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

Lockheed Martin’s Kestrel Autopilot & Indago VTOL UAS Approved For International Sales

The Lockheed Martin Kestrel™ autopilot has received its commodity jurisdiction, allowing for quick, affordable deployments for international markets. The Kestrel...

May 15, 2014
Exelis to Supply Five Additional UAS Infrared Sensors for Gorgon Stare Program

  Exelis has been awarded a $25 million contract to deliver five additional infrared sensing systems for use on the...

May 15, 2014
Exelis Demonstrates Detection Capabilities of New LWIR HSI Airborne Sensor

Exelis has successfully flight tested a long-wave infrared (LWIR) hyperspectral (HSI) sensor capable of pointing in multiple directions to identify...

May 14, 2014
LORD MicroStrain Introduces New Family of 10°/hour Miniature Inertial Sensors

LORD Corporation MicroStrain® Sensing Systems has introduced the 3DM-GX4® family of miniature 10°/hour inertial sensors, utilizing high-performance MEMS sensor technology....

May 14, 2014
Arcturus UAV Announces Two New Long Endurance UAVs

Arcturus UAV has announced development efforts on their JUMP-25 and CAT-25 long endurance UAVs. The JUMP-25, vertical takeoff and landing...

May 14, 2014
Aerovate Showcase Passive Variable Pitch Propeller Hub at AUVSI 2014

At AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems 2014, Aerovate is showcasing it’s passive variable pitch propeller hub, which has been specifically designed to...

May 13, 2014
University of North Dakota to Offer UAS Pilot Training Using Northrop Grumman’s SandShark

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks have signed a cooperative agreement to offer unmanned...

May 13, 2014
Lockheed Martin Unveils Vector Hawk Small UAS

Designed for versatility and affordability, the new Lockheed Martin Vector Hawk addresses a broad set of unique missions and operating...

May 13, 2014
Insitu Pacific Demonstrates Fire Management Assistance with ScanEagle UAS

Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., today announced it recently conducted a successful demonstration for the New South...

May 13, 2014
Sikorsky Aircraft to Develop Optionally Piloted BLACK HAWK Helicopter For Cargo Missions

Sikorsky Aircraft announced today from the AUVSI Unmanned Systems conference that it will develop its first product to feature Matrix™...

May 13, 2014
NTS Announces Contract to Design and Manufacture Payload Pods for UAVs

National Technical Systems, Inc. (NTS), the leading independent provider of environmental simulation testing, inspection and certification solutions in the United...

May 13, 2014
Lockheed Martin Integrates Latest Ground Control Station Technology With Fury UAS

To increase expeditionary capabilities in its long endurance Group 3 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS), Lockheed Martin recently fielded its newest...

May 13, 2014
VectorNav Introduces Miniature VN-300 Dual Antenna GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System

VectorNav Technologies, the leader in intelligent and high-performance inertial navigation technologies, today announced the introduction of the VN-300 Dual Antenna...

May 13, 2014
Sikorsky and NREC to Demonstrate Autonomous UGV Delivery by an Optionally Piloted Black Hawk

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. today announced it has won a significant demonstration project with the National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) of...

May 13, 2014
FreeWave Launches WavePoint Range of M2M Wireless Solutions For Unmanned Systems

FreeWave Technologies, Inc., an innovator of industrial-grade, secure M2M wireless networking solutions, today announced its new WavePoint™ family of solutions...

May 13, 2014
Northrop Grumman & RMIT University Studying Requirements for Unmanned Aircraft in Australia

Northrop Grumman Corporation is collaborating with the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, to study airworthiness requirements for operating...

May 13, 2014
Exelis Unveils “CorvusEye” Wide Area Airborne Surveillance System for UAVs

Exelis has introduced a wide area airborne surveillance system called CorvusEye 1500 that can capture color video from multiple views...

May 13, 2014
AUVSI: Velodyne to Showcase Industry-Leading LiDAR Sensors

At AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems 2014 Velodyne will demonstrate its pioneering LiDAR technology and welcome two partner providers who will show...

May 13, 2014
Advanced Navigation Launch Next Generation Spatial FOG GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System

Advanced Navigation has announced the release of the second generation hardware of their Spatial FOG GPS aided inertial navigation system....

May 13, 2014
FAA Awards COA to NJIT University to Test Unmanned Aircraft Systems

On May 8 the FAA awarded NJIT university a Certificate of Waiver/Authorization (COA), making it the first New Jersey university...

May 13, 2014
ING Robotic’s “Responder” VTOL UAS Selected for Geomatic Research

CGQ (Centre de geomatique du Quebec) has purchased ING Robotic Aviation’s Responder robotic aircraft system as a tool for aerial...

May 12, 2014
UAV Propulsion Tech Brings skygraphics’ UAV Rescue/Recovery Parachutes to North America

skygraphics AG has partnered with UAV Propulsion Tech to distribute the ProtectUAV™ parachute system for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to...

May 12, 2014
Crossbow Unveils Integrated Guidance, Navigation and Control System for Unmanned Platforms

Moog Crossbow, a wholly owned subsidiary of Moog Inc., recently introduced the GNC1000, a highly integrated Guidance, Navigation and Control...

May 12, 2014
Northrop Grumman and Yamaha Motor to Develop Small Unmanned Helicopter

Northrop Grumman Corporation and Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A., have agreed to work together to develop and market an innovative small,...

May 12, 2014
Saab Enhances ISR-capability of Skeldar UAS with Multi-Sensor Intelligence Cell

The latest addition to Skeldar’s ISR-capabilities is its integration with another fielded Saab product, the Multi-Sensor Intelligence Cell (MSIC). The...

May 12, 2014
Precision Hawk’s UAS Integral to Aerial Agricultural Artificial Intelligence System

From pest management to water dispersal, data collected by unmanned systems are becoming invaluable assets for farmers. North-America based Precision...

May 08, 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.