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

Video: Watch the nEUROn UCAV Demonstrator’s Maiden Flight

Dassault Aviation has released a video and new photos of the nEUROn Demonstrator’s flight flight, which took place in December...

Mar 14, 2013
MQ-8B Fire Scout Exceeds 8,000 Flight Hours During Operations

The Naval Air Systems Command has confirmed that an MQ-8B Fire Scout assigned to Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 22 Detachment...

Mar 13, 2013
MLB’s VTOL UAV Demonstrates Capabilities Delivering Payloads Autonomously

MLB Company, a leader in low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) solutions, services and products, has announced that it has concluded...

Mar 13, 2013
Integrating UAS into the U.S. National Airspace Will Create 70,000 New Jobs Within Three Years

Today, the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) unveiled a new study, which finds that the unmanned aircraft industry...

Mar 12, 2013
Northrop Grumman to Supply Next-Generation Fire Scout to U.S. Navy

The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a contract valued at more than $71 million to produce six additional...

Mar 12, 2013
Video: Microdrones Supports NBC Wildlife Film in Kenya

The Mission was to create a high-end documentary for NBC about the big wild animal migration from the Serengeti to...

Mar 11, 2013
Naval Air Systems Command Awards Wyle $24m UAS Contract

Wyle has been awarded a three-year $24 million contract to provide reliability improvement, testing, technology insertion and life-cycle analysis for...

Mar 11, 2013
TAMUCC to Conduct UAS Research Flight over Gulf of Mexico

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMUCC) will conduct the first mission over the Gulf of Mexico with their unmanned aircraft from...

Mar 11, 2013
Vanguard Defense Industries Shadowhawk UAS Selected For Naval Demonstration

The ShadowHawk Unmanned Aerial System by Vanguard Defense Industries has been selected by the Department of the Navy, Naval Surface...

Mar 07, 2013
Northrop Grumman Successfully Demonstrates Joint STARS, Global Hawk Interoperability

Northrop Grumman Corporation recently completed a successful exchange of radar data during a flight test involving the U.S. Air Force’s...

Mar 07, 2013
DARPA Launches TERN Program to Develop Mobile Bases for UAVs

Effective 21st-century warfare requires the ability to conduct airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and strike mobile targets anywhere, around...

Mar 05, 2013
ViaSat Demonstrates High-Throughput Ka-band Satellite Communication System

ViaSat Inc. has demonstrated a high-performance Ka-band satellite communication system that delivers beyond line-of-sight broadband for manned and unmanned rotary...

Mar 05, 2013
U.S. Army Gray Eagle UAS Completes Initial Operational Testing and Evaluation

The U.S. Army’s Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system recently completed a successful initial operational testing and evaluation at the Army’s...

Mar 04, 2013
TEKEVER’s AR4 Light Ray UAS Completes Trials in Colombia

TEKEVER has conducted a week of intensive trials of the AR4 Light Ray UAS for the Colombian Armed Forces, to...

Mar 04, 2013
Cassidian’s ATLANTE UAS Completes Maiden Flight

Cassidian has successfully performed the maiden flight of the ATLANTE Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). The flight took place at Rozas...

Mar 01, 2013
Boeing’s Phantom Eye UAS Demonstrates Capabilities During 2nd flight

Boeing’s liquid hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye unmanned airborne system completed its second flight Feb. 25, demonstrating capabilities that will allow it...

Feb 26, 2013
Northrop Grumman’s Global Hawk UAS Program Wins Sustainment Excellence Award

The U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft program was recently awarded the 2012 Dr. James G. Roche Sustainment...

Feb 26, 2013
Video: Multirotor Captures Dynamic Race Footage at Rally Sweden

Following their recent work filming the Monte Carlo Rally with a multirotor drone, FS Aviation has released a new video providing...

Feb 25, 2013
UAE Government Purchases GA-ASI’s Predator XP RPA

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance...

Feb 25, 2013
Elbit Increases Hermes 900 UAS Production to Meet Demand

Elbit Systems Ltd. (“ESL”) has delivered a Hermes® 900 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to a customer in the Americas. The...

Feb 25, 2013
Boeing Acquires CPU Technology to Enhance Security of Critical Onboard Systems

Boeing today continued to address its global customers’ enduring need to protect warfighters from information-assurance attacks by acquiring CPU Technology...

Feb 25, 2013
Woolpert and Altavian Collaborate to Operate UAS for Data Collection

Woolpert, a national geospatial, design and infrastructure management firm headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, recently announced it has partnered with Altavian...

Feb 22, 2013
Insitu Wins Special Forces ISR Contract for Unmanned Aircraft Systems

Insitu Inc. announced today that the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has awarded the company a Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems...

Feb 22, 2013
Northrop Grumman to Highlight Global ISR Capabilities at Australian International Air Show

Northrop Grumman Corporation will highlight a range of its key capabilities and programmes at the Australian International Air Show, including...

Feb 21, 2013
JLENS Completes Tactical Ballistic Missile Detection Tests

Enemy tactical ballistic missiles may soon be easier to detect and track. During a series of recent tests, JLENS a...

Feb 19, 2013
Insitu Completes First Flight of Integrator UAS Block 2

Insitu has announced the successful first flight of the Integrator unmanned aircraft system (UAS) Block 2, the latest technology release...

Feb 19, 2013
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