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

AAI to Start Shadow TUAS Training with Australian Army

AAI Logistics & Technical Services will welcome its first Australian Army trainees starting in May for Shadow Tactical Unmanned Aircraft...

Apr 08, 2013
New Carbon Fabric Offers Airlines Significant Fuel Savings

A unique carbon fabric from Sweden, TeXtreme®, could substantially reduce weight of existing aircraft and thereby enable significant savings in...

Apr 08, 2013
U.S. Navy Unveils Laboratory for Autonomous Systems Research (LASR)

Scientists based in the nation’s capital are stepping into the desert and rainforest to run experiments on autonomous systems without having to...

Apr 08, 2013
Aerial Robotics Industry Association (ARIA) Created by Hoverfly Technologies

Following a positive meeting with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the entrepreneurs behind Hoverfly Technologies are moving forward to create...

Apr 08, 2013
LAAD 2013: Boeing to Showcase UAS, Cybersecurity & Super Hornet Simulator

An F/A-18E/F Super Hornet Block II simulator, cybersecurity demonstration, and unmanned airborne system models will anchor Boeing’s display at the...

Apr 08, 2013
BlueBird To Supply SpyLite Mini-UAV Systems to Chilean Army

BlueBird Aero Systems – a leader in the design, development and production of Micro, Mini and Small tactical UAS and...

Apr 05, 2013
Kratos Receives $11.5m in Specialty Product Orders for UAS and Other Programs

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, announced today that its Unmanned Systems Solutions Division...

Apr 04, 2013
LAAD: UVision to Introduce Command and Control System for HERO Family of UAS

UVision – a leader in the design, development and manufacturing of UAVs – will introduce a common command and control...

Apr 04, 2013
DoD Receive Initial Blimp in a Box Aerostat System

World Surveillance Group Inc., a developer of lighter-than-air aerostats and unmanned aerial systems (“UAS”), today announced that, with the support...

Apr 04, 2013
U.S. Navy’s BAMS-D UAS Exceeds 10,000 Flight Hours

The Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator (BAMS-D) surpasses 10,000 flight hours April 1, marking another milestone for Navy unmanned aviation....

Apr 04, 2013
U.S. Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Completes 600th Flight

The U.S. Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned helicopter surpassed another milestone in March when the MQ-8B Fire Scout helicopter completed...

Apr 03, 2013
Israel to Promote Cooperation and Partnership with Brazil at LAAD 2013

SIBAT, the International Defense Cooperation Division of the Israel Ministry of Defense, is promoting defense cooperation between Brazilian and Israeli...

Apr 03, 2013
FAA to Hold Online Session on UAS Test Site Privacy Policy

The FAA will hold an online public engagement session on Wednesday, April 3 from 12 noon to 2 p.m. EDT...

Apr 03, 2013
NASA Studies Volcanic Plume with Aerovironment RQ-14 Dragon Eye UAV

NASA Earth science researchers last month traveled to Turrialba Volcano, near San Jose, Costa Rica, to fly an Aerovironment Dragon...

Apr 02, 2013
World Surveillance Group Acquires Lighter Than Air Systems to Support DOD Contract

World Surveillance Group Inc. (“WSGI”), a developer of lighter-than-air aerostats and unmanned aerial systems, today announced that it has completed...

Apr 01, 2013
Hoverfly Founder Seeks FAA Partnership for ‘Film Flight School’ Certification

In the midst of a recovering economy, a 7.7 percent unemployment rate and federal sequestration, a group of Central Florida...

Mar 29, 2013
Ventura County Public Safety Agencies to Evaluate Aerovironment Qube UAV

The Ventura County Sheriff’s Office has applied for a Certificate of Authorization (COA) through the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to...

Mar 29, 2013
Shiebel Demonstrates CAMCOPTER S-100 Capabilities at LIMA

Shiebel will demonstrate the capabilities of the CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Aircraft System during flight displays at Langkawi International Maritime and...

Mar 27, 2013
Finnish Defence Forces to use Simlat UAS Training Center

Simlat Ltd. has been awarded a contract to deliver a UAS training and simulation center to the Finnish Defence Forces...

Mar 26, 2013
microdrones Launches New md4-3000 UAS

microdrones GmbH has announced details of the latest addition to their rotary wing aircraft portfolio, the md4-3000. Designed to carry...

Mar 26, 2013
NuWaves Awarded Unmanned Aircraft Systems Data Link Range Extension Contracts

NuWaves Engineering, an international Radio Frequency (RF) and Embedded Systems solutions provider, announced today that it has been awarded two...

Mar 25, 2013
Marinvent’s Adaptive Flight Test-Bed Project Wins C2-MTL’s Prize for Aviation & Aerospace

Marinvent has been awarded C2-MTL’s Prize for Aviation & Aerospace for its adaptive flight test-bed project. Marinvent’s prize is one...

Mar 21, 2013
Rockwell Collins’ Tactical Targeting Network Technology Instrumental in X-47B Unmanned Demonstrator Trials

Rockwell Collins Tactical Targeting Network Technology (TTNT) was used by Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy as they successfully...

Mar 20, 2013
Oman Oil Firm PDO Completes Live Flare Inspection with UAV

A leading oil firm in Oman has employed an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to undertake its first ever live flare inspection...

Mar 18, 2013
Sci-Tech Discovery Center Announces Quadrotor Build and Fly Camp

Sci-Tech Discovery Center has announced its inaugural Quadrotor Build and Fly Camp presented by OnPoynt Flight School, which will be...

Mar 14, 2013
AeroVironment Orders Additional UAVs from CybAero

CybAero’s U.S. partner, AeroVironment, continues to invest in helicopter UAVs to meet demand. The order from AeroVironment is a blanket...

Mar 14, 2013
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