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

FAA Approves AAAI’s RS-16 UAS to Fly in New Jersey and Texas

American Aerospace Advisors, Inc. (AAAI), a revolutionary Unmanned Systems and Services company that specializes in performing safe, successful and affordable...

Jun 17, 2014
Sagem Tests Optronics Multi-Sensor Payload on Tactical Patroller UAS

Sagem (Safran) has tested and successfully integrated a new generation optronics multi-sensors suite on its Patroller endurance UAS. Tested in...

Jun 17, 2014
Rubb Introduce New Military UAV Storage Hangar

Rubb Buildings Ltd (Rubb) have unveiled the latest addition to their Expeditionary Forces Aircraft Shelter System (EFASS) range at Eurosatory...

Jun 17, 2014
Scopustech Launches 360° Spherical Vision System for Unmanned Systems

A new real-time spherical vision system for defense and homeland security that produces and records spherical movies over an area...

Jun 16, 2014
NuWaves Wins NASA Contract to Develop C-Band Power Amplifier for Unmanned Aircraft Systems

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

Jun 13, 2014
Aeronautics Launches Orbiter 2B Mini UAS

Aeronautics – a leader in the development, manufacture, and marketing of state-of-the-art unmanned systems for land, sea and air, integrating...

Jun 12, 2014
Sky Sapience Introduce New Autonomous Tethered Hovering Platform for Small Vehicles

Sky Sapience – a leading developer of mobile, tethered, hovering platforms – will introduce the unique, HoverMast-100 hovering system for...

Jun 12, 2014
BP Selects AeroVironment’s Puma AE UAS for GIS Services

AeroVironment has announced that BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc., selected the company to provide mapping, Geographic Information System (GIS) and other...

Jun 11, 2014
Fire Scout UAS Flies Simultaneously With Manned Sea Hawk Helicopter

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy successfully flew the unmanned MQ-8B Fire Scout simultaneously with the MH-60R Sea Hawk...

Jun 11, 2014
Schiebel Demonstrates Camcopter S-100 VTOL UAS to Brazilian Navy

Schiebel’s dedication to the maritime domain and its ability to respond to the evolving unmanned systems requirements lead to a...

Jun 10, 2014
FAA Announces Nevada UAS Test Site Now Operational

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration today announced that the State of Nevada’s unmanned aircraft systems test site...

Jun 10, 2014
U.S. Marine Officer Course to Include Raven UAS Training

Thirteen TBS instructors finished a two-week course May 22, where they learned how to operate, maintain and integrate the RQ-11B...

Jun 10, 2014
Elbit Systems’ Hermes 900 UAS Selected for Swiss Armed Forces

Elbit Systems Ltd. has been selected by the Swiss Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport (“DDPS”), as the...

Jun 09, 2014
Aero Surveillance and Azur Drones Form Alliance to Provide Enhanced UAS Solutions

Aero Surveillance, provider of innovative airborne surveillance solutions, has announced a new alliance with Azur Drones, French operator of unmanned...

Jun 09, 2014
Northrop Grumman to Develop Miniaturized Inertial Navigation System for DARPA

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Research Development and Engineering Center...

Jun 09, 2014
AMP Holding Develops HorseFly Battery-Powered UAV

AMP Holding Inc. has announced that its AMP Trucks subsidiary has successfully designed and flown a prototype of its new...

Jun 04, 2014
New UST Profile: SBG Systems – Inertial Navigation Systems, INS/GPS, AHRS, and IMU for Unmanned Systems

The new SBG Systems North America (“SBG Systems”) profile is now live on the Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) website. The...

Jun 03, 2014
HALE UAS Series Sets Weekly Record for Mission Hours Flown

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) series, which includes the U.S. Air Force RQ-4...

May 30, 2014
Global Hawk UAS Completes First Flight in UK Airspace

The United States Air Force remotely-piloted aircraft has flown in UK airspace for the first time. The aircraft flew from...

May 30, 2014
Sunlight Photonics Launches New Small Solar UAV

Sunlight Photonics Inc has launched SUNLINK-5, a small solar UAV for commercial and civil applications in the low to medium...

May 27, 2014
Improved Gray Eagle UAS Flies With SIGINT Pod and Hellfire Missiles

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

May 27, 2014
GA-ASI to Integrate Rohde & Schwartz Radios into Predator B

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

May 27, 2014
First Flight for Production Solar-Powered Silent Falcon Unmanned Aircraft

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer and developer of state-of-the-art, flexible thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules, along with Silent Falcon UAS...

May 20, 2014
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
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