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

FAA Awards Solusia Air Section 333 Exemption for UAS Infrastructure Inspections

Solusia Air, LLC, a firm that utilizes UAS technologies to provide audits and safety inspections, has announced that it has...

Mar 31, 2015
First Solar-Electric UAV Goes Into Production

Silent Falcon™ UAS Technologies (SFUAS), a former subsidiary of Bye Aerospace, Inc., working in close collaboration with Ascent Solar, has...

Mar 30, 2015
Morphing Robotic Wing Developed to Help Drones Manage Collisions

Researchers from Stanford University have announced that they have created a mechanism that could allow future flying robots to easily...

Mar 30, 2015
Balloon-Assisted UAV Collects Stratospheric Samples in Antarctica

A balloon-assisted UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) named “Phoenix-S1,” developed by Kyushu University and Fukuoka University, Japan, has successfully brought back...

Mar 30, 2015
Raytheon Wins $46M Contract for South Korean Global Hawk Ground Stations

Raytheon Company has announced that it has been awarded a contract valued at up to $45.7 million by Northrop Grumman...

Mar 30, 2015
FAA Authorizes SDG&E To Fly Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Aerial Inspections

San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted the utilities company a...

Mar 30, 2015
IMSI/Design to Create Automated Reporting App for UAVs

IMSI/Design, a developer of mobile solutions for engineering and construction, has announced that it is creating TurboSite Drone, the first...

Mar 26, 2015
FAA Announces New COA Policy for UAS Section 333 Exemptions

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that it has established an interim policy to speed up airspace authorizations for...

Mar 25, 2015
DARPA Awards Contracts for Phase 2 of UAS Project Tern

DARPA has announced that it has awarded prime contracts for Phase 2 of Tern, a joint program between DARPA and...

Mar 25, 2015
FPS Completes First Commercial UK Drone Delivery

FPS, a nationwide supply chain solution provider, has announced that it has completed what is believed to be the first...

Mar 25, 2015
Custom Case Group Announces New Line of Custom Drone Cases

Custom Case Group, a provider of protective storage and transport cases, has announced the launch of Drone Hangar, a new...

Mar 25, 2015
TechSAT GmbH Announces Partnership with Ideal Aerosmith

TechSAT GmbH, a designer and developer of turnkey solutions for the integration, verification and validation of aircraft systems, has announced...

Mar 24, 2015
ENSCO Avionics Software to be used in US Army GBSAA Program

ENSCO Avionics, Inc., a provider of DO-178 safety-critical avionics software and systems, has announced that the US Army will utilize...

Mar 24, 2015
Boeing to Conduct Milestone UAS Demonstrations in Denmark

Boeing has announced that it will conduct Denmark’s first ever beyond visual line-of-sight unmanned aircraft system (UAS) flights under civilian...

Mar 23, 2015
Clear Flight Solutions Receives Funding for Robotic Birds

Clear Flight Solutions, a manufacturer of lifelike robotic birds, has received an €1.6 million investment from the Cottonwood Euro Technology...

Mar 20, 2015
Top Flight Technologies Announces Hybrid Multirotor Drone

Top Flight Technologies, a manufacturer of multi-rotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) solutions, has announced that it has developed a hybrid...

Mar 20, 2015
Kansas State University Leads UAV Crop Monitoring Project

Kansas State University has announced that it is leading an international, multimillion-dollar project that is looking at unmanned aerial systems...

Mar 20, 2015
Panoptes Systems Introduces eBumper4 Drone Obstacle Avoidance System

Panoptes Systems, a developer of environmental awareness solutions for drones, has introduced the eBumper4, the first commercially-available, sonar-based, small drone obstacle...

Mar 19, 2015
RT LTA Systems Skystar 180 Selected for Purchase by US Army

RT LTA Systems Ltd., the designer, developer, and manufacturer of the Skystar™ family of aerostats, has announced that its Skystar...

Mar 19, 2015
Predator B Fleet Achieves One Million Flight Hours

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that its Predator® B/MQ-9 Reaper® RPA fleet has achieved a historic milestone...

Mar 18, 2015
Unmanned Vehicle University to Host Fundamentals of UAVs Seminar

Unmanned Vehicle University, based in Phoenix, Arizona, and the only university in the world that is licensed to offer graduate...

Mar 18, 2015
Itchimi-Asia to Distribute SmartC2 VirtualAirBoss Aviation Software

SmartC2 Inc., a developer of aviation software solutions, has announced a new distribution agreement for its VirtualAirBoss™ software with Itchimi-Asia,...

Mar 18, 2015
University of Hertfordshire Completes Climate Research Instrument for NASA Global Hawk

Scientists at the University of Hertfordshire have designed and built a new type of instrument for climate research that is...

Mar 17, 2015
Draganfly Innovations Releases Agricultural UAV Solution with MicaSense Multispectral Camera

Draganfly Innovations Inc., a manufacturer of small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS), has released an all-inclusive agricultural imaging solution that can...

Mar 16, 2015
Motorola Solutions Invests in UAV Manufacturer CyPhy Works

Motorola Solutions has announced that it has made an investment in CyPhy Works, a developer of advanced unmanned aerial vehicles...

Mar 16, 2015
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