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

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
U.S. Army Selects Micro Systems Inc. for Unmanned Aerial, Ground and Sea Surface Drone System Contract

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Micro Systems, Inc. subsidiary...

Jul 15, 2014
Unmanned Systems Retailer Positioned for Growth

A new company with long-standing ties to the unmanned industry, seeks to change the way unmanned systems are configured and...

Jul 14, 2014
U.S. Army Test NERO Electronic Warfare Jammer on UAV

Last month within the mountainous terrain of The Great Salt Lake Desert at Dugway Proving Ground Utah, the U.S. Army...

Jul 14, 2014
North Atlantic Industries’ Flight Control System Selected for ARES Unmanned Demonstrator

North Atlantic Industries (NAI) has been chosen by Lockheed Martin Skunk Works® to provide navigation system solutions for the Aerial...

Jul 14, 2014
Kratos Wins $4.2m Contract For Unmanned Aerial Drone System

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Advanced Drones & Target...

Jul 14, 2014
OxTS Inertial+ Navigation System now Compatible with two new GPS Receivers

The latest update of the Oxford Technical Solutions’ Inertial+ now allows customers using NovAtel’s OEM638 products or Topcon’s B110 GNSS...

Jul 10, 2014
Australia Extends Heron RPA Mission in Afghanistan

The Royal Australian Air Force’s Heron Remotely Piloted Aircraft mission in Afghanistan has been extended to the end of 2014...

Jul 09, 2014
NuWaves Engineering Wins Small Business Innovation Research Contract For GPS III Satellite RF Filters

NuWaves Engineering, an international Radio Frequency (RF) and Microwave solutions provider, has been awarded a Phase I Small Business Innovation...

Jul 08, 2014
Global Hawk Flies in NATO Exercise to Evaluate Joint ISR Capabilities

Northrop Grumman Corporation has participated in Unified Vision 2014 (UV14), NATO’s largest trial of Joint Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (JISR)...

Jul 08, 2014
Video: BAE Systems’ technologies of the Future – On-board 3D Printing

Scientists and engineers at BAE Systems have lifted the lid on some futuristic technologies that could be incorporated in military...

Jul 07, 2014
UK MOD Deploy Additional Reaper RPAs in Afghanistan

Five more RAF Reaper remotely-piloted aircraft have begun supporting operations in Afghanistan. The additional Reaper aircraft are flying from Kandahar...

Jul 07, 2014
US Air Force RPA Crews Demonstrate Skills at Annual Wing Hunt Competition

Airmen from 17 different squadrons participated in the third annual 432nd Wing Hunt at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., June...

Jul 07, 2014
GE Intelligent Platforms Releases New Rugged Single Board Computer for Unmanned Vehicles

GE Intelligent Platforms has launched the SBC626 rugged 6U VPX single board computer (SBC). Featuring the latest quad-core 4th generation...

Jul 04, 2014
Rockwell Collins and NASA Successfully Complete UAS Communications Test

With one crew squeezed into a computer-filled bus and another inside an airborne Lockheed S-3 Viking airplane, experts from Rockwell...

Jul 03, 2014
Advancing Unmanned Systems Through Strategic Collaboration UST works with major OEMs to foster collaboration and increase engagement with SMEs, to accelerate innovation and drive unmanned systems capabilities forward.