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

Sagem Receives Order for Sperwer drones to be deployed by French Army

Sagem (Safran) has received a new order from French defense procurement agency DGA for five additional Sperwer tactical drones (including...

Jan 16, 2014
Unmanned Aircraft Used to Help Identify Subsurface Oil Reservoirs

Unmanned aircraft are being used to recover more of the oil reserves from the North Sea and beyond by studying...

Jan 15, 2014
Epson Partners with Geodetics for Inertial Navigation Systems

Epson Electronics America, Inc. (“EEA”), the world leader in compact, high-performance QMEMS Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs), announced today a strategic...

Jan 15, 2014
Draganfly Innovations Introduces Two New Multirotor Helicopters

Draganfly Innovations has launched two new multirotor helicopters, the Shadow and the Guardian. These quadrotor aircraft are built to carry...

Jan 14, 2014
Aeryon Labs Announces Map Edition Bundles for Aeryon sUAS

Aeryon Labs has introduced Map Edition bundles for the Aeryon small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS). This new bundled option, available...

Jan 14, 2014
Northrop Grumman’s Hunter UAS Surpasses 100,000 Combat Flight Hours

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Hunter Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), in use with the U.S. Army since 1996, recently surpassed 100,000 combat...

Jan 14, 2014
Airware Completes Anti-Poaching UAV Field Tests in Africa

A team of engineers from Airware recently traveled to Kenya to conduct field tests of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed...

Jan 14, 2014
Global Hawk UAS Achieves Best Safety Record Designation

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) has been designated as the platform with the best safety record...

Jan 14, 2014
New Pix4Dmapper Software Provides Extended CAD and GIS Possibilities

Pix4D, a leading provider of professional unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) processing software, has launched Pix4Dmapper, a new software package with...

Jan 13, 2014
Engility Awarded $29.6M U.S. Navy Aircraft Launch and Recovery Equipment Program Contract

Engility Holdings, Inc. has been awarded a $29.6 million contract to provide engineering and technology support to the U.S. Navy’s...

Jan 13, 2014
State Department of Transportation Orders LTAS Blimp in a Box Aerostat System

Lighter Than Air Systems Corp. (“LTAS”) has received an order for a Blimp in a Box™ (“BiB”) 100 aerostat system...

Jan 13, 2014
Special Aerospace Services Announces Space Act Agreement With NASA Langley Research Center

Special Aerospace Services (SAS), a leader in aerospace systems engineering solutions, announced today that it has a completed Space Act...

Jan 13, 2014
Liberty University Plays Key Role in Virginia’s Selection As Drone Test Site

On Dec. 30, the Federal Aviation Administration authorized six public entities across the U.S. to research and test Unmanned Aircraft...

Jan 13, 2014
New Profile: Spectracom – GNSS Signal Management Solutions for Unmanned Systems

Spectracom, a leading provider of precise positioning, navigation and timing solutions, has a new profile on Unmanned Systems Technology. The...

Jan 07, 2014
FLIR Systems Announces New Low Cost Micro Thermal Imaging Camera Core

FLIR Systems, Inc. today announced the release of the new FLIR® Lepton™ thermal imaging camera core. Lepton utilizes innovative technology,...

Jan 07, 2014
Global Hawk UAS Supports Relief Efforts in Philippines

The inherent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities of Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Global Hawk Block 30 Unmanned Aerial System were...

Jan 07, 2014
Triton UAS Completes Nine Flight Tests

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy have completed nine initial flight tests of the Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS),...

Jan 07, 2014
Video: Northrop Grumman’s MQ-4C Triton Flight Testing

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy have completed nine initial flight tests of the Triton unmanned aircraft system (UAS),...

Jan 03, 2014
Kratos’ ADTS Division Announces $2.3m Contract for UAS Services

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced December 30th that its Advanced Drone and...

Jan 03, 2014
FAA Announces Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research and Test Sites

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced the selection of the six public entities that will develop unmanned aircraft systems...

Jan 03, 2014
L-3 Communications Acquires Mustang Technology Group

L-3 Communications has acquired Mustang Technology Group, L.P. The business, now named L-3 Mustang Technology, develops and manufactures radar-based sensors...

Dec 23, 2013
NASA’s Global Hawk UAS Completes 21 hour Flight Studying Canadian Arctic

Northrop Grumman Corporation, the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center and a team of international science organizations successfully flew a Northrop...

Dec 20, 2013
Marques Aviation Unveil “MA THOR Twin” MALE UAS

The MA THOR Twin is a versatile aircraft used in civilian and commercial missions as diverse as remote sensing and...

Dec 20, 2013
Inside UK MoD’s Unmanned Aerial Systems Control Centre

The U.K. Ministry of Defence has, for the first time, opened the doors to its unmanned aerial systems (UAS) control...

Dec 18, 2013
Kratos Wins $4.5m Unmanned Aerial Drone System Program Contract Award

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced 17th December that its Advanced Drone and...

Dec 18, 2013
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