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

Unmanned Helicopter To Measure Radiation at Fukushima

Japan has pressed into service an unmanned helicopter to measure radiation levels within a three-kilometer radius of the tsunami-wrecked Fukushima...

Oct 03, 2012
NASA Completes Unmanned Sense & Avoid Flight Tests

A joint team of government, a not-for-profit research and development organization and academia has completed two weeks of flight testing...

Oct 03, 2012
Polish MoD Cancels Unmanned Aircraft Contract with Israeli Supplier

The Polish Ministry of National Defence has cancelled a contract concluded in 2010 with the Israeli company Aeronautics Defense Systems...

Oct 03, 2012
MAVinci to Showcase New UAS Flight Planning Software at INTERGEO

Small Unmanned Aerial System manufacturer MAVinci will showcase ‘MAVinci Desktop’, a professional software package for flight planning and UAV control...

Oct 03, 2012
Massachusetts SWAT Team To Evaluate Use of Aurora’s Skate® SUAS

Aurora Flight Sciences recently signed an agreement with the Boston area Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council (MetroLEC) to establish a program...

Oct 02, 2012
AUVSI President Commends Formation of Senate Unmanned Aerial Systems Caucus

AUVSI welcomed the announcement from Capitol Hill that Sens. Jim Inhofe and Joe Manchin formed the Senate Unmanned Aerial Systems...

Oct 02, 2012
Logos Technologies Wins Tethered Blimp Surveillance System Contract

Logos Technologies has been awarded $111.8 million by Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) to develop an additional 22 Kestrel wide-area...

Oct 01, 2012
Chinese Defence Minister Defends Use of UAVs in South China Sea

A Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman said on Thursday that the country’s use of drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles, over Huangyan...

Oct 01, 2012
New Draganflyer ‘ES’ Unmanned Helicopter Assists Emergency Services

Emergency responders now have a new remotely piloted unmanned helicopter to use when inspecting dangerous or difficult to reach areas....

Oct 01, 2012
Police Chief Believes Unmanned Drones Should Patrol UK Skies

Alex Marshall from Hampshire Police was speaking ahead of the launch of the new National Police Air Service (NPAS) today,...

Oct 01, 2012
Senators Announce Unmanned Aerial Systems Caucus

U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a senior member on Senate Armed Services Committee, and U.S. Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV), also...

Sep 28, 2012
Britain’s Military Drones Spending tops £2bn

UK spent £2bn on developing military drones in the past five years and is poised to commit an extra £2bn,...

Sep 27, 2012
AUVSI Praises State-Based Effort To Move Unmanned Aircraft Technology Forward

Aerospace States Association Calls on FAA to Advance Test Site Program That Could Bring Jobs and Economic Investment to States....

Sep 27, 2012
UAS Market Forecasted to be Worth $70.9bn Over Next 10 Years

According to Forecast International’s senior unmanned vehicles analyst, Larry Dickerson, the world’s appetite for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) appears insatiable....

Sep 26, 2012
Thales to Showcase Unmanned Air Systems Capabilities in Europe

On September 26th and 27th, Thales will be taking part in ADS Show Europe, dedicated to through-life support services for...

Sep 26, 2012
FAA Pressurised over UAV Test Site Delays

The drone industry joined with state officials Tuesday in pressuring the federal government to stop dragging its feet and begin...

Sep 26, 2012
Predator B Demonstrates Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability

The General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper RPA has successfully completed 106 full-stop Automatic Takeoff and Landing Capability...

Sep 25, 2012
Gill Sensors’ Fuel Level Sensor Used in Record Breaking Unmanned Aircraft Flight

Gill Sensors, a UK company widely regarded throughout the world as a leader in capacitive liquid level sensor technology, played...

Sep 25, 2012
Northrop Grumman to Supply 44 Further STARLite Radar Systems for U.S. Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAS

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been selected to supply an additional 44 STARLite wide area surveillance radars for the U.S. Army’s...

Sep 24, 2012
Chinese Drones to Spy on Disputed Islands

Beijing said it will deploy unmanned aircraft to monitor the Diaoyu Islands and other disputed islets as it postponed a...

Sep 24, 2012
AUVSI ’Surprised’ By GAO Study Urging More Monitoring Of Drone Sales

The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) says a Government Accountability Office report warning drone exports are not sufficiently monitored...

Sep 21, 2012
U.S. Army Collaborates With Universities to Further Unmanned Aircraft Systems Research

The U.S. Army’s Project Manager for Unmanned Aircraft Systems, or PM UAS, is establishing partnerships with a handful of academic...

Sep 20, 2012
NASA Unmanned Global Hawk Aircraft Support Hurricane Missions

Now deployed to the U.S. East coast, Northrop Grumman Corporation-built unmanned NASA Global Hawks will be able to better support...

Sep 20, 2012
University of North Dakota and Corsair Engineering Train Unmanned Systems Pilots

Training a new type of pilot, the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota...

Sep 19, 2012
Rockwell Collins MicroGRAM to provide AeroVironment’s Wasp AE with Secure GPS Capability

AeroVironment has selected Rockwell Collins to provide its MicroGRAM GPS receiver for the Wasp™ AE small unmanned aircraft system, bringing...

Sep 19, 2012
ISR Group and Vanguard Defense Sign Exclusive Agreement for Shadowhawk UAS Operations

ISR Group, Inc. and Vanguard Defense Industries, Inc., leaders in unmanned systems technologies, have signed an exclusive agreement for ISR...

Sep 19, 2012
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