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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

Boeing QF-16 Aerial Target Completes First Pilotless Flight
Boeing QF-16 Aerial Target Completes First Pilotless Flight

Boeing and the U.S. Air Force have completed the first unmanned QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target flight, demonstrating the next...

Sep 23, 2013
TCOM Launch Tactical Aerostat for Military Forces and First Responders
TCOM Launch Tactical Aerostat for Military Forces and First Responders

TCOM has announced the launch of its newest aerostat platform, the 12M™ Tactical Aerostat. The system is designed specifically to...

Sep 23, 2013
Prodrive Appoints Aerospace Specialist to Grow Aviation Composites Business
Prodrive Appoints Aerospace Specialist to Grow Aviation Composites Business

Dominic Cartwright has joined UK-based Prodrive Composites as managing director. Cartwright, who was previously managing director at Banbury-based CTG, part of...

Sep 21, 2013
DARPA Launches Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) Program to Develop Reusable Unmanned Space Vehicle
DARPA Launches Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) Program to Develop Reusable Unmanned Space Vehicle

New program seeks to lower satellite launch costs by developing a reusable hypersonic unmanned vehicle with costs, operation and reliability...

Sep 20, 2013
Northrop Grumman Conduct Tests of Maritime Surveillance Sensor For Triton UAS
Northrop Grumman Conduct Tests of Maritime Surveillance Sensor For Triton UAS

Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed more than 25 flight tests of the U.S. Navy Triton unmanned aircraft system’s (UAS) primary...

Sep 20, 2013
X-47B UCAS-D Completes 100th Flight
X-47B UCAS-D Completes 100th Flight

The X-47B (AV-2) conducted the 100th flight for the Navy’s Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) program on Sept. 18....

Sep 20, 2013
British Army Hermes 450 UAS Exceed 70,000 Flight Hours in Afghanistan
British Army Hermes 450 UAS Exceed 70,000 Flight Hours in Afghanistan

The British Army’s Hermes 450 (H-450) unmanned air systems have completed over 70,000 hours of surveillance support in Afghanistan. This...

Sep 20, 2013
Video: Boeing Develop Phantom Swift UAS Prototype for DARPA’s VTOL X-Plane Competition
Video: Boeing Develop Phantom Swift UAS Prototype for DARPA’s VTOL X-Plane Competition

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is looking for a vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft that can fly...

Sep 19, 2013
US Navy Increases Surveillance Flights of Northrop Grumman’s BAMS-D UAV
US Navy Increases Surveillance Flights of Northrop Grumman’s BAMS-D UAV

The U.S. Navy will increase by 50 percent the monthly surveillance flights of a Northrop Grumman Corporation-built maritime unmanned demonstrator...

Sep 19, 2013
Aurora’s Orion UAS Successfully Completes First Flight
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’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 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 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 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 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 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
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 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
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 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
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
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 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 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 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
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
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