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

SBG Systems Launches New Series of MEMS-based Tactical Grade Inertial Systems

SBG Systems presents Ekinox Series, a brand new product range of tactical grade inertial systems which brings robust and cost-effective...

Jan 16, 2013
Austro Engine Test New Rotary Engine for Unmanned Aircraft

Austro Engine have announced that tests have been successfully carried out on the new AE80R rotary engine. The vibration-free engine...

Jan 16, 2013
GTRI Small UAV Supports Development of Lightweight Sensors

A research team at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is developing an airborne testing capability for sensors, communications devices...

Jan 15, 2013
AAI Purchases MetaVR VRSG Licenses for U.S. Army UAS Simulation Training

MetaVR, Inc. announces that AAI Corp., an operating unit of Textron Systems, recently purchased 176 MetaVR Virtual Reality Scene Generator...

Jan 15, 2013
Camp Shelby Home to UAS Training School

You might not notice them. Some are big and some are small. But they have their eyes on you as...

Jan 14, 2013
Camp Shelby Unmanned Aircraft System facility gets New Mission

The Unmanned Aircraft System Support Facility at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center, Miss., was recently named the nation’s only...

Jan 14, 2013
Moving Target Detection Capability Demonstrated by JLENS-Mounted Sensor

A recent demonstration proved that operators can observe surface moving targets — including a terrorist role-player planting an improvised explosive...

Jan 14, 2013
Orbital Awarded Additional Contract for SUAS Engines

Orbital Corporation Ltd. has announced that it has been awarded an additional contract to supply heavy fuel engines for use...

Jan 14, 2013
EURO HAWK UAS Completes First Test Flight Equipped With SIGINT Sensors

Northrop Grumman Corporation and EADS Deutschland GmbH, operating through Cassidian, together achieved a major milestone today with the first full...

Jan 11, 2013
Northrop Grumman and Pranalytica Develop Groundbreaking Infrared Countermeasure Laser

Northrop Grumman Corporation has announced a new variant of the current All Semiconductor Airborne Laser Threat Terminator (ASALTT™) product line...

Jan 10, 2013
F5 Robotics’ ”SkyEye” Tricopter UAV Completes Maiden Flight

F5 Robotics has conducted the first test flight of it’s new UAV platform, ”SkyEye”. The Tricopter design is intended to...

Jan 10, 2013
NASA to Send Unmanned Global Hawk into Stratosphere for Climate Change Study

Starting this month NASA will send an autonomously flown unmanned research aircraft up to 65,000 feet over the tropical Pacific...

Jan 10, 2013
PartnerTech Signs Agreement to Produce CybAero Unmanned Products

Contract manufacturer PartnerTech AB and CybAero AB, a company developing and manufacturing autonomous unmanned helicopters, have signed a framework agreement...

Jan 09, 2013
Northrop Grumman Build New UAS as Triton Testing and Demonstration Platform

Northrop Grumman Corporation is building a company-owned unmanned aircraft for use as a development and demonstration platform for at-sea surveillance...

Jan 09, 2013
Unmanned K-MAX Helicopter Awarded Innovation Honors

The unmanned K-MAX helicopter’s peerless ability to resupply combat troops safely, precisely and efficiently has won top honors from the...

Jan 08, 2013
Northrop Grumman Selects Telephonics Corporation’s Radar for Navy’s MQ-8B Fire Scout VTOL UAS

Northrop Grumman Corporation, under contract to the U.S. Navy, has selected Telephonics Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Griffon Corporation,...

Jan 08, 2013
US Army Selects AeroVironment and Four Other sUAS Suppliers in Contract Worth Up To $248m

AeroVironment, Inc. has announced that the United States Army has selected it and four other companies to compete for future...

Jan 08, 2013
EMT’s MUSECO VTOL UAV Completes Test Flight

The uprated MUSECO (multisensor Copter) prototype completed a successful test flight in December 2012. The MUSECO is based on the...

Jan 08, 2013
U.S. Air Force Takes Delivery of Two Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft

Northrop Grumman Corporation has completed early delivery of two Global Hawk unmanned aircraft to the U.S. Air Force. Global Hawk...

Jan 07, 2013
Innocon’s Spider sUAS Completes Test Flights

Innocon has completed successful test flights of the new Spider sUAS. The Spider is part of the MicroFalcon family, which...

Jan 07, 2013
General Dynamics Canada to Supply Communications Technology for NATO AGS Program

General Dynamics Canada has been awarded a CA$32 million contract by Northrop Grumman Corporation for key communications network technology for...

Jan 04, 2013
Kratos to Supply Unmanned Systems for National Security Programs

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, has announced that its Unmanned Systems Solutions (USS)...

Jan 02, 2013
UAV Vision Launches IP66 ISR Aerostat System

UAV Vision has announced the launch of its new complete turnkey Aerostat solution. The IP66 is suitable for harsh environments...

Jan 02, 2013
Elbit Systems Wins Contract to Supply Hermes UAS to Israel Ministry of Defense

Elbit Systems Ltd. has announced that it has been awarded various contracts by the Israel Ministry of Defense (“IMOD”), in...

Jan 02, 2013
Kratos to Provide Specialized Ground Equipment for UAS Programs

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc., a leading National Security Solutions provider, has announced that its Unmanned Systems Solutions (USS)...

Dec 28, 2012
DLR Completes Virtual UAV Test Flights for Maritime Monitoring

Reliably monitoring extensive areas of the sea is a major challenge for the coastguard and emergency relief services. Unmanned aircraft...

Dec 21, 2012
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