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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

Lowepro Announces Customizable Protective Quadcopter Storage System

Lowepro, a manufacturer of photography carrying solutions, has announced the DroneGuard Kit™, its new quadcopter drone storage system. Combining organization,...

Apr 22, 2015
X-47B UCAS Engages Refueling Tanker Mid-Flight

Northrop Grumman last week shared an image of the X-47B UCAS (Unmanned Combat Air System) as it successfully engaged the...

Apr 21, 2015
Lehmann Aviation Announces LA300AG Agricultural UAS

Lehmann Aviation, a developer of drones for civil applications, has announced the launch of the LA300AG, the company’s new unmanned...

Apr 21, 2015
MQ-4C Triton UAS Flies With New Search Radar

The Navy’s MQ-4C Triton UAS equipped with a new search radar completed its inaugural flight April 18 over Patuxent River...

Apr 21, 2015
Gooney Bird Drone to Attempt Record-Breaking Endurance Flight

The Gooney Bird, an independently designed and constructed long-range drone, has been unveiled by its designer and fabricator Rob Coatney....

Apr 20, 2015
Norway Opens Arctic Centre for Unmanned Aircraft

The Arctic Centre for Unmanned Aircraft (ASUF) has announced its official opening. ASUF is a national and international focal point...

Apr 17, 2015
UAV Factory Announces New Penguin B Integrator Training Course

UAV Factory, a manufacturer and designer of long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles and platforms, has announced that it has developed a...

Apr 16, 2015
US Army Equips First Shadow Tactical UAS v2 Unit

The Unmanned Aircraft Systems Project Office has announced that it has completed equipping the 1/501st Aviation Battalion, 1st Armored Division’s...

Apr 15, 2015
Office of Naval Research Announces Autonomous Swarming UAV Technology

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has announced that it has demonstrated swarming unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology as part...

Apr 15, 2015
Search Systems Launches Aquatic UAV-ROV Crossover

Search Systems Ltd., a leading UAV manufacturer in the United Kingdom has developed a UAV-ROV crossover. The Mariner 600 is...

Apr 14, 2015
ECA Group Develops UAS Capable of Locating Malicious Drone Operators

The ECA Group, a leading robotics company for more than thirty years and Groupe Gorgé subsidiary, has developed innovative on-board...

Apr 13, 2015
TVU Networks and DJI Announce Aerial Newsgathering Drone Pack

TVU Networks, a provider of live IP video transmission solutions, and DJI, a manufacturer of camera drones, have announced the...

Apr 13, 2015
Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Receives Fire Scout UAV Trainer

The Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit (CNATTU) North Island has announced that it has received an MQ-8C Fire...

Apr 10, 2015
Academy of Model Aeronautics and Fly Robotics Provide Online UAS Education

The Academy of Model Aeronautics (AMA), an organization that promotes the development of model aviation, has announced the latest addition...

Apr 09, 2015
DJI Announces New Phantom 3 Drone
Apr 08, 2015
Urban Drones Announces Waterproof Splash Drone Quadcopter

Urban Drones LLC, a provider of drones for the amateur market, has announced the Splash Drone, a waterproof quadcopter with...

Apr 03, 2015
MQ-9 Reaper Succesfully Completes Live Fire Training Exercise with Maritime Target

The US Air Force has announced that an MQ-9 Reaper has successfully hit a sea-going target with an AGM-114 Hellfire...

Apr 03, 2015
BlueBird’s SpyLite Mini UAV Sets Communication Range Record
Apr 02, 2015
Aeryon’s sUAS Granted Statewide and Nationwide FAA Approvals

Aeryon Labs Inc., the premier manufacturer of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS), is the first Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL)...

Apr 02, 2015
Cubic Completes Phase One of Deployable LVC UAS Range

Cubic Global Defense, a business of Cubic Corporation has completed the first phase of a Manned/ Unmanned (M/UM), Live, Virtual,...

Apr 02, 2015
Helinet Aviation Receives FAA Certificate of Authorization for Unmanned Aircraft Flights

Helinet Aviation, an international flight services company, has announced that it has received a comprehensive FAA Certificate of Waiver or...

Apr 02, 2015
Anti-Poaching Campaign Launched to Protect Rhinos & Elephants with Drones

Air Shepherd, an initiative of the Lindbergh Foundation, has announced that it has assembled technology experts, UAV and Drone Solutions...

Apr 02, 2015
Pictometry, NUAIR and NYSEARCH to Undertake Joint UAS Research Project

EagleView Technology Corporation, a provider of aerial imagery, data analytics and GIS solutions, has announced that its subsidiary Pictometry has...

Apr 01, 2015
AirRobot and NGC Remotec Enter Into Distribution Agreement for Unmanned Systems

Remotec Inc., a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, and AirRobot US, a manufacturer of unmanned multicopter systems, have announced that...

Apr 01, 2015
Global Aerospace and Zurich Canada to Provide Unmanned Aircraft Systems Insurance Package

Global Aerospace, a provider of aerospace insurance, has entered into a partnership with Zurich Canada to provide UAS underwriting expertise...

Apr 01, 2015
CybAero Announces New APID ONE Line of Unmanned Helicopters
Mar 31, 2015
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