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

QinetiQ Launches New Airborne Communications Surveillance System

QinetiQ, building on its heritage of providing high end strategic communications intelligence systems (COMINT) for large platform operators, has developed...

Aug 11, 2014
Latest UAS Test Site Becomes Operational in New York

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has announced that the Griffiss International Airport unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) test...

Aug 11, 2014
DJI Selects Vicon’s T40S Motion Capture System for Phantom 2 Vision+ Quadcopter

OMG plc, the technology group providing image capture products for the entertainment, defence, life science and engineering industries, announces its...

Aug 05, 2014
Ocean Optics Introduces Spectral Sensing Development Kit for Robotics and Unmanned Vehicles

Ocean Optics has introduced a new set of spectral sensing tools for developers and others who want to deploy spectroscopy...

Aug 04, 2014
API Launches New Configurable Frequency Synthesizers for Unmanned Systems

API Technologies Corp. (“API” or the “Company”), a provider of high performance RF/microwave, power, and security solutions for critical and...

Aug 04, 2014
Multirotor UAV Protecting Rhinos in South Africa

The second largest land mammal on earth, the majestic white rhino is under siege by poachers looking to make big...

Aug 04, 2014
All-HD TASE500 Payload with SWIR Technology Unveiled

UTC Aerospace Systems (now Collins Aerospace) announces a new TASE500 camera system configuration. This optimized system brings capabilities of much...

Aug 01, 2014
3D Robotics Acquires Sifteo to Develop UAVs for Everyday Consumers

3D Robotics, a developer of UAV platforms, has announced its acquisition of Sifteo, a cutting-edge consumer electronics company. Sifteo’s team...

Aug 01, 2014
Elbit Introduces DCoMPASS Infrared Sensor Payload for UAVs

Elbit Systems has unveiled the latest generation of its CoMPASS family of payloads, the DCoMPASS™ FHD iMEP, an all-in-one, integrated...

Aug 01, 2014
K-MAX Cargo Unmanned Helicopter Returns From Afghanistan Deployment

After lifting more than 4.5 million pounds of cargo and conducting thousands of delivery missions for the U.S. Marine Corps,...

Jul 25, 2014
UAV Factory Delivers New UAV28-EFI Turnkey Fuel Injected Engine for UAVs

UAV Factory, a high tech company specializing in the design and manufacture of unmanned aircraft platforms and subsystems, has started...

Jul 25, 2014
Integrator UAS Completes First 24-hour Flight

Insitu has announced the successful 24-hour flight of its Integrator unmanned aircraft. The flight demonstrated Integrator’s expanded endurance at an...

Jul 23, 2014
SBG Systems’ Inertial Sensor Selected for New UAV-based Remote Sensing Solution

Headwall a designer and manufacturer of high performance hyperspectral imaging sensors for harsh environments has selected SBG Systems’ Ekinox-N INS/GPS...

Jul 23, 2014
Responder UAV Used For Advanced Agricultural Data Gathering

ING Robotic Aviation is partnering with ASG Mapping to rigorously assess and develop the application of small robotic aircraft systems...

Jul 22, 2014
Phoenix Aerial Systems Launches LiDAR Mapping Technology for Small UAVs

Phoenix Aerial Systems, a manufacturer of LiDAR mobile mapping systems, has launched the world’s first survey-grade LiDAR system for small-unmanned...

Jul 22, 2014
New Predator B Extended Range RPA Completes First Endurance Flight

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

Jul 21, 2014
Selex ES’s Mini-Micro UAVs Ready for Delivery to Italian Army

Finmeccanica – Selex ES’s ASIO-B and SPYBALL-B UAVs have passed their factory acceptance tests, leaving them ready for delivery to...

Jul 21, 2014
Simlat deliver Small-UAS Training & Simulation Systems to Prioria Robotics

Simlat Ltd. has provided an advanced UAS Simulation and Training System to Prioria’s Maveric Small UAS platform. The simulator was...

Jul 21, 2014
Boeing to Design DARPA’s XS-1 Experimental Spaceplane

Boeing plans to design a reusable launch vehicle for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in support of the...

Jul 17, 2014
GA-ASI’s Predator UAS Takes Part in NATO Joint ISR Trial

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

Jul 17, 2014
OxTS xNAV Inertial Navigation Systems not subject to Export Control

The body responsible for issuing licences to control the export of strategic goods from the UK has confirmed that Oxford...

Jul 17, 2014
AgustaWestland Demonstrates Unmanned/Optionally Piloted Helicopter to Italian MoD

AgustaWestland is pleased to announce the completion of a demonstration of its Rotorcraft Unmanned Aerial System / Optionally Piloted Helicopter...

Jul 15, 2014
Thales and Finmeccanica – Selex ES to Develop UCAS Sensing Systems

Thales and Finmeccanica – Selex ES welcome the signature of the FCAS Arrangement between the United Kingdom and France. Within...

Jul 15, 2014
GA-ASI’s New Predator XP RPA Completes Maiden Flight

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

Jul 15, 2014
Navy’s SM-6 Successfully Destroys Target UAV During Test

The USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) used a Raytheon Company Standard Missile-6 to destroy a supersonic high altitude target...

Jul 15, 2014
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