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

Raytheon Delivers 2000th Multi-Spectral Targeting System

Raytheon Company achieved a historic first with the delivery of its 2000th Multi-Spectral Targeting System (MTS) from its factory in...

Oct 22, 2013
Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Micro-Gyro Prototype for DARPA Program

Northrop Grumman Corporation has developed and demonstrated a new micro-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Gyro (micro-NMRG) prototype for the Defense Advanced Research...

Oct 22, 2013
Velodyne to Discuss the Future of Real-Time, 3D Vision for Robots at RoboBusiness

At the 9th Annual RoboBusiness Conference, Velodyne Acoustics Inc.’s LiDAR division will exhibit the latest real-time, 3D LiDAR vision technology...

Oct 22, 2013
Lockheed Martin Links Ground Sensor Network With Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

A wireless ground sensor network developed by Lockheed Martin will soon have the option of being fully integrated with Unmanned...

Oct 21, 2013
AUSA: AeroVironment Introduces Block Upgrade to Puma AE Unmanned Aircraft System

At the Association of the United States Army Annual Meeting, AeroVironment, Inc. has introduced a series of enhancements to the...

Oct 21, 2013
Lockheed Martin Awarded $345m PTDS Operation Contract

Lockheed Martin will continue to support a tethered aerostat-based system that provides real-time, around-the-clock reconnaissance and surveillance for warfighters in...

Oct 21, 2013
AUSA 2013: UTC Aerospace Systems to Showcase UAS Technology

UTC Aerospace Systems will have an extensive display of technology and solutions for defense, unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and security...

Oct 18, 2013
AUSA 2013: Northrop Grumman to Highlight Unmanned Capabilities and Latest Technology

Northrop Grumman Corporation, a leader in global security, will be highlighting its most significant advances in developing, producing and modernizing...

Oct 18, 2013
Change of Command for U.S. Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System Program

The Department of the Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System Program Office (PMA-268) welcomed a new leader during a change of...

Oct 18, 2013
AMP Introduce New Rugged Video Signal Converter Boards

Advanced Micro Peripherals (AMP) has announced their new Scanverter range of video signal converter boards. These boards convert between a...

Oct 17, 2013
ARA Nighthawk IV Micro UAS Recieves FAA Certification

Following a comprehensive review and demonstration in September of 2013, Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has received a Federal Aviation...

Oct 16, 2013
BAE Jetstream to Study UAS Weather Hazard Avoidance, Navigation and Emergency Landing

The BAE Systems Jetstream aircraft, dubbed the ‘Flying Test Bed’, has undergone maintenance activity to prepare it for a series...

Oct 15, 2013
Northrop Grumman Sponsors Australia UAV Challenge Competition

Northrop Grumman Corporation is sponsoring the 2013 and 2014 UAV Challenge – Outback Rescue, a competition in which students develop...

Oct 15, 2013
Texas Municipal League Backs University Bid for FAA UAV Test Site

The Texas Municipal League (TML) has adopted a resolution supporting the Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi application to the Federal Aviation...

Oct 14, 2013
BBSR Demonstrates Autonomous 3D Radiation Mapping at NPL

Nine months of collaboration between the University of Bristol, Blue Bear Systems Research (BBSR) and Createc, funded by the UK’s...

Oct 11, 2013
RTI Data Distribution Service Products Expand UCS Application Marketplace

Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the real-time distributed infrastructure software company, today released extensive support for the Unmanned Air Systems (UAS) Control...

Oct 10, 2013
WLANmall Introduces Four Port Ruggedized Military Ethernet Switches

WLANmall, a leading supplier of IP video, wired and wireless connectivity solutions has announced the availability of the two lower-port...

Oct 10, 2013
Liberty University Aeronautics Students Receive UAS Operator Certification

Last week, all 12 Liberty University School of Aeronautics (LUSOA) students in the new Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) concentration received...

Oct 09, 2013
ELTG Inertial Aerosystems Introduces New Surface Mount Accelerometer

ETLG Inertial Aerosystems, a manufacturer and supplier of tilt sensors, accelerometers and gyroscopes, has announced a brand new, high performance...

Oct 09, 2013
Watchkeeper receives Statement of Type Design Assurance from UK MAA

The Thales UK Watchkeeper Unmanned Air System (UAS) has received a Statement of Type Design Assurance (STDA) from the UK’s...

Oct 08, 2013
Roboteq Launches I/O Expansion Card for Raspberry PI

Roboteq, Inc. has introduced the most versatile and capable I/O expansion card ever made for the ultra-popular Raspberry PI Single...

Oct 08, 2013
Simlat to Deliver UAS & ISR Training, Simulation Classroom to Northland Community & Technical College

Simlat Ltd. has been selected to provide a UAS & ISR Training & Simulation Center for the Northland Imagery Analysis...

Oct 08, 2013
LTAS Aerostat Platforms to Be Used in U.S. Army Network Integration Experiment

Aerostat platforms provided by Lighter Than Air Systems Corp. (“LTAS”), a wholly owned subsidiary of World Surveillance Group Inc. (OTCQB:...

Oct 04, 2013
Curtiss-Wright Launches New Rugged T2080 Quad-Core Power Architecture® 3U OpenVPX™ Single Board Computer

Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions, a business unit of Curtiss-Wright Controls, has introduced the new VPX3-133, a rugged 3U OpenVPX™ single...

Oct 04, 2013
AeroVironment Receives $20m U.S. Army Order for RQ-11B Raven UAS Gimbaled Sensor Payloads

AeroVironment, Inc. today announced it has received an order from the U.S. Army for the company’s Mantis™ i23 gimbaled sensor...

Oct 02, 2013
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