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

Royal Navy to Trial Aircraft Carrier-Launched Unmanned Aircraft

The Royal Navy is to start trialling unmanned drones launched from aircraft carriers, Defence Minister Philip Dunne says. Drones are...

Dec 11, 2012
X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Completes First Taxi On Truman Carrier

Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and personnel from the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System...

Dec 11, 2012
DARPA Demonstrates Precise Autonomous Payload Placement with UAV

When a person reaches out to place an object in just the right place, their mind makes a series of...

Dec 10, 2012
Advanced Unmanned Completes First Stage of UAV Development

Aerial imagery company Advanced Unmanned approved the specifications for its customized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fleet, completing the design phase...

Dec 10, 2012
Scan Eagle UAV Completes Flight-Check on LPD Class Ship

A Scan Eagle Unmanned Air Vehicle was launched from the USS San Antonio (LPD 17), an amphibious transport dock class...

Dec 10, 2012
EFF Releases Map of Unmanned Drones in USA

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has posted several thousand pages of new drone license records and a new map that...

Dec 07, 2012
Future of Unmanned Aerospace Systems Touted at Jackson County Economic Development Foundation Dinner

Existing aerospace enterprises and the hope of more to come served as the backdrop Thursday night for the Jackson County...

Dec 07, 2012
NASA to Study Pollutants in the Stratosphere with Global Hawk Unmanned Aircraft

NASA is inviting social media followers for a behind-the-scenes look at several airborne Earth science missions during an event Jan....

Dec 07, 2012
Aurora Delivers World’s First Optionally-Piloted Aircraft to Swiss DoD

Aurora Flight Sciences has delivered the world’s first production Optionally-Piloted Aircraft (OPA) system to Switzerland’s Department of Defence. The Centaur...

Dec 06, 2012
JLENS Unmanned Aerostat Simultaneously Tracked Swarming Targets in Recent Test

Swarming boats operating in highly-trafficked strategic waterways will soon be easier to detect, target and engage. During a recent test,...

Dec 06, 2012
CyPhy Works Unveils Two New Long Endurance UAVs

CyPhy Works, an innovative new robotics company, today unveiled two revolutionary small Unmanned Air Vehicles (UAVs): EASE and PARC. The...

Dec 05, 2012
Unmanned Aircraft Likely to take over Nimrod Spy Duties

The military is likely to use unmanned drones to undertake reconnaissance patrols around the coast of the UK and for...

Dec 05, 2012
Carbon by Design increases UAV Manufacturing Equipment

Carbon by Design has acquired its fifth Haas CNC in less than three years to complete the planned capacity build-out...

Dec 05, 2012
Cosworth Completes UAV Hybrid Propulsion Study for UK MoD

Cosworth has used its advanced propulsion system modelling and simulation techniques to evaluate the benefits of hybrid system technologies and...

Dec 05, 2012
UND Offers Unmanned Aircraft Training to Foreign Students

The University of North Dakota in Grand Forks is setting up a program to train foreign students to fly unmanned...

Dec 04, 2012
Textron Systems and Bell Helicopter Launch Huntsville-Based Integration and Collaboration Laboratories

Textron Systems and Bell Helicopter, Textron Inc. companies, announced today the opening of the Textron Systems Integration and Collaboration Lab...

Dec 04, 2012
DJI Launches Ready-to-Fly VTOL Unmanned Aircraft

The Phantom is DJI’s first small size Ready-to-Fly VTOL, integrated multi-rotor aircraft for aerial filming. It not only has an...

Dec 04, 2012
Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Achieves 24-hour ISR Support

The Navy’s fourth Fire Scout detachment returned to Mayport, Fla. on Dec. 1 after achieving several milestones during its five-month...

Dec 04, 2012
AeroVironment Teams Up With CybAero to Develop VTOL UAS

AeroVironment, Inc. has announced it has entered into a strategic relationship with Sweden-based CybAero AB to develop and distribute a...

Dec 03, 2012
microdrones UAS Receives Czech CAA Approval

Techniserv, the local partner for microdrones GmbH in the Czech Republic, has been awarded authorisation from the CAA to fly...

Dec 03, 2012
NEUROn UAV Completes Maiden Flight

Dassault Aviation has successfully conducted the maiden flight of the nEUROn unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV). The flight was carried...

Dec 03, 2012
NASA/GA-ASI Agreement Expands Unmanned Aircraft Capabilities

NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) have partnered in a collaborative agreement to allow...

Nov 30, 2012
Northrop Grumman and U.S. Navy Complete First Catapult Launch of X-47B Unmanned Aircraft

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy have conducted the Navy’s first catapult launch of an unmanned system using the...

Nov 30, 2012
Simlat and Adacel Collaborate on UAS Simulation Technology

Simlat Ltd., renowned for its cutting-edge UAS training solutions, and Adacel, an industry leader in Air Traffic Control (ATC) simulation...

Nov 29, 2012
AUVSI Urge FAA to Proceed with UAS Integration

AUVSI Chairman of the Board Peter Bale and President & CEO Michael Toscano have requested that the Federal Aviation Administration...

Nov 29, 2012
Adaptive Flight Launches New Long Range Hornet Maxi UAV

Adaptive Flight, Inc has introduced its new Hornet Maxi VTOL UAV. With its gasoline engine, this vehicle was specifically designed...

Nov 28, 2012
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