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

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
Marines Deploy New RQ-21A Blackjack UAS

The Department of the Navy’s new, versatile small unmanned aircraft system made its first operational deployment overseas at the end...

May 08, 2014
Reference Technologies Releases Hummingbird® Line of VTOL UAS

Reference Technologies has announced the release of three models of its Hummingbird® line of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) Unmanned...

May 07, 2014
Wildlife Monitoring at FAA UAS Test Site Begins with Aeryon Scout

The Aeryon Scout™ has been selected as the small Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to perform the wildlife surveys during the...

May 07, 2014
UAS Launcher Manufacturer Robonic Receives ISO and AQAP Quality Certificates

The Finnish manufacturer of unmanned air systems launchers, Robonic Ltd Oy, a subsidiary of Sagem (Safran), has been awarded an...

May 07, 2014
IMPRES and Breffni Group Form Alliance to Target UAV Marketplace

IMPRES Technology Solutions, Inc. and the Breffni Group, Inc. have forged an alliance to provide comprehensive portfolio of data cycle...

May 06, 2014
UST Launches Dedicated Channel for AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems 2014 Exhibitor News

Unmanned Systems Technology (UST) has launched a dedicated news channel to cover news, press releases and articles surrounding the AUVSI...

May 06, 2014
AUVSI: L-3 Unmanned Systems to Introduce New Group 2 APEX UAS

L-3 Unmanned Systems will introduce its Airborne Pursuit and Exploitation (APEX) Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) at the Association...

May 06, 2014
Northrop Grumman Plan Electromagnetic Interference Tests for MQ-8C Fire Scout UAS

In preparation for ship-board flights this spring, the Northrop Grumman Corporation-built MQ-8C Fire Scout will be tested for its ability...

May 06, 2014
X-47B to Undergo New Flight Tests Ready for Summer Sea Trials

The X-47B unmanned combat air system is gearing up for shore-based flight test activities in preparation for the next round...

May 06, 2014
U.S. Navy Conduct MQ-8B Fire Scout UAS Test Operations

The Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 35 are conducting the first combined operations between the unmanned MQ-8B Fire Scout and...

May 05, 2014
Camcopter S-100 UAS Demonstrates Maritime Capability

The CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) successfully demonstrated its capability across several different maritime scenarios to Dutch Authorities in...

Apr 30, 2014
Lockheed’s Indago VTOL UAV, GCS & Avionics Suite Progress to Operational Readiness

Three systems acquired by Lockheed Martin have progressed from their research and development phase to operational readiness. The Indago vertical...

Apr 30, 2014
Engility Wins ISR Contract for USAF Sentinel RPA Program

Engility Holdings, Inc. has been awarded an $11 million contract to provide a range of operational and technical support services...

Apr 28, 2014
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Enhanced Ground Control System and Software for Small Unmanned Aircraft

Lockheed Martin’s Group 1 family of unmanned aircraft systems is migrating to enhanced automation capabilities using its Kestrel™ “Fly Light”...

Apr 25, 2014
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