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

Aurora’s Orion UAS Successfully Completes First Flight

Aurora Flight Sciences has announced that the Orion Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) successfully completed its first flight on August 24,...

Sep 18, 2013
Aurora’s Skate® SUAS Supports Military Missions in Afghanistan

Aurora Flight Sciences announced that the Skate® Small Unmanned Aircraft System (SUAS) was recently deployed to Afghanistan in support of...

Sep 18, 2013
Advanced Micro Peripherals Launches New Rapid Synthesis Video Platform

Advanced Micro Peripherals (AMP), a world leader in the design and development of ultra-low latency, high throughput embedded video, introduced...

Sep 13, 2013
QinetiQ Successfully Demonstrates Autonomous Control of Multiple Unmanned Aircraft

QinetiQ recently demonstrated coordinated command and control (C2) of multiple unmanned aircraft, and their on-board mission system sensors, from a...

Sep 13, 2013
QinetiQ Signs Agreement to Further Develop Wales’ Unmanned Aircraft System Environment

QinetiQ and Llanbedr Airfield Estates (LAE) have signed an agreement to further develop the Wales Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Environment,...

Sep 13, 2013
Teradek Announces Miniature HD Video Streaming Solution for UAVs

Teradek is bringing the capabilities of professional video encoders to a chassis that can fit in the palm of your...

Sep 12, 2013
Selex ES to Supply Surveillance UAS for United Nations Peace Keeping Missions

Selex ES a Finmeccanica company, was awarded, on 31 July, a service agreement by the United Nations for the provision...

Sep 12, 2013
Navy & Northrop Grumman Conduct Autonomous Aerial Refueling Tests

The Navy continues to demonstrate multiple technologies that promise to significantly increase the endurance and range of carrier-based unmanned aircraft....

Sep 12, 2013
Selex ES Wins €40m Contract to Supply Falco UAS to Middle Eastern country

Selex ES, a Finmeccanica company, has signed a contract worth over €40m to deliver the Falco system to a Middle...

Sep 12, 2013
DSEI: Harris Corporation Introduces Tactical Radios for Improved Ground-to-Air Communications

Harris Corporation, an international communications and information technology company, has introduced new tactical radios that allow international air and ground...

Sep 10, 2013
Northrop Grumman Unmanned Aircraft Portfolio Achieves 100,000 Flight Hours

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s portfolio of high-altitude long-endurance (HALE) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) have achieved 100,000 flight hours over the past...

Sep 10, 2013
U.S. Army Awards AeroVironment $36.7 Million in New Orders for Switchblade Tactical Missile Systems

AeroVironment, Inc. has received orders valued at $36,746,304 under a contract for Switchblade™ tactical missile systems, ancillary equipment and support....

Sep 10, 2013
DSEI: Parvus to Debut Rugged Ethernet Switch Subsystem

Parvus Corporation, a Cisco Solutions Technology Integrator (STI), will introduce the DuraNET 30-2020 at DSEI. DURAnet 30-2020 is an ultra-rugged 19-port Cisco...

Sep 09, 2013
Raytheon Demonstrates Accuracy of Stinger Trainer in Finland VSHORADS field trials

Raytheon Company’s Stinger demonstrated flawless performance in recent Very Short Range Air Defense System (SHORADS) field trials in Finland. During...

Sep 09, 2013
Raytheon moves forward on DARPA Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS) Program

Raytheon Company is moving forward with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on the agency’s Persistent Close Air Support (PCAS)...

Sep 09, 2013
Wyle Wins Contract to Support U.S. Army Unmanned Aircraft and Fixed Wing Systems

Wyle has been awarded an $18.5 million contract to support U.S. Army unmanned aircraft systems and fixed wing programs including...

Sep 09, 2013
Video: Multicopter Beer Delivery

UK aerial film production company, Out Filming, has produced a promotional video for a beach-front bar using a quadcopter and...

Sep 09, 2013
DSEI 2013: ITT Corp Will Exhibit Innovative Solutions for Unmanned Systems

ITT Corporation will highlight the latest technology solutions aimed at solving complex defense safety challenges at DSEI Defense and Security...

Sep 06, 2013
DSEI 2013: UTC Aerospace Systems To Highlight Latest UAV Technologies for Defense

UTC Aerospace Systems will showcase a range of established, market-leading products alongside key new developments for the defense market at...

Sep 06, 2013
DSEI 2013: Exelis to Showcase Advanced Defense and Security Capabilities for Unmanned Systems

Exelis will showcase industry-leading defense and security technologies at the 2013 DSEI Conference at the ExCel London Exhibition and Convention...

Sep 06, 2013
Schiebel and FLIR Integrate Polytec Ab Corona 350 Sensor onto Camcopter S-100 UAS

Schiebel and FLIR Systems Polytec AB are proud to announce the successful integration of the Schiebel CAMCOPTER® S-100 Unmanned Air...

Sep 06, 2013
SimActive Launches New UAV Version of Correlator3D™

SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is pleased to announce the launch of a new UAV version of...

Sep 05, 2013
Video: Microdrones md4-1000 Alps Crossing – the Making of

As reported earlier this year, this summer the microdrones md4-1000 achieved something no other quadcopter had previously done. The unmanned aerial...

Sep 04, 2013
DSEI 2013: Northrop Grumman To Showcase Unmanned, Defence and Security Capabilities

Northrop Grumman Corporation will highlight its capabilities in command, control, communications, computers, intelligence (C4I), border security, unmanned ground systems, cyber...

Sep 04, 2013
EURO HAWK UAS Completes Record-Breaking 25-Hour Nonstop Flight

The EURO HAWK® unmanned aircraft system (UAS) set an endurance record Aug. 8 when it flew continuously for 25.3 hours...

Sep 04, 2013
Mainstream Engineering Awarded USAF Contract for Hybrid Electric UAV Propulsion System

Mainstream Engineering Corporation, a 27-year-old Brevard County research and manufacturing company, has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Air...

Sep 03, 2013
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