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

BAE Systems Develops SIGINT Payload for Gray Eagle UAS

BAE Systems has announced that it has developed an intelligence-gathering sensor for the U.S. Army unmanned aircraft system (UAS) MQ-1C...

May 07, 2015
FAA Announces UAS Pathfinder Industry Initiative

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced a partnership with industry to explore the next steps...

May 07, 2015
FAA Unveils B4UFLY App for Safe and Legal UAS Operations

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has demonstrated a new smartphone application called “B4UFLY,” designed to help...

May 07, 2015
PrecisionHawk Signs UAV Research Agreement with FAA

PrecisionHawk, an unmanned aerial systems and remote sensing company, has announced that it has entered into a Cooperative Research and...

May 06, 2015
MQ-8C Fire Scout UAS Completes Developmental Flight Tests

An MQ-8C Fire Scout completed its final developmental test flight on April 29 from Naval Base Ventura County at Point...

May 06, 2015
senseFly Launches eXom Intelligent Mapping and Inspection Drone

senseFly, a manufacturer of autonomous drones for civilian applications, has announced the launch of the eXom, a quadcopter unmanned aerial...

May 06, 2015
NWUAV’s New NW-44 UAV Engine Completes First Flight Tests

NWUAV, leading supplier of small unmanned propulsion systems, has announced that the company’s innovative NW-44 UAV engine has successfully completed...

May 06, 2015
Aeryon Labs and Dejero Partner, Allowing Remote Access to Live sUAS Video

Aeryon Labs Inc., the premier manufacturer of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS) and Dejero, the leader in the remote acquisition,...

May 06, 2015
Exelis to Research Safe Integration of UAS into National Airspace

Exelis, a global aerospace and defense company, has announced that it has signed agreements with four Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-designated...

May 06, 2015
Orbital to Supply Engine and Propulsion System for Insitu’s New ScanEagle UAV

Orbital Corporation Limited (“Orbital”) is pleased to announce that Insitu Inc. (“Insitu”), a subsidiary of The Boeing Company (“Boeing”), have...

May 05, 2015
Lockheed Martin Indago SUAS Used in Disaster Relief Efforts

Lockheed Martin has announced that Heliwest, a provider of aviation services, has deployed the Indago small unmanned aerial system (UAS)...

May 05, 2015
CyPhy Works Announces LVL 1 Multirotor Drone

CyPhy Works Inc., a developer of industrial drone solutions, has announced the launch of a Kickstarter campaign to fund its...

May 04, 2015
Sonex Aircraft and Navmar Applied Sciences to Collaborate on UAV Design

Sonex Aircraft, a manufacturer of kit and sport aircraft, has announced that it has signed a formal Business Collaboration Agreement...

May 01, 2015
Airmap Launches Airspace Database for Unmanned Aircraft Operators

AirMap, a free, comprehensive digital map that allows unmanned aircraft system (UAS) operators to visualize the airspace around them, has...

May 01, 2015
Ten-Engine Electric UAV Completes Successful Flight Test

NASA researchers have confirmed that the Greased Lightning (or GL-10) battery-powered concept UAV has completed a series of successful flight...

Apr 30, 2015
Unmanned K-MAX Helicopter Conducts First Collaborative Casualty Evacuation

Dangerous frontline operations call for a safe and efficient method to locate and evacuate wounded personnel. To address this critical...

Apr 29, 2015
DJI and Youku Tudou to Build Online Aerial Videography Platform

DJI, a developer of aerial camera and drone technology, and Youku Tudou, an Internet television company, have announced that they...

Apr 29, 2015
Drone Academy X Releases DJI Inspire 1 Instructional Video

Drone Academy X, a provider of unmanned aerial systems training, has announced the release of an instructional video for the...

Apr 29, 2015
Aeryon Labs’ sUAS to Support Disaster Relief Efforts in Nepal

In response to the recent 7.8-magnitude earthquake, Aeryon Labs Inc., the premier manufacturer of small Unmanned Aerial Systems, has deployed...

Apr 28, 2015
Lockheed Martin to Partner with Project Lifesaver on Unmanned Search and Rescue

Lockheed Martin has announced that it is teaming with Project Lifesaver International, a non-profit organisation that provides equipment and training...

Apr 28, 2015
Cheetah Air Performs Drone Testing on Mount Kilimanjaro

Cheetah Air, a division of Cheetah Software Systems, has announced that it performed drone testing on Mount Kilimanjaro during the...

Apr 28, 2015
O’Qualia Launches Customizable 3D-Printed Captor UAS

O’Qualia Pte Ltd., a Singapore based unmanned aerial systems (UAS) manufacturer, has announced a new fixed-wing UAS designed for the...

Apr 27, 2015
UAV Factory Launches 12 kJ Pneumatic Catapult

UAV Factory, a developer of unmanned composite airframes and subsystems, has announced the release of their 12 kJ pneumatic catapult....

Apr 27, 2015
Exelis Launches Surveillance and Sense-and-Avoid Tool for UAS

Exelis, a company that provides aerospace and defense solutions, has launched its first airspace situational awareness tool designed specifically for...

Apr 24, 2015
X-47B Unmanned Aircraft Achieves First Autonomous In-Flight Refueling

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy have announced that they have successfully demonstrated fully autonomous aerial refueling (AAR) with...

Apr 23, 2015
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