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

Novadem Unveils New Positioning Technology for UAV Inspection of Structures

Novadem, a manufacturer of micro-UAVs for civil and military applications, has developed a new positioning technology for UAVs that will...

Dec 17, 2014
US Navy Demonstrates MQ-8B Fire Scout Aboard Coast Guard Cutter

The U.S. Navy has completed an MQ-8B Fire Scout demonstration aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Bertholf (WMSL 750) as...

Dec 17, 2014
UAVExperts Launches FAA-Compliant UAV Ground School Program

UAVExperts, a supplier of unmanned aerial systems and aerial photography equipment, has launched its new UAV Ground School program, and...

Dec 16, 2014
Lantronix to Provide Embedded WiFi for Torquing Group Zano Drone

UK-based Torquing Group has chosen Lantronix, Inc., a global provider of smart IoT (Internet of Things) solutions, to provide secure,...

Dec 16, 2014
PixiePath to Launch Drone Fleet Management Platform

Bryan Field-Elliot, a serial entrepreneur and software engineer, has launched PixiePath, a company building a marketplace-oriented SaaS platform for drone...

Dec 16, 2014
Kratos Completes Demonstration and Test Flights of Aerial Drone and Target Systems

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a National Security Solutions provider, has announced that its Unmanned Systems Division (KUSD) has...

Dec 16, 2014
Woolpert Granted Exemption by FAA to Fly UAS in Ohio

Woolpert, Inc., a national geospatial, infrastructure management and design firm specializing in high-tech mapping and imagery collection services, has received...

Dec 15, 2014
Alaska Center for UAS Integration Purchases ING Robotic Aviation Responder UAVs

The Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration (ACUASI) has purchased ING Robotic Aviation‘s Responder rotary wing unmanned aerial vehicle...

Dec 15, 2014
Trimble Obtains FAA Exemption to Fly UX5 UAS

Trimble has announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted an exemption that will allow the company to conduct...

Dec 12, 2014
Adorama Announces Launch of New Aries Blackbird X10 Camera Drone

Adorama, a photography, video, imaging and electronics retailer, has announced the launch of the Aries Blackbird X10, a professional, remotely...

Dec 12, 2014
Merrill Receives Experimental Airworthiness Certificate for Torrent UAS

Merrill Aviation & Defense has announced that it has received a special Experimental Airworthiness Certification for its unmanned aerial system...

Dec 10, 2014
Drone America and AMR Collaborate on UAVs for Emergency Rescue

Drone America, an aerospace company, and American Medical Response (AMR), a medical transportation company, have announced a partneship that aims...

Dec 09, 2014
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
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