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

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
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
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