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

3D Robotics Launches New UAV 2D and 3D Mapping Platforms

  3D Robotics have announced the launch of their new 3DR Mapping Platforms, consisting of the 3DR X8-M (multi-copter) and...

Oct 17, 2014
Second US Navy Triton UAS Completes First Flight

The U.S. Navy’s second MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has successfully completed its first flight. Operating out of a...

Oct 16, 2014
Formira Fuel Cell Technology to be Integrated into Silent Falcon UAVs

Neah Power Systems, Inc. will be partnering with Silent Falcon UAS Technologies to integrate formic acid reformer-based Formira fuel cell...

Oct 15, 2014
Revolutionary ‘Vortex’ 3D-Printed Multi-Rotor UAV Launched

  Atlanta Hobby has launched the Vortex, an advanced, highly customizable hexacopter platform capable of long flight duration. Designed and...

Oct 15, 2014
Raytheon Demonstrates Integration of JLENS Radar Aerostat into NORAD

Raytheon Company has completed a series of laboratory tests that demonstrated how the JLENS radar can be integrated into North...

Oct 14, 2014
Upgraded Textron Remote Video Terminal Enhances U.S. Army UAS Interoperability

Textron Systems Unmanned Systems, a Textron Inc. business, has commenced deliveries of the One System® Remote Video Terminal (OSRVT™) -50...

Oct 14, 2014
Exelis Introduces New CorvusEye Sensor With Night Surveillance Capabilities

A new Exelis CorvusEye™ 1500 visible color and infrared (IR) sensor provides day and nighttime wide area airborne surveillance coverage...

Oct 14, 2014
US Navy Grants ARES UAS With Flight Clearance

SHIELD Aviation, Inc. has been granted a Category 3 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Interim Flight Clearance (IFC) for the ARES...

Oct 14, 2014
Airbus Defence and Space Applies for European UAV Civil Certification

Airbus Defence and Space has formally submitted its Atlante unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for civil type certification – the first...

Oct 13, 2014
RIEGL Launches LiDAR-Equipped RiCOPTER Unmanned Aerial System

RIEGL has become the first major LiDAR manufacturer to develop its own unmanned aerial system with the launch of the...

Oct 10, 2014
AeroVironment to Develop New Class of Maritime Unmanned Aircraft System for DARPA

AeroVironment, Inc. and its team of industry leaders has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to...

Oct 10, 2014
Clarion’s UAS 2014 Unmanned Aerial Systems Conference is a Resounding Success

UAS 2014, the leading European conference covering remotely piloted aerial systems attracted around 350 delegates at its highly successful event...

Oct 09, 2014
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
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