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

Omnetics’ Micro-Circular Connectors Offer Size and Weight Reductions for Unmanned Applications

Micro-sized, (.050 inch pitch), connectors in compact metal or over-molded polymer shells offer dramatic size and weight reductions for circuits...

Dec 04, 2013
Northrop Grumman Starts Production of First NATO Global Hawk UAS

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Moss Point, Miss., Unmanned Systems Center started production of the first NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) Block...

Dec 04, 2013
Northrop Grumman Highlights Command and Control Capabilities at BRIDEX, Brunei

Northrop Grumman Corporation is highlighting its command and control, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities at the Brunei Darussalam...

Dec 03, 2013
New Profile: Vitec – Video Streaming, Archiving, Dissemination and Playback Solutions for UAVs

Vitec, a market leader in the design and implementation of embedded video solutions for military and civilian markets, has a...

Dec 03, 2013
RTI, TE Connectivity and Pentek to Host Webinar on Enabling Open Architectures in Rugged ISR Applications

Real-Time Innovations (RTI) is sponsoring a complimentary webinar titled, “Enabling Open Architectures in Rugged ISR Applications,” with TE Connectivity and...

Dec 03, 2013
U.S. Army Purchases 36 Maveric Micro-UAS

The Army recently purchased 36 Maveric unmanned aerial systems as a result of an urgent request from Soldiers in theater....

Nov 27, 2013
AMP Launch New StreamCorder Video Streaming and Recording boards

Advanced Micro Peripherals (AMP) has announced its new StreamCorder board pair – the StreamCorder-SD4 and the StreamCorder-HD. Both boards are...

Nov 26, 2013
Additional MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Delivered to U.S. Navy

Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered the second MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter to the U.S. Navy after completing final assembly...

Nov 26, 2013
XFLY SYSTEMS Launches New Turn Key Commercial sUAV

XFLY SYSTEMS has announced the launch of their new XFS Mission Ready sUAS. The new sUAV line is designed as...

Nov 22, 2013
US Air Force Deploys RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk UAS for First Time

An RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk took off from Grand Forks Air Force Base, N.D., and flew into war for...

Nov 22, 2013
Piaggio Aero Hammerhead UAS Completes Maiden Flight

Piaggio Aero, together with Selex ES, has announced at the Dubai Air Show 2013 that the P.1HH HammerHead Unmanned Aerial...

Nov 21, 2013
Navy Conducts Further X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Tests

The Navy concluded another round of carrier testing Nov. 19 to further demonstrate and evaluate the X-47B unmanned air system...

Nov 21, 2013
AgustaWestland “Project Zero” Technology Demonstrator Uses Wind River VxWorks 653 Platform

Wind River has announced that AgustaWestland is using the VxWorks® 653 Platform for its revolutionary “Project Zero” tilt rotor technology...

Nov 20, 2013
Cassidian’s Sagitta UAS Programme Enters Integration Phase

“Sagitta”, Cassidian’s research programme aiming at development of future Unmanned Aerial Systems’ (UAS) technologies is entering a new decisive phase....

Nov 20, 2013
Sparton Releases Improved Attitude and Heading Systems

Sparton Navigation and Exploration has released its improved gyro enhanced attitude and heading measurement system, the GEDC-6E, and the enhanced...

Nov 19, 2013
UAV Solutions Debuts Phoenix 30 VTOL UAS

UAV Solutions, Inc. has debuted its new Phoenix 30 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) at Secured Cities 2013 which was held...

Nov 19, 2013
Arotech to Develop Battery Chargers For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Arotech Corporation‘s Battery and Power Systems Division has received orders in excess of $700,000 to develop specialist chargers for UAV...

Nov 18, 2013
VectorNav Technologies Announces New Headquarters to Accommodate Continued Growth

VectorNav Technologies, LLC, a leading provider of inertial sensing and GPS technology solutions for the industrial and military markets, is...

Nov 18, 2013
SAAB Skeldar UAS operationally deployed by the Spanish Navy

Defence and security company Saab’s Skeldar Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) is now operationally deployed on-board the offshore patrol vessel BAM Meteoro....

Nov 15, 2013
Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Electronic Attack Capability on Small Tactical UAS

Northrop Grumman Corporation has integrated and employed an internal miniature electronic attack payload on the Bat unmanned aircraft, marking the...

Nov 14, 2013
MILCOM: Molex to Showcase Connectivity Solutions for Mission-Critical Aerospace & Defense Applications

Molex Incorporated will bring a comprehensive array of products and solutions that meet the high-performance needs of the aerospace and...

Nov 14, 2013
ADLINK Launches Extreme Rugged HPERC-IBR for Reduced SWaP Requirements

ADLINK Technology, Inc., a leading provider of embedded computing products and Application Ready Intelligent Platforms (ARIP), today announced release of...

Nov 13, 2013
SimActive Releases Correlator3D Version 5.0

SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, has announced the release of version 5.0 of Correlator3D™. This major release...

Nov 12, 2013
SA Photonics Introduces the World’s Highest Resolution Head Mounted Display

SA Photonics, a leading developer of next generation head mounted displays (HMDs) for military and commercial customers, has announced it...

Nov 12, 2013
Rapid Equipping Force Places $4.5M Order for Prioria Robotics’ Maveric UAS

Prioria Robotics, Inc., developers of tactical Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) has been awarded several contracts totaling $4.5 million by...

Nov 11, 2013
Northrop Grumman to Supply U.S. Air Force With Three More RQ-4 Global Hawk UAS

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $114 million advance procurement contract in preparation to build three...

Nov 08, 2013
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