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

NICTA to Develop Critical Software to Protect Unmanned Vehicles from Cyber Attacks

A multi-million-dollar contract with the United States Government will see a team of computer scientists from NICTA develop a new...

Nov 15, 2012
Oklahoma Training Center for Unmanned Systems Demonstrates New Precision-Guided Mortar Technology

Marking a key milestone in military technology, experts at the Oklahoma Training Center for Unmanned Systems (OTC-US℠) facilitated a successful...

Nov 14, 2012
BAE Systems Converts 300th F-4 Phantom Fighter Jet into Unmanned Drone for U.S. Air Force

BAE Systems has successfully converted its 300th F-4 Phantom fighter jet into an unmanned flying drone for the U.S. Air...

Nov 14, 2012
Challis Heliplane UAV Inc Launches New High Speed UAV Rotorcraft

Challis Heliplane UAV Inc. has launched a new high speed VTOL UAV. The Challis Heliplane UAV E950 features patented high...

Nov 14, 2012
VPT Inc. Launches New 5W Dual Output DC-DC Converter for Rugged Unmanned Systems

VPT Inc., a HEICO company, announces the availability of a new dual output DC-DC power converter to power electronics in...

Nov 13, 2012
RTI to Develop First FAA-Certifiable DDS Middleware for UAVs

Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the real-time infrastructure software company, has announced that RTI Connext™ Micro is undergoing certification for flight safety-critical...

Nov 13, 2012
University of North Dakota Launches UAS Research Compliance Committee

In a timely and innovative move, the University of North Dakota (UND)—offering the nation’s first and only fully accredited undergraduate...

Nov 13, 2012
Lockheed Martin Acquires UAS Specialist Chandler/May, Inc.

Lockheed Martin has announced the acquisition of Chandler/May, Inc., a company that specializes in the design, development, integration, manufacturing, and...

Nov 13, 2012
Aermatica Granted Permit-to-Fly Anteos RPA in Italian Non-segregated Airspace

On 30 October 2012, the Italian RPAS manufacturer Aermatica SPA received the first Italian Permit-to-Fly from ENAC, the Italian Civil...

Nov 12, 2012
Position Partners Launches MAVinci’s SIRIUS UAV in Australasia

Precision solutions specialist, Position Partners, has announced a new Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) for the Australasian civil construction, survey, mining...

Nov 12, 2012
HAI and Aviation Industry Leaders Urge FAA to Continue NAS-UAS Integration

Helicopter Association International (HAI) President Matt Zuccaro and 19 other aviation industry leaders have sent a letter to Acting FAA...

Nov 09, 2012
Hungarian-Developed UAVs May Aid Disaster Relief Efforts

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are suitable, among others, for performing disaster relief tasks and dealing with emergencies, Minister of Defence...

Nov 08, 2012
Navy Completes UCAS Tests to Integrate Unmanned Aircraft onto Carriers

Navy representatives recently participated in tests for the Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstration (UCAS-D) that will drive recommendations for digital...

Nov 08, 2012
APlus Mobile Recognised for Providing High Quality Computers and Appliances to Unmanned Markets

The end of the year performance reports are coming in, and APlus Mobile, Inc. has been recognized once again for...

Nov 08, 2012
CAE launches UAS Mission Trainer System

CAE has announced the launch of its UAS Mission Trainer product. The CAE UAS Mission Trainer combines an open architecture...

Nov 07, 2012
Sagetech and Arcturus-UAV Complete Simultaneous Manned, Unmanned Aircraft Operations using COTS NextGen ADS-B Tracking

Avionics company Sagetech Corporation and unmanned aircraft manufacturer Arcturus UAV demonstrated joint flight operations between manned aircraft and a drone...

Nov 07, 2012
NASA’s X-48 Unmanned Research Aircraft Completes 100th Test Flight

The Boeing X-48 Blended Wing Body subscale research aircraft made its 100th flight in late October at NASA’s Dryden Flight...

Nov 06, 2012
Soliders Evaluate Upgrades to UAV Shadow

The soldiers of Company A, Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, are flying Unmanned Aerial Vehicles...

Nov 05, 2012
U.S. Navy Plans for Sea-Based Long Range Unmanned Drones

The U.S. Navy plans to release a draft solicitation for a new kind of sea-based aircraft in December. Called the...

Nov 05, 2012
Iran Claims to have ‘far more advanced’ Drones in its Arsenal

Iran possesses drones that are far more advanced than the unmanned aircraft Iranian-backed Hezbollah launched into Israeli airspace this month,...

Nov 05, 2012
General Dynamics and U.S. Army ARDEC Test GPS-Guided Munition on Tactical UAV

General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems and the U.S. Army Armament Research and Development Engineering Center (ARDEC) have successfully demonstrated...

Nov 02, 2012
Northrop Grumman Wins $36.5m Contract to Training Unmanned Aircraft Operators

The Department of Defense has awarded more than $36.5 million to Northrop Grumman training soldiers in the operation of unmanned...

Nov 01, 2012
FreeWave Technologies’ MM2 Wireless Data Radio Wins Product of the Year Award

FreeWave Technologies, manufacturer of the most reliable, high-performance spread spectrum and licensed radios for critical data transmission, has announced that...

Nov 01, 2012
Raytheon Demonstrates Soldier Radio Waveform on New Radio Terminals Fitted in UAVs

In a key milestone, Raytheon Company has demonstrated the Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) on its new class of airborne and...

Nov 01, 2012
Insitu Pacific Successfully Integrates ScanEagle UAS with McQ Unattended Ground Sensor

Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., has announced that it has successfully completed integration between its ScanEagle Unmanned...

Oct 30, 2012
Tech Source and RunTime Form Partnership to Accelerate GPGPU Development on its Condor 3000 cards Used in UAVs

Tech Source, Inc., an independent supplier of high performance embedded video, graphics and high end computing solutions, has partnered with...

Oct 30, 2012
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