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

L-3 Southern California Microwave to Provide Communications Link for Desert Hawk III UAV

L-3 Southern California Microwave (L-3 SCM) has announced that it has been selected by Lockheed Martin’s Mission Systems and Training...

Dec 09, 2014
Textron Receives FAA Certificate of Authorization for Aerosonde UAS

Textron Systems Unmanned Systems has announced that it has received a Certificate of Authorization to start Aerosonde® Small Unmanned Aircraft...

Dec 08, 2014
ING Robotic Aviation Awarded Contract to Provide UAV Wildlife Survey Services

ING Robotic Aviation, a Canadian manufacturer of robotic aircraft, has announced that it has been awarded a $170K Built in...

Dec 08, 2014
Unmanned Experts Chooses Aeryon Labs UAVs for Public Safety Applications

Aeryon Labs Inc. has announced that Unmanned Experts (UMEX) plans to use the Aeryon SkyRanger, in addition to the Aeryon...

Dec 05, 2014
Arcturus Upgrades JUMP15 VTOL UAV

Arcturus UAV has announced major upgrades to their JUMP™15 Fixed Wing VTOL UAV. The JUMP 15 has been fitted with...

Dec 05, 2014
Specialized UAS Test Facility to Open in Denmark

Hans Christian Andersen Airport, the Danish Geodata Agency and engineering consultancy firm COWI have signed an agreement to build a...

Dec 04, 2014
Australian Air Force Heron Flies Final Mission in Afghanistan

Australia’s Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) detachment in Afghanistan has flown its final mission for Operation SLIPPER from Kandahar Air...

Dec 04, 2014
US Navy Receives First Operational MQ-8C Fire Scout

Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the first operational MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to the U.S. Navy. The system will...

Dec 04, 2014
UAV Solutions Delivers Phoenix 30 UAVs to Bulgarian Army

UAV Solutions, Inc. has announced that it has delivered four Phoenix 30 Quad Rotor Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) in response...

Dec 03, 2014
Arca Space Announces New Range of High-Altitude UAVs

Arca Space Corporation, a New Mexico-based aerospace company, has announced a new range of unmanned aircraft. Airstrato UAVs fill the...

Dec 01, 2014
CybAero Unmanned Helicopter to be Tested from Swedish Armed Forces Vessel

CybAero has been selected by the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV) to conduct test and demonstration flights from Sweden’s world-leading...

Nov 27, 2014
New Zealand Airline Pilots Association Welcomes CAA Calls for Rules Proposal

The New Zealand Air Line Pilots’ Association is welcoming calls by the Civil Aviation Authority to have industry and the...

Nov 26, 2014
New UST Profile: Lynx – RTOS & Secure Hypervisors for Unmanned Systems

The new Lynx Software Technologies (“Lynx”) profile is now live on the Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) website. The ‘Silver‘ profile...

Nov 26, 2014
ING Robotic Aviation Chooses SimActive Correlator 3D for Image Processing

SimActive Inc., a developer of photogrammetry software, has been selected by ING Robotic Aviation, a Canadian provider of robotic aircraft...

Nov 25, 2014
Imagination TV Partners with “Drones to the Rescue” Relief Campaign

Imagination TV, Inc. has announced that it has partnered with “Drones to the Rescue” to help them gain awareness and...

Nov 25, 2014
Parrot Invests $2M in MicaSense for UAV-Based Agricultural Solutions

MicaSense, a sensor and information company, has announced that it has raised $2M in Series A funding from Parrot, a...

Nov 25, 2014
Aerial Technology Partners with Film Company for Ice Caves Video

Aerial Technology International has teamed up with the Portland, Oregon film production company Uncage the Soul for the new video...

Nov 24, 2014
Sagem Demonstrates Patroller Drone Operation in Civilian Airspace

Sagem, an electronics and avionics company that is part of the Safran group, has completed a series of flight tests...

Nov 21, 2014
General Atomics Announces Key Developments in Sense and Avoid Technology

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), a manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems, radars, and electro-optic and related mission...

Nov 21, 2014
Aermatica Unveils Asbestos Detection Drone

Aermatica, a manufacturer of remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), in conjunction with the Italian National Research Council (CNR), has announced the...

Nov 21, 2014
MotionDSP ISR Software Tested with USSOCOM Drones

MotionDSP, a Silicon Valley-based company that makes advanced image processing, computer vision and video analytic software solutions, has participated in...

Nov 20, 2014
US Army Researchers Develop Pocket-Sized Surveillance UAV

Researchers at the U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center are developing technologies for a pocket-sized aerial surveillance...

Nov 20, 2014
K-MAX Unmanned Helicopter and Indago Quad Rotor Demonstrate Firefighting Capability

A team of Lockheed Martin and Kaman unmanned aircraft has successfully demonstrated its ability to aid in firefighting operations. During...

Nov 20, 2014
University of Maryland UAS Test Site Receives FAA Approval

The University of Maryland (UMD) Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Test Site, located in California, Md. , has received a Certificate...

Nov 20, 2014
US Army Purchases MetaVR Simulation Software for UAS Training

MetaVR, a 3D visualization software development company, has announced that the U.S. Army recently purchased 300 new licenses of MetaVR...

Nov 19, 2014
3D Robotics Launches X8+ Personal Drone and FPV Kit

3D Robotics, a North American drone company that caters to both consumer and enterprise markets, has announced the launch of...

Nov 19, 2014
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