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

AeroVironment and Lockheed Martin to Pursue Joint Opportunities in UAS Markets

AeroVironment, Inc.and Lockheed Martin Corporation have announced an agreement to jointly pursue opportunities in unmanned aircraft system (UAS) development. “At...

Feb 07, 2014
Embry-Riddle Worldwide to Offer UAS workshop in Las Vegas in February

Professionals looking to gain a better understanding of the emerging unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) industry can take advantage of a...

Feb 06, 2014
[Video] First Flights of UK-Built Taranis UAV Surpass All Expectations

The Taranis Unmanned Aircraft made its maiden flight at an undisclosed test range on Saturday 10 August 2013, under the...

Feb 06, 2014
RIEGL Launch World’s First Survey-grade LiDAR for Unmanned Aircraft

RIEGL, a leading supplier of laser scanning systems, has introduced the world’s first survey-grade UAS LiDAR sensor, the VUX-1. The...

Feb 06, 2014
Raytheon to begin Phase 3 on DARPA Persistent Close Air Support program

Raytheon is beginning Phase 3 of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) program. DARPA has...

Feb 04, 2014
DoD Issues AIMS Certification To Sagetech Transponder

Following intensive testing in collaboration with the US Navy, the DoD AIMS Program Office has granted AIMS Mark XA certification...

Feb 04, 2014
Successful Test Flight of Professional Grade Civilian Mapping UAS

Applanix Corp and American Aerospace Advisors Inc have completed a successful series of test flights of AAAI’s RS-16 platform equipped...

Jan 31, 2014
Dassault Aviation Salutes Major Step Forward for the Future Combat Air System

Dassault Aviation is delighted by the decision announced today by the President of the French Republic, François Hollande, and the...

Jan 31, 2014
General Atomics Receives Design Accreditation From UK Military Aviation Authority

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

Jan 31, 2014
GKN Aerospace Extends Supply of Predator UAS ‘Fit and Forget’ Fuel Bladders

GKN Aerospace has signed a long term agreement with General Atomics covering the supply of a ‘fit and forget’ fuel...

Jan 31, 2014
U.S. Navy Tests Small UAV Support Equipment

The U.S Naval Air Systems Command recently completed tilt-table testing of a small UAV. Aviation Support Equipment Technician 1st Class...

Jan 31, 2014
RQ-21A Blackjack sUAS Undergoes Operational Testing

The Navy and Marine Corps’ newest small unmanned aircraft system RQ-21A Blackjack began its initial operational test and evaluation (IOT&E)...

Jan 29, 2014
AMP to Showcase Rugged PC/104 HD Video Recorder/Streamer at Embedded World

This year Advanced Micro Peripherals (AMP) will be demonstrating their new StreamCorder-HD board at Embedded World 2014 in Nuremberg, Germany....

Jan 28, 2014
SimActive Announces Multiple Sales of Correlator3D™ UAV Photogrammetry Software

SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, has announced multiple sales of Correlator3D™ UAV licenses across the world. The...

Jan 28, 2014
GA-ASI, NG Complete Second Demonstration of Unmanned Electronic Attack Capabilities

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

Jan 28, 2014
Unmanned Aircraft Demo Shows Off Warfighting Capabilities

In the past, American warfighters lost their lives to improvised explosive devices (IED) on the battlefield. But now with technological...

Jan 28, 2014
3D Imaging System Integrated on Arcturus T-20 UAV

The GeoDragon sensor system has now been integrated and flown on an Arcturus UAV T-20 Tier II unmanned aerial vehicle....

Jan 24, 2014
Northrop Grumman BAMS-D Unmanned Aircraft Surpasses 10,000 Combat Flying Hours

The Northrop Grumman Corporation built unmanned demonstrator aircraft used for maritime surveillance missions by the U.S. Navy surpassed 10,000 combat...

Jan 24, 2014
API Technologies Receives $1.4M Order for Power Systems

API Technologies Corp., a leading provider of high performance RF/microwave, power, and security solutions for critical and high-reliability applications, has...

Jan 22, 2014
Draganflyer sUAS Available with 3D Terrain Mapping and Modeling Package

Draganfly Innovations has partnered with Pix4D to combine the unique value of a Draganflyer sUAS (small Unmanned Aerial System) with...

Jan 22, 2014
Army Corps, Woolpert Conduct Unmanned Aerial Test Flights

Woolpert, a national geospatial, architecture and infrastructure firm headquartered in Dayton, announced it has conducted an unmanned aerial system (UAS)...

Jan 21, 2014
CAE to provide UAS Mission Trainer to Italian Air Force

CAE has been awarded a contract to provide Aeronautica Militare Italiana (Italian Air Force) with an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS)...

Jan 21, 2014
DoD Leaders to Convene for Unmanned Systems Summit

With the newly released “DoD Unmanned Systems Roadmap”, Senior Leaders from within OSD, Army, Navy, and Air Force will join...

Jan 21, 2014
Trimble Adds UX5 Unmanned Aircraft System to its Agriculture Portfolio

Trimble has announced the addition of its Trimble® UX5 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to its Agriculture product portfolio for aerial...

Jan 21, 2014
CoroWare Partners With FRST to Develop Control Systems for Unmanned Applications

CoroWare, Inc. has announced that it has established a strategic partnership agreement with FRST, Inc., an Alamogordo, New Mexico based...

Jan 20, 2014
GA-ASI Predator-Series Aircraft Pivotal to Search and Rescue Missions

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc (GA-ASI) has announced that MQ-1 Predator® and Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft successfully supported...

Jan 16, 2014
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