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

Northrop Grumman & NASA Renew Earth Science Partnership Using Global Hawk UAS

Northrop Grumman Corporation and NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center extended the NASA Space Act Agreement and will continue sharing Northrop...

May 30, 2013
Navy Initiative Will Cut Costs of MQ-4C Triton UAS Program

An engineer at Naval Air Station Patuxent River is leading an initiative that will save the Navy’s MQ-4C Triton Unmanned...

May 30, 2013
ING Robotic Aviation Becomes Canadian Reseller of Huginn X1 VTOL UAV

ING Robotic Aviation is proud to announce that it has just entered into a partnership with Anthea Technologies to become...

May 29, 2013
Predator UAV Exceeds 20,000 Flying Hours in Afghanistan

An MQ-1 Predator currently in service in Afghanistan has become the first Predator to pass 20,000 flying hours over Afghanistan, a...

May 29, 2013
In View Series to Cover the Intensifying Technology Arms Race and Cybersecurity

The natures of combat, warfare and espionage have quickly evolved in the information age. As the United States has expanded...

May 29, 2013
Draganfly Innovations Launch Ultra Portable UAV

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) able to carry high quality cameras have, until today, required prohibitively large transport cases. This has...

May 28, 2013
EuroHawk GmbH, Northrop Grumman and EADS Statement on the Euro Hawk Program

EuroHawk GmbH, Northrop Grumman Corporation and EADS have released the following statement on the Euro Hawk program: “EuroHawk GmbH, Northrop...

May 28, 2013
Insitu’s RQ-21A Small Tactical UAS Reaches Milestone C Approval

Insitu announced today that RQ-21A reached Milestone C under the Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) contract with Naval Air...

May 23, 2013
Video: U.S Navy Triton UAV First Flight

Video has been released of the Northrop Grumman-built Triton unmanned aircraft system’s first flight, which was completed from the company’s...

May 23, 2013
Aeryon Labs Launch Aeryon SkyRanger sUAS

Aeryon Labs has launched the Aeryon SkyRanger™ small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS). This new Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) system...

May 23, 2013
Survey Copter Utilize Stratasys 3D Printing Technology for UAV Components

Stratasys Ltd., a leading manufacturer of 3D printers and production systems for prototyping and manufacturing, has announced that remote control...

May 23, 2013
Northrop Grumman’s Triton UAV Completes First Flight

The Northrop Grumman Corporation-built MQ-4C Triton high-altitude unmanned aircraft successfully completed its first flight today from the company’s manufacturing facility...

May 22, 2013
Steve Dittman Joins Marotta Controls as Director of Business Development, Marine Systems

Steve Dittman has joined the Marotta Controls team as Director of Business Development, Marine Systems. Steve Dittman, a Professional Engineer...

May 22, 2013
Video: Unmanned Aircraft Films Inside Canterbury Cathedral

Eagle Video Productions has obtained unique video footage inside Canterbury Cathedral using its EagleCam drone to tempt tourists to visit...

May 21, 2013
X-47B Completes First Ever Carrier Touch-and-Go Landing Operations

The Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) has begun touch-and-go landing operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS George...

May 21, 2013
A-NSE T-C350 Airborne Surveillance System to be Deployed the Middle-East

The T-C350 is an aerial surveillance platform loaded on an aerostat. It can lift a 200 kg payload. Its integrated...

May 17, 2013
Australia Renews Interest in MQ-4C Triton UAS

The Australian Ministers for Defence and Defence Materiel announced May 15 that the government of Australia will enter into a...

May 17, 2013
Saab’s Skeldar V-200 Vertical Lift UAS Demonstrates Key Capabilities

Defence and security company Saab has verified a number of key capabilities of its Skeldar V-200 vertical lift UAS through...

May 15, 2013
X-47B UCAS Demonstrator Completes First Carrier-Based Catapult Launch

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System demonstrator (UCAS-D) completed its first ever carrier-based catapult launch from USS George H.W. Bush...

May 14, 2013
Insitu Pacific Delivers ScanEagle UAS for the Japanese Ground Self Defense Force

Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., announced today that it has delivered a ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)...

May 14, 2013
U.S Army Gray Eagle UAS Receives Electronic Jamming Capability

Raytheon Company has delivered two electronic attack payloads in support of the U.S. Army’s Networked Electronic Warfare, Remotely Operated (NERO)...

May 14, 2013
Robotics Firms Falkor Systems and I Heart Engineering Announce Merger

Falkor Systems, Inc., the developers of the autonomous flying pet drone, and I Heart Engineering, TurtleBot manufacturer and open source...

May 13, 2013
PolyU Students Show Prowess in UAV Design Competition

A student team from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has made a strong presence in the 2013 Taiwan Innovative...

May 13, 2013
NRL Extend Electric UAV Flight Time Using Liquid Hydrogen

Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory flew their fuel cell powered Ion Tiger unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for 48...

May 10, 2013
Development Projects to Oversee NASA’s UAS Airspace Operations Challenge 2014

NASA has selected Development Projects Inc. of Dayton, Ohio, to manage a new Centennial Challenge prize competition involving unmanned aircraft...

May 10, 2013
WineHawk Labs Re-Brands as Precision Hawk To Launch New UAV Platform

Unmanned aerial systems and remote sensing company, Winehawk Labs, has announced they will release a new model of their successful...

May 10, 2013
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