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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

Hovercam-Media Gains Exclusive Distribution Rights to Lynx M UAV
Hovercam-Media Gains Exclusive Distribution Rights to Lynx M UAV

Hovercam-Media, a company that provides mapping and multimedia services, has announced that it has closed a new deal for exclusive...

Mar 11, 2015
Dassault Aviation Completes Neuron Test Program in France
Dassault Aviation Completes Neuron Test Program in France

Dassault Aviation, a manufacturer of military and business aircraft, has announced that it has completed the test program for its...

Mar 10, 2015
Rapid Composites Develops Amphibious UAS
Rapid Composites Develops Amphibious UAS

Rapid Composites, a provider of engineering and manufacturing services, has announced that it has developed a tricopter unmanned aerial system...

Mar 10, 2015
DARPA Awards ALIAS Phase 1 Contract to Sikorsky Aircraft
DARPA Awards ALIAS Phase 1 Contract to Sikorsky Aircraft

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. has announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the company an $8 million...

Mar 05, 2015
ComEd Receives FAA Approval for UAS Power Line Inspection
ComEd Receives FAA Approval for UAS Power Line Inspection

ComEd has announced that it has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to use unmanned aircraft systems (UAS)...

Mar 05, 2015
UAS Directions Develops Adaptable Frameless Multirotor UAS Body
UAS Directions Develops Adaptable Frameless Multirotor UAS Body

UAS Directions, a startup company that develops unmanned aerial systems technology, has announced that it has developed a frameless 3D...

Mar 04, 2015
Blue-Chip UAS Granted First Section 333 Exemption Across Multiple Industries
Blue-Chip UAS Granted First Section 333 Exemption Across Multiple Industries

Blue-Chip Unmanned Aerial Solutions, Inc., a company that facilitates cost-effective integration of unmanned aerial systems into its clients’ businesses, has...

Mar 04, 2015
General Atomics and SENER to Supply Predator B to Spain
General Atomics and SENER to Supply Predator B to Spain

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. and SENER, a leading Spanish engineering company, have announced that they have signed a teaming...

Mar 04, 2015
Video: Boeing Tests New Fuel Cell Technology on UAV
Video: Boeing Tests New Fuel Cell Technology on UAV

Boeing has announced that it is developing fuel cell technologies as part of an overall goal of making completely sustainable...

Mar 03, 2015
RMIT University Develops Talking Drone
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 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 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 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 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 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 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
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 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 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 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 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 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
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 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 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
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
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