOTE) on the MQ-1C Gray Eagle...

Jun 26, 2015
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