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

NovAtel® Continues to Power the Unmanned Industry

NovAtel, an OEM provider of high precision positioning products is adding new capabilities that are tailored to the needs of...

Aug 12, 2013
Protection and Robustness are the Foundations of NovAtel’s Navigation Warfare Products for the Unmanned Market

NovAtel®, an OEM provider of high precision positioning products, has enhanced its portfolio of Navigation Warfare (NAVWAR) solutions with the...

Aug 12, 2013
X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator Returns to Pax River Concluding Carrier Tests

The Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator safely returned to Naval Air Station Patuxent River Aug. 8 from...

Aug 09, 2013
U.S. Navy Test GPS Anti-Jamming Device on Small UAV

Part of an initiative to protect GPS technologies on small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), the Navy recently conducted tests to...

Aug 09, 2013
Raytheon’s JLENS Aerostat Helps Detect and Intercept Cruise Missile

The U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force intercepted for the first time an anti-ship cruise missile surrogate using Raytheon Company’s...

Aug 07, 2013
Tech Source Adds Wind River VxWorks Support to H.264 XMC Video Card

Tech Source, Inc., an independent supplier of high performance embedded video, graphics and high end computing solutions, has successfully added...

Aug 07, 2013
Scion UAS Completes First Flight of SA-400 Jackal

Scion UAS has completed the first test flights of the production SA-400 Jackal Optionally Piloted Helicopter. The first flight comes...

Aug 07, 2013
AUVSI 2013: ENSCO Feature Engineering, Meteorological Modeling, C2, Mission Support

ENSCO, Inc. is taking its deep experience and advanced technologies in avionics systems engineering, vision systems, embedded graphics, mission support,...

Aug 06, 2013
FluxData Introduces 3-CCD Multispectral Camera for UAVs

FluxData, Inc., a leader in the multispectral imaging systems industry, today announces the introduction of the FD-1665-UAV 3-CCD multispectral camera...

Aug 06, 2013
AUVSI 2013: FAUN TRACKWAY to Display Modular UAV Landing Mat

FAUN TRACKWAY USA, the leading manufacturer of portable roadways and runways, is showcasing its UAV Landing Mat at the Association...

Aug 05, 2013
Featured at AUVSI 2013: Corsair Engineering’s IM3PUT UAS Trainer

Featured at AUVSI 2013: Corsair Engineering’s UAS trainer meeting the needs for training future crews of unmanned systems for military...

Aug 05, 2013
AUVSI 2013: Unmanned Systems Group to Display Discoverer II RPAS

Unmanned Systems Group (UMS) will showcase the Discoverer II Tactical Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS) at AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems 2013 in...

Aug 05, 2013
The Incredible Shrinking Managed Military-grade Ethernet Switch

Ethernet is rapidly becoming the standard for military and other rugged applications due to proven interoperability, reliability, and speed. The...

Aug 01, 2013
Phoenix Aerial Systems Develops World’s Smallest Commercial UAV LiDAR Platform

Phoenix Aerial Systems, a leading manufacturer of unmanned aerial platforms, announced today that they have successfully developed and demonstrated the...

Aug 01, 2013
US Technik Appointed as Sales Contractor for World Surveillance Group’s Blimp in a Box™ Aerostat

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

Jul 31, 2013
GA-ASI Completes First Flight of Improved Gray Eagle UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc., a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance systems,...

Jul 31, 2013
Orbital to Develop Next Generation UAS Engine

Orbital has been awarded a contract for the development of a production engine for a small unmanned aerial system (SUAS)....

Jul 31, 2013
Saab Sensis Team Awarded NASA Flight Critical Systems Research Contract

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a team led by Saab Sensis a contract to provide Flight...

Jul 30, 2013
AUVSI 2013: DSI to Showcase Optical Thin Film Coatings for UAVs

Deposition Sciences, Inc. (DSI®), global manufacturer of highly durable thin film optical coatings, announces plans to showcase specialized optical thin...

Jul 30, 2013
Raytheon Demonstrates Three-Dimensional Expeditionary Long-Range Radar (3DELRR) Prototype

Innovative use of Gallium Nitride, and an unmatched history of successful radar development, delivers warfighter capability against aerial targets. Raytheon...

Jul 30, 2013
Epson Announces Two New Inertial Measurement Units For Demanding Unmanned And Industrial Applications

Epson Electronics America (EEA) has developed two new products for its inertial measurement unit (IMU) lineup. The new products, the...

Jul 30, 2013
How Students in America are affected by Limiting the use of UAVs in the National Airspace System

100,000 High Paying Technology Jobs in the USA in Jeopardy of being Filled in Time. One wonders if our President,...

Jul 29, 2013
Scion UAS Receives FAA Certification for SA-400 Jackal

Scion UAS, developers of VTOL unmanned and optionally piloted aerial systems, has received FAA certification for the SA-400 Jackal optionally...

Jul 29, 2013
SBG Systems Launch Dual Antenna GNSS Inertial Navigation System

SBG Systems has added a new inertial system to its Ekinox Series. With integrated Dual Antenna GPS + GLONASS receiver,...

Jul 26, 2013
ACP Composites Installs Second CNC Router for Precision Components

ACP Composites, Inc., a leading manufacturer of high quality composite solutions, expands their machining capabilities with the addition of a...

Jul 25, 2013
US Army Completes Early User Testing of JLENS Aerostat

The U.S. Army completed (EUT) of the Raytheon Company developed JLENS. During the six-week-long EUT, soldiers tested JLENS’ ability to...

Jul 25, 2013
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