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

San Francisco Circuits and e-Dron Build UAVs for Precision Agriculture

Precision agriculture (PA) is reported to have the potential to represent more than 80% of civilian drone applications in the...

Jan 26, 2015
NAB Show to Include New Aerial Robotics and Drone Pavilion

The 2015 NAB Show, an electronic media exhibition covering the creation, management and delivery of content across all platforms, will...

Jan 26, 2015
Unlimited Aerial Systems Announces Boomerang UAS

Unlimited Aerial Systems, a newly-formed company founded by two partners with over 30 years of UAV and Aviation experience, has...

Jan 26, 2015
Exelis to Produce Carriage and Release Systems for General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper

Exelis, a global aerospace and defense company, has announced that it has received a follow-on contract valued at more than...

Jan 23, 2015
Custom Case Group Joins AUVSI

Custom Case Group has announced that it has become a member of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI),...

Jan 23, 2015
Aurora’s Orion UAS Claims New Flight Endurance World Record

Aurora Flight Sciences has announced that it has filed for an official world endurance record following an 80 hour flight...

Jan 23, 2015
Japan Ministry of Defense Chooses Northrop Grumman Unmanned Aircraft Systems

The Japan Ministry of Defense has selected two Northrop Grumman Corporation systems to enhance its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities....

Jan 19, 2015
UK MAA Publishes New Regulations for Remotely Piloted Air Systems

The Military Aviation Authority (MAA) has published a number of new regulations under a notice of authorised amendment (NAA) for...

Jan 19, 2015
Measure and PrecisionHawk Partnership to Provide Commercial UAS Services

Measure, a 32 Advisors Company, and PrecisionHawk have announced a partnership to provide unmanned aircraft system (UAS) services. This partnership...

Jan 19, 2015
News Media Coalition to Test Small Drones at Virginia Tech FAA Site

A coalition of 10 news media companies has announced that it has partnered with Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University...

Jan 16, 2015
CAE to Provide Simulation and Training for NASC TigerShark XP UAS

NASC (NAVMAR Applied Sciences Corporation), a supplier of unmanned aerial systems (UASs) and professional engineering services, has announced that it...

Jan 13, 2015
Predator B Unmanned Aircraft Reaches Record 20,000 Flight Hours

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that a Predator® B/MQ-9 Reaper® RPA has reached a record 20,000 flight...

Jan 13, 2015
Hobbico Announces ORA Drone System for Aerial Photography

Hobbico, a manufacturer of radio-control products, has announced the ORA, a camera-equipped drone that displays captured aerial images on a...

Jan 13, 2015
FAA Grants Real Estate and Agricultural Unmanned Aircraft Exemptions

The Federal Aviation Administration has granted two regulatory exemptions for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations, including the first for real...

Jan 12, 2015
RT LTA to Provide Tactical Aerostats to Israeli Police

Israeli firm RT LTA, developer and manufacturer of surveillance aerostats, has recently been awarded a two year contract with the...

Jan 12, 2015
Consumer Electronics Association Supports UAS Safety Campaign

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® has announced its support of the new UAS safety campaign, “Know Before You Fly,” during...

Jan 12, 2015
DSLRPros Releases Drone Safety and Instruction Video Series

DSLRPros, Inc., an online retailer and distributor of aerial filmmaking equipment, has announced the release of Drone Academy X, a...

Jan 12, 2015
Drone Aviation Delivers Aerostat Systems to Eglin Air Force Base

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

Jan 12, 2015
Northrop Grumman HALE Unmanned Aircraft Set New Flight Record

The U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk and other variants of Northrop Grumman Corporation‘s High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned...

Jan 09, 2015
EHANG Secures $10 Million Funding for Ghost Personal Drones

EHANG, a manufacturer of personal drones, has announced that the company has closed $10 million in Series A funding led...

Jan 09, 2015
Kratos to Provide Unmanned Aerial Target Systems for US Air Force

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a National Security Solutions provider, has announced that its subsidiary, Composite Engineering, Inc. (CEI),...

Jan 08, 2015
MQ-8C Fire Scout Completes First Sea-Based Test Phase

The Navy’s new, larger MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter has returned from a five-day test period aboard the guided-missile destroyer...

Jan 07, 2015
Microdrones Provides Aurizon with UAVs for Rail Network Surveying

Australian rail company Aurizon has contracted German firm microdrones GmbH to provide two UAVs for the purpose of surveying its...

Dec 18, 2014
enrGies and PlateSmart Develop First License Plate Recognition Drones

PlateSmart Technologies, a provider of License Plate Recognition (LPR) solutions and video data analytics, has announced a partnership with defense...

Dec 18, 2014
US Army Research Laboratory Develops Miniature Robotic Wings

The US Army Research Laboratory (ARL) in Adelphi, Maryland, following research into the field of miniature actuators, has developed a...

Dec 18, 2014
TEKEVER UAS Chosen for Maritime Surveillance in Europe

The new unmanned aerial system AR5 Life Ray, developed by technological Group TEKEVER, has been selected by the European Space...

Dec 18, 2014
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