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

Aurora Flight Sciences Offers Global Leases for Centaur OPA Surveillance Aircraft

Aurora Flight Sciences has announced it is offering Centaur Optionally Piloted Aircraft (OPA) globally for leasing or fee-for-service. This Aurora...

Jun 18, 2013
Dassault Aviation Calls for a European MALE Program

EADS Cassidian, Dassault Aviation and Finmeccanica Alenia Aermacchi, having a common view on the current situation in Europe regarding MALE...

Jun 18, 2013
Trimble Introduce Next Generation Unmanned Aircraft System for Photogrammetric Aerial Mapping

Trimble has introduced its next generation Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) – the Trimble® UX5 aerial imaging rover with the Trimble...

Jun 17, 2013
Paris 2013: Selex ES Showcase Systems, Sensors for ISR

Selex ES, Finmeccanica’s defence and security electronics business, will present its systems, sensors and avionics components that contribute to ISR...

Jun 17, 2013
RQ-21A Small UAS Completes 1st East Coast Flight

The RQ-21A Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (STUAS) completed its first East Coast flight from Webster Field Annex on June...

Jun 14, 2013
MQ-4C Triton UAS Flies With Next-Generation Sense and Avoid Transponder

There’s a first time for everything, and BAE Systems‘ next-generation Identification Friend or Foe system reached a first – flying...

Jun 14, 2013
Paris 2013: Elbit to Launch UAS Self Protection System

Elbit Systems EW and Sigint – Elisra will launch at the Paris Air Show a self protection Electronic Warfare (EW)...

Jun 12, 2013
Raven Industries Persistent Surveillance Solution Supports U.S. Navy

Raven Aerostar recently concluded a successful maritime operation in response to an urgent requirement from the Commander, U.S. Navy South...

Jun 11, 2013
Halberd Corporation to Sell Low Cost UAV to Consumer Market

Halberd Corporation has announced its strategies to effectively move forward with its plans to develop its entry into the online...

Jun 11, 2013
Lockheed Martin Real-Time Intelligence Support Provides Battlespace View To U.S. Air Force

Lockheed Martin teams provided exploitation of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities at a level never before achieved during Red...

Jun 11, 2013
X-ES Announces 4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7 Processor-Based Single Board Computers

Extreme Engineering Solutions, Inc. (X-ES) has introduced its 3U VPX, 6U VPX, XMC, 3U CompactPCI, 6U CompactPCI, 6U VME, and...

Jun 04, 2013
AutonomouStuff to Distribute Neptec OPAL 2.0 3D Laser Scanners

Neptec Technologies Corp., a leading developer of innovative 3D machine vision products, today announced that it has signed AutonomouStuff as...

Jun 03, 2013
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
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