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

RMIT University Develops Talking Drone

Researchers at RMIT University have developed a talking drone that can converse with air traffic controllers like a normal pilot....

Mar 03, 2015
XactSense Develops New UAV Mapping Platform Incorporating Velodyne LiDAR

XactSense Inc., a company that develops UAV hardware and software solutions, has developed a new platform for low-altitude aerial mapping...

Mar 02, 2015
ING Robotic Aviation Drone Completes Arctic Mission

ING Robotic Aviation, a provider of robotic aircraft solutions, has announced that it has completed its two week mission to...

Mar 02, 2015
NWUAV Propulsion System Approved for Export

NWUAV, a manufacturer of UAV propulsion systems, has announced that it has prepared the initial shipment of its NW-44 Fuel...

Mar 02, 2015
Drone Aviation Announces New Industrial Electric Tethered Drone

Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a developer of specialized lighter-than-air aerostats and tethered drones, has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Drone...

Mar 02, 2015
Aibotix UAV Used to Generate 3D Model of Zero-Gravity Airbus Landing Gear

Aibotix, a manufacturer of multirotor unmanned aircraft systems, has announced that its Aibot X6 UAV was used to generate a...

Feb 26, 2015
PrecisionHawk and Agri-Trend to Offer Agricultural UAS Services

PrecisionHawk, an unmanned aerial systems and remote sensing company, and Agri-Trend, an agricultural coaching organization, have announced a partnership to...

Feb 26, 2015
Royal Australian Air Force Commences MQ-9 Reaper UAS Training

Parliamentary Secretary to the Australian Minister for Defence, Darren Chester, has announced that the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has...

Feb 26, 2015
Insitu Demonstrates Integrator UAS at IDEX

Insitu, a designer and developer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has announced that it has successfully demonstrated its Integrator UAS...

Feb 26, 2015
SkyWard and Robotic Skies to Provide UAS Maintenance and Compliance Solutions

SkyWard, a provider of digital infrastructure for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) businesses, and Robotic Skies, a network of UAS service...

Feb 25, 2015
Finmeccanica-Selex ES Announces Maiden Flight of HammerHead Prototype

Finmeccanica–Selex ES has announced its successful contribution to the maiden flight of the prototype of the Piaggio Aerospace P.1HH HammerHead...

Feb 25, 2015
Kansas State University Salina Granted Statewide UAS Access

Kansas State University Salina has announced that it has become the first entity in the country to receive approval from...

Feb 25, 2015
Grand Sky UAS Park Opens for Development in North Dakota

Grand Sky, a 217-acre business and aviation park focused on developing and nurturing the Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) industry in...

Feb 25, 2015
QUT and CSIRO Announce New International UAV Challenge

Queensland University of Technology and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia’s national science agency, have announced their...

Feb 23, 2015
Merrick & Company Enters into Partnership with Juniper Unmanned

Merrick & Company’s Geospatial Solutions (GSS) team has entered into a business partnership with Juniper Unmanned, a full-service provider of...

Feb 23, 2015
Agribotix Announces Agricultural Drone Data Processing Solution

Agribotix, a provider of turnkey drone data collection and analysis services, has announced its new cloud-based, Bring Your Own Drone™...

Feb 23, 2015
USAF Global Hawk UAS Flies to Australian International Air Show

An RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system, manufactured by Northrop Grumman Corporation, has landed at the Avalon Airport in Australia...

Feb 23, 2015
RT LTA Announces New SkyStar 100 Mini Aerostat

RT LTA Systems Ltd., a designer, developer, and manufacturer of aerostats for ISR and communications applications, has announced its new...

Feb 20, 2015
Unmanned Safety Institute to Offer UAS Training at GRADD

The Unmanned Safety Institute (USI) has announced that it will begin offering its unmanned aircraft systems safety training and certification...

Feb 20, 2015
UAV Navigation Achieves Unmanned Aviation Milestone in Spain

UAV Navigation, a company that manufactures autopilots and other flight control solutions for unmanned aircraft, has succeeded in demonstrating the...

Feb 20, 2015
US State Department Announces New Unmanned Aircraft Export Policy

The U.S. State Department has announced a new export policy that governs the international sale, transfer and subsequent use of...

Feb 19, 2015
University of Exeter to Use UAV to Investigate Amazon Archaeology

The University of Exeter has announced a new international research project that will investigate the Amazon’s sustainable future by studying...

Feb 19, 2015
University of New Brunswick to Use Drones for Forestry Research

The University of New Brunswick, in partnership with Moncton Flight College, have undertaken an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) research project,...

Feb 19, 2015
Aeryon Labs and Pix4D Create First Hi-Res 3D Model of Christ the Redeemer

Aeryon Labs and Pix4D have collaborated to construct the first accurate 3D model of the Christ the Redeemer statue in...

Feb 18, 2015
Alta Devices Develop Lightweight, Flexible Solar Power Solutions for UAVs

The new Alta Devices profile is now live on the Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) website. The ‘Gold‘ profile highlights the...

Feb 17, 2015
US FAA Proposes New Regulations Framework for Small UAS

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has proposed a framework of regulations that would allow routine use of...

Feb 17, 2015
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