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

NASA To Test Small UAS for Early Wildfire Detection

NASA’s research in unmanned aerial systems (UAS) may soon provide a means for early detection and mitigation of fires in...

Oct 08, 2014
Applanix Introduces GNSS-Inertial System for High-Accuracy Directly Georeferenced Mapping from UAVs

Applanix, a Trimble Company that provides products and solutions for mobile mapping and positioning, has introduced a new solution that enables...

Oct 08, 2014
Techaya’s MILTECH 912 Offers Unparalleled Advanced Network Features to Ethernet-Equipped Mobile Platforms

MilSource, a U.S. distributor of military-grade Ethernet connectivity solutions, announced availability of Techaya’s MILTECH 912 rugged, 12-port, MIL-STD managed gigabit...

Oct 07, 2014
RT LTA to Showcase Skystar 400 Tactical Aerostat

RT LTA Systems Ltd. – a world-class designer, developer, and manufacturer of the Skystar™ family of aerostats for use in...

Oct 07, 2014
Vanguard Space Technologies Selects Ascent Solar’s PV Modules for UAV Solar Arrays

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer and developer of state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules, was selected by Vanguard Space...

Oct 07, 2014
USAA Requests FAA Approval to Test Using UAS for Insurance Claims

USAA has asked the Federal Aviation Administration for permission to research how unmanned aircraft systems could be used to help...

Oct 06, 2014
Flying Production Announce New Da-Vinci VTOL sUAS Platform

Flying Production Ltd. – a leader in the design and development of Defense and HLS solutions, including Multi-Rotor Platforms –...

Oct 06, 2014
DARPA Awards Aurora Phase 1B Funding for VTOL X-Plane Program

Aurora Flight Sciences has announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the company Phase 1B funding...

Oct 02, 2014
US Army Orders RQ-11B Raven and RQ-20A Puma Spares

AeroVironment, Inc. has received three firm fixed-price orders from the United States Army totaling $27,178,075 for RQ-11B Raven® and RQ-20A...

Oct 02, 2014
Small UAV Coalition Launched to Advance the Commercial Use of UAVs

Leading technology companies have formally announced the formation of the Small UAV Coalition to help pave the way for commercial,...

Oct 02, 2014
Rockwell Collins Demos Distributed Flight Management System With Optionally Piloted Vehicle

Rockwell Collins’ Pro Line Fusion has been selected for 17 aircraft, including military, rotary wing and business jet flight decks....

Oct 02, 2014
UK MoD Deploys Watchkeeper UAS in Afghanistan

The UK’s Defence Secretary, Michael Fallon, has announced that the Watchkeeper UAS has carried out surveillance tasks in Afghanistan. During...

Oct 02, 2014
Airbus Zephyr High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite Completes 1st Civil Flight

Airbus Defence and Space has announced that a team comprising engineers from the Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology...

Sep 30, 2014
Northrop Grumman Developing New Unmanned Systems for Naval ISR Missions

Northrop Grumman Corporation is developing new, advanced unmanned systems to support the Department of Defense’s capability to deploy global persistent...

Sep 30, 2014
The Commercial UAV Show to Host European Launch of UST Magazine

Unmanned Systems Technology (UST) magazine’s official European launch will take place at The Commercial UAV Show in London from 21-22...

Sep 26, 2014
MQ-4C Triton UAS Completes First Cross-Country Flight, Enters Next Phase of Testing

The first U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has completed a flight from California to Maryland. The UAS...

Sep 24, 2014
Lockheed Martin Awarded $18m Contract to Support U.S. Marine Corps Air Operations System

The battle command system used by the Marines to manage and monitor airborne platforms, including fighters, bombers, tankers, unmanned aerial...

Sep 24, 2014
Logos Technologies Authorized by FAA to Conduct UAS Flight Testing in New York

Logos Technologies has received authorization from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to begin flight-testing of the unmanned Tactically Expandable Maritime...

Sep 23, 2014
Moog, Inc: High Performance Guidance, Navigation & Control Solutions for Unmanned Vehicles

Moog, Inc has a new supplier profile on UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com, which highlights the company’s expertise and capabilities within the unmanned systems...

Sep 16, 2014
Orbital Delivers First ScanEagle UAV Engine to Insitu

Orbital Corporation Limited (Orbital) has delivered the first purpose-built ScanEagle Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) propulsion system to Insitu Inc, a...

Sep 16, 2014
Boeing Partners With Sky-Watch to Develop New VTOL UAV

Boeing and Danish company Sky-Watch have signed an agreement that will enable Boeing to explore assisting the company in its...

Sep 16, 2014
Airware and NASA to Develop UAS Traffic Management System

Airware has partnered with NASA to develop a UAS Traffic Management (UTM) system that will enable safe and efficient low-altitude...

Sep 16, 2014
USAF Adds Three More RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS to Fleet

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $354 million primarily firm-fixed-price contract to expand their RQ-4 Global...

Sep 16, 2014
Navy Integrates Common Control System Software Into UCLASS System

NAVAIR engineers recently installed new software for the Navy’s Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) system’s control station at...

Sep 14, 2014
Unmanned X-47B Completes First Night Time Deck Handling and Taxi Tests

The Navy’s X-47B completed its final test aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Aug. 24 and returned to its home...

Sep 09, 2014
Delair-Tech Partners With PIX4D and Releases New UAV Packages

Delair-Tech is excited to announce their partnership with Pix4D and the release of seven new UAV system packages. Each of...

Sep 09, 2014
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