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

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
Marotta Controls Receives Export Achievement Award from US Department of Commerce

Marotta Controls announces that the US Department of Commerce has honored Marotta Controls with the Export Achievement Certificate. This award...

Nov 28, 2012
SDS Delivers Reaper UAS Mission Training Device to the Air National Guard

SDS International (SDS) recently delivered a ROVATTS™-based Reaper MQ-9 Mission Training Device (MTD) to the Air National Guard (ANG) Distributed...

Nov 28, 2012
X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) Demonstrator Ready for Carrier-Based Testing

The Navy hoisted an X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator on board aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN...

Nov 28, 2012
Galileo Group Completes NASA UAV Missions to Collect Hyperspectral Data over Florida Keys

Galileo Group, Inc has completed Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) flight operations and hyperspectral data collections for a series of missions...

Nov 27, 2012
Lockheed Martin Demonstrates New Ground-Based Laser System In Tests Against Rockets And Unmanned Aerial System

Lockheed Martin has successfully demonstrated a portable, ground-based military laser system in a series of tests against representative airborne targets....

Nov 27, 2012
IDEX 2013 Announces Dedicated Unmanned Systems Zone

The International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) has announced the introduction of a focused Unmanned Systems Area to be launched...

Nov 27, 2012
Chilean Army Completes Test Flight of New UAV, “Lascar”

Chilean’s National Defense Minister, Rodrigo Hinzpeter, visited a Naval Base to witness the first test flight of the “Lascar” unmanned...

Nov 26, 2012
Lehmann Aviation Launches Fully Autonomous Aerial Photography UAV

Lehmann Aviation has announced the latest addition to their product portfolio, the LA100; a completely autonomous UAS designed specifically to...

Nov 26, 2012
New High-resolution ISR Technology for Small UAVs from Charles River Analytics

Charles River Analytics, a developer of intelligent systems solutions, announces Compact Aerial Video Exploitation (CAVE), a follow on contract for...

Nov 22, 2012
Sweden and Vietnam Agree Joint UAV Project

A signing ceremony was held in Hanoi on November 20 for a cooperation agreement between Vietnam and Sweden in manufacturing...

Nov 22, 2012
Position Partners Adds New Rotary-Blade UAV to Aerial Mapping Range

Following a recent announcement of the fixed wing SIRIUS Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Position Partners has extended its aerial mapping...

Nov 21, 2012
First Boeing QF-16 Aerial Target Arrives at Tyndall Air Force Base

The first Boeing QF-16 aerial target training system has arrived at Florida’s Tyndall Air Force Base in preparation for U.S....

Nov 20, 2012
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Looks to Expand Unmanned Aircraft Fleet

U.S. Customs and Border Protection last month received its latest unmanned aircraft, but it’s a new sole-source contract that could...

Nov 20, 2012
Northrop Grumman and U.S. Navy Carry Out Triton UAV Ground Testing

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy have added a second Triton unmanned aircraft to ground testing efforts in late...

Nov 20, 2012
Garmin to Supply Avionics Suite for Northrop Grumman’s Firebird Hybrid UAV

Garmin International Inc., a unit of Garmin Ltd., the global leader in satellite navigation, announced today that Northrop Grumman Corporation...

Nov 19, 2012
Pentek Launches New Multichannel, Virtex-7 Software Radio Module for UAV, Radar and Communications Applications

Pentek, Inc. has announced the newest member of its highly popular Onyx® family of multichannel, high-speed software radio XMC FPGA...

Nov 19, 2012
Behlman Celebrates Fifth Anniversary of it’s 94050 UAV Power Supply

Behlman Electronics Inc., long known for its leadership in power products for military, industrial and commercial applications, is celebrating the...

Nov 19, 2012
Datron Scout UAV Assists Officials After Chemical Train Derailment with Real-Time Video and Photography

Datron World Communications, Inc., a leader in tactical and public safety communications products, has announced that their Scout UAV was...

Nov 16, 2012
World Surveillance Group Announces Teaming Agreement for UAVs and Tactical Aerostats

World Surveillance Group Inc., a developer of lighter-than-air unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAVs”) and related technologies, has announced that it has...

Nov 16, 2012
Raytheon and US Air Force Complete UAS Ground Based Sense and Avoid Demonstration

As the U.S. government prepares for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System by 2015, the U.S. Air...

Nov 15, 2012
U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center Selects Alion for Unmanned and Automated Weapon Systems Contract

For the Navy, the development of unmanned and automated weapon systems ranks as a top priority to sustain the country’s...

Nov 15, 2012
Northrop Grumman and U.S. Navy Complete X-47B Unmanned Aircraft Wireless Maneuvering Demonstration

Northrop Grumman Corporation and the U.S. Navy have taken a first critical step toward demonstrating that the X-47B Unmanned Combat...

Nov 15, 2012
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