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

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
Heron 1 UAS Exceeds Over 15,000 Flight Hours in Afghanistan

At the beginning of July, the Heron 1 UAS logged its 15,000th operational flight hour. The three systems, which are...

Jul 24, 2013
Webinar: Enabling Smarter Sensors Onboard UAV Payloads

Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the real-time infrastructure software company, is sponsoring a complimentary webinar titled, “Enabling Smarter Sensors Onboard UAV Payloads,”...

Jul 24, 2013
L-3 Link Wins Predator Mission Aircrew Training System Recompete

L-3 Communications’ Link Simulation & Training (L-3 Link) division has won the recompete for the U.S. Air Force’s Predator Mission Aircrew...

Jul 24, 2013
Spectracom, Geodetics Collaborate for Rugged PNT Equipment

Spectracom, a business of the Orolia Group and a leading provider of GNSS signal management solutions, announced today a strategic...

Jul 23, 2013
DARPA Develops Novel Hollow-Core Optical Fiber for High-Power Military Sensors

The intensity of light that propagates through glass optical fiber is fundamentally limited by the glass itself. A novel fiber...

Jul 22, 2013
NASA To Host Google+ Hangout On Hurricane Research Flights

NASA will host a Google+ Hangout from several NASA centers at 2 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, July 23 as the agency prepares to fly...

Jul 22, 2013
Northrop Grumman Delivers First Upgraded MQ-8C Fire Scout to U.S. Navy

The U.S. Navy got its first look at the upgraded MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned system when Northrop Grumman Corporation delivered...

Jul 22, 2013
Are You Exhibiting at AUVSI 2013?

If you’re exhibiting at AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems in Washington next month and would like us to stop by your booth...

Jul 18, 2013
DreamHammer Demonstrates ‘Plug & Play’ Capabilities of Multi-Drone Operating System

DreamHammer®, creator of Ballista®, the first commercial multi-drone operating system, has announced that it has recently completed a series of...

Jul 17, 2013
NAVAIR Flight Ready: UAS Sensor Demonstration [Video]

New technology being developed by the Program Executive Office for Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapon’s (PEO (U&W)) Common Standards and...

Jul 17, 2013
NAWCAD to use VT MÄK’s Link, Simulation and Visualization Products for UAS and Autonomy Research

The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) has selected VT MÄK’s link, simulation, and visualization products for the HCIL’s Unmanned Aerial...

Jul 17, 2013
WLANmall Launches Industries’ Smallest Ruggedized Ethernet Switch for Unmanned Systems

WLANmall, a leading supplier of IP video, wired and wireless connectivity solutions has announced the availability of the Techaya MILTECH...

Jul 17, 2013
MilSource Introduces Industries’ Smallest Ruggedized Ethernet Switch from Techaya to the US Market

MilSource, a newly-formed U.S.-based distributor of miltary-grade Ethernet connectivity solutions, today announced the availabilty of the Techaya MILTECH 308 ultra-compact...

Jul 16, 2013
Unmanned Systems Group Announces Merger with Swiss UAV

Swiss based Unmanned Systems AG, the parent company of Unmanned Systems Group, and Swiss UAV AG have agreed on an...

Jul 12, 2013
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