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 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
PX4 and 3D Robotics Launch New Pixhawk Autopilot for UAVs

The PX4 Project and 3D Robotics have announced the arrival of Pixhawk — an advanced open-hardware autopilot design for multirotors,...

Aug 30, 2013
World Surveillance Group Establishes Consortium to Develop and Commercialize Argus One LTA UAV

World Surveillance Group Inc., a developer of lighter-than-air aerostats and unmanned aerial systems, has signed a teaming agreement with three...

Aug 30, 2013
FLIR Systems Wins $137m Contract to Supply BRITE Star Imaging Systems to U.S. Navy

FLIR Systems, Inc. has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract from the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane...

Aug 30, 2013
TCOM Deploys Next-Generation Ultra-Durable Hull Material for Surveillance Aerostats

TCOMLP, the global leader in affordable persistent surveillance solutions, has announced that it has successfully deployed its revolutionary ultra-durable hull...

Aug 29, 2013
$15.8M U.S. Army Orders for AeroVironment Switchblade Tactical Missile Systems

AeroVironment, Inc. has received a total of $15.8 million in orders under a contract for Switchblade™ tactical missile systems, ancillary...

Aug 28, 2013
Aero Surveillance Launches New ASV 150-EC UAS Surveillance System

Aero Surveillance Inc. has launched the new ASV 150-EC for Extended Capabilities, Unmanned Airborne Surveillance System designed for a broad...

Aug 28, 2013
Panacis Granted Patent for Battery Connection Failure Detection System

Designers and manufacturers of advanced, lithium powerpack systems for the defense and aerospace markets, Panacis Inc, has been granted a patent...

Aug 27, 2013
Prioria Robotics’ Maveric™ SUAS Selected by Saint Louis University for UAS Program

Prioria Robotics, Inc., developers of the tactical Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS) Maveric™ and Tetra™, was chosen by Saint Louis...

Aug 23, 2013
Video: UAV Factory Penguin C Unmanned Aircraft System

UAV Factory’s Penguin C UAS is a breakthrough product in terms of performance, reliability and cost efficiency. The aircraft fits...

Aug 23, 2013
AUVSI 2013 – the UST Round-Up

More than 8,100 attendees and nearly 600 exhibitors attended the annual Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) convention last...

Aug 22, 2013
3D Robotics Launches Ready-to-Fly UAV Quadcopter

3D Robotics (3DR) has announced the availability of Iris, an advanced quadcopter with full GPS-guided autonomous capabilities. Designed to provide...

Aug 22, 2013
Video: Real-Time Visible/IR Video Transmission from a Quadcopter

SRI participated in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems Demonstration at AUVSI 2013. The demonstration featured a quadcopter equipped with SRI’s DL...

Aug 20, 2013
Septentrio’s GNSS Heading Receiver is Integrated into Tethered Aerostat System

Septentrio have announced that Raven Aerostar, a manufacturer of Lighter-Than-Air (LTA) platforms that provide unmatched performance in challenging environments, has...

Aug 16, 2013
AeroVironment’s Solar-Powered Puma AE Small UAS Completes Nine Hour Continuous Flight Test

AeroVironment, Inc. has announced that a recent outdoor test flight of a solar-powered prototype version of the company’s proven Puma...

Aug 16, 2013
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