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

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
Curtiss-Wright Introduce High-Speed Fabric40 OpenVPX Switch Card

Curtiss-Wright Controls Defense Solutions, a business group of Curtiss-Wright Controls, has introduced the newest member of its recently announced industry-leading...

Oct 01, 2013
TAG Issued U.S. Patent Award for Field-Upgradable CPU Technology

Technology Advancement Group, Inc. (TAG®) has been issued a US patent (8,537,540) for a Field Serviceable CPU Module. TAG has...

Oct 01, 2013
AUVSI 2014 Call for Technical Papers is Now Open

AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems 2014, being held 12-15 May in Orlando, Fla., will highlight the most important technological advancements, cutting edge...

Oct 01, 2013
CUVR Announces the Formation of The Rising Talent Expo

The Cluster for Unmanned Vehicles and Robotics (CUVR, Inc.) has announced the launch of the Rising Talent Expo Program in...

Sep 30, 2013
DUALOBE Connectors Deliver Superior Performance in Harsh, High-Temp Mil/Aero Environments

TE Connectivity’s (TE) DUALOBE connectors are designed to help withstand extreme temperatures in harsh environments within the military and commercial...

Sep 30, 2013
Omnetics Unveils Complete Range of Surface-Mount Nano-Connectors for Rugged PCBs

Omnetics Connector Corporation has completed a full line of Nano-D shaped connectors designed for automatic and hand assembly for densely...

Sep 27, 2013
Video: Astrium’s Zephyr Solar Powered High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite Completes Test Flight

Astrium has successfully completed the first flight of its long endurance Zephyr solar powered High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) since it acquired...

Sep 27, 2013
Schiebel CAMCOPTER® S-100 UAS Completes Inspection Demonstrations Using FLIR Corona 350 Sensor

Schiebel, FLIR and Transpower are proud to announce the successful demonstration of the Schiebel CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS)...

Sep 26, 2013
UAV Solutions, Inc. to Provide Engineering Support Services to JHU for Unmanned Vehicle Development

UAV Solutions, Inc. has announced the company received a Master Service Agreement from The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory...

Sep 26, 2013
Lighter Than Air Systems’ Aerostats to Support U.S. Army Overseas Operations

World Surveillance Group Inc., a developer of lighter-than-air aerostats and unmanned aerial systems, announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Lighter...

Sep 26, 2013
Raytheon’s AI3 Intercepts & Destroys UAS Target

In a first-of-its-kind test for Raytheon Company’s Accelerated Improved Intercept Initiative system, AI3 destroyed an unmanned aerial system (UAS) in...

Sep 26, 2013
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