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

nEUROn UCAV Makes History With First Formation Flight

On March 20, 2014, Dassault Aviation organized a formation flight of the nEUROn unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV) with a...

Apr 14, 2014
Unmanned X-47B Aircraft Completes Maiden Night Flight

The unmanned X-47B successfully conducted its first night flight on April 10 over Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md. Night...

Apr 14, 2014
HoodTech Launch Ultra-Stabilized EO Imaging Payload with Ultra-Low SWaP for Small UAS

HoodTech Vision, a leading manufacturer of stabilized imaging payloads for small unmanned and manned systems, has launched the new Alticam...

Apr 14, 2014
NovAtel: GPS & GNSS Navigation Systems for Unmanned Vehicles

NovAtel, who supply high precision Global Positioning Systems and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) OEM positioning technology to the Unmanned...

Apr 10, 2014
Retired Global Hawk UAV to Find New Life in Triton Training Program

The US Navy, in accordance with the requirements of their new Triton Unmanned Aircraft System, is developing training aircraft to...

Apr 10, 2014
European Commission calls for Tough Standards to Regulate Civil Drones

The European Commission has proposed to set tough new standards to regulate the operations of civil drones. The new standards...

Apr 09, 2014
‘Streambox Drone’ Mobile Video Encoding Device Debuted at NAB 2014

Streambox, Inc has debuted Streambox Drone, a miniature video device for security and streaming, at NAB 2014. Weighing just 3...

Apr 09, 2014
Kratos Receives $4 Million Unmanned Aerial Drone System Award

Micro Systems, Inc., a subsidary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc’s Advanced Drones and Target Systems Division recently received a...

Apr 09, 2014
Video: AAI, Overwatch Intelligence Demonstrate UAS

Teams from AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Overwatch Intelligence recently demonstrated unmanned aircraft systems and technologies to high-ranking officials from...

Apr 08, 2014
DARPA’s Mobile Hotspots Program Looks to Integrate Wireless Networks on UAVs

Missions in remote, forward operating locations often suffer from a lack of connectivity to tactical operation centers and access to...

Apr 08, 2014
New Lycoming Multi-Fuel Engine Achieves 10,000 Flight Hours Onboard the Aerosonde SUAS

Lycoming’s new EL-005 multi-fuel engine has surpassed 10,000 deployed flight hours with the Aerosonde Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) in...

Apr 08, 2014
SimActive Unveils New One-Click Solution for UAV Imagery

SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, has announced a new one-click solution for UAV imagery. The new Correlator3D™...

Apr 07, 2014
Northrop Grumman to Supply Five More MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopters to U.S. Navy

Northrop Grumman Corporation will build five additional U.S. Navy MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopters, which allow ship commanders to extend...

Apr 07, 2014
Lockheed Martin to Integrate Neya Systems’ VERTI System into K-MAX VTOL UAS

Neya Systems‘ Mission Planning and Management System (MPMS) has been in development for the past three years and is tailored...

Apr 07, 2014
CONTROP to Showcase New HD EO/IR Stabilized Payload Surveillance Package at LAAD 2014

CONTROP Precision Technologies Ltd. will showcase the newly expanded line of High Definition (HD) Electro Optical InfraRed (EO/IR) stabilized payloads...

Apr 07, 2014
ONR Completes Unmanned Helicopter Flight Demonstrations

Autonomy options for the Marines have taken a major step forward, as officials at the Office of Naval Research (ONR)...

Apr 07, 2014
Global Hawk UAS Demonstrates Satellite Communications Capabilities

The U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has completed a series of ground and air demonstrations...

Apr 04, 2014
DARPA’s Phoenix Program Aims to Develop Orbital Robotics & Satellite Architectures

The process of designing, developing, building and deploying satellites is long and expensive. Satellites today cannot follow the terrestrial paradigm...

Apr 03, 2014
Northrop Grumman Sponsors Australia’s 2014 UAV Outback Challenge

As part of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s effort to increase innovative thinking in engineering and technology among today’s youth, the company...

Apr 02, 2014
Kratos Wins $3m Contract to Supply UAS & Support Equipment

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

Apr 02, 2014
New UST Profile for X-ES: Rugged Embedded Computing Solutions For Unmanned Systems

Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc (X-ES) has a new ‘Silver’ profile on the Unmanned Systems Technology (UST) website, highlighting the company’s...

Apr 01, 2014
Northrop Grumman Signs Research Partnership Agreement With Australian DSTO

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the Australian Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) have signed a strategic alliance to conduct collaborative...

Mar 31, 2014
Thales to Develop Optionally Piloted Aircraft with The Quatar Armed Forces

Thales has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Qatar Armed Forces to assist in the development of an...

Mar 28, 2014
Elbit Systems to Supply Hermes 900 UAS to Brazilian Air Force

Elbit Systems Ltd. has been awarded a contract to supply a Hermes 900 Unmanned Aircraft System (“UAS”) to the Brazilian...

Mar 28, 2014
SAIC to Provide Technical Services for Anti-Submarine Warfare Sensor Systems

The Avionics Department (AIR-4.5) at the Naval Air Systems Command, Naval Air Station Patuxent River awarded Science Applications International Corporation...

Mar 25, 2014
Triton UAS Completes Initial Flight Test Phase

The Navy’s MQ-4C Triton completed its initial flight test phase at Northrop Grumman’s Palmdale, Calif., facility March 13, bringing the...

Mar 24, 2014
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