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

DHS to Begin Testing of Drones over US for ‘Public Safety’

The US Department of Homeland Security is asking the makers of small unmanned aerial vehicles to submit their crafts for...

Oct 10, 2012
Orbit International Receives Orders for COTS Power Supplies Used in UAVs and Naval Systems

Orbit International Corp. has announced that its Power Group, through its Behlman Electronics subsidiary (“Behlman”), received two new orders for...

Oct 09, 2012
Lockheed Martin Take Lead To Develop New Autonomous Technology For Unmanned Aircraft

The Office of Naval Research has awarded a $13.5 million contract to an industry team led by Lockheed Martin to...

Oct 09, 2012
Trimble Launches New Software for UAS Aerial Photogrammetry Data Processing

Trimble has introduced a new version of its Inpho® software products for aerial photogrammetry and laser scanning data production. Inpho...

Oct 09, 2012
Naval Research Laboratory Awards Scion UAS $3M Contract for Unmanned Helicopter Systems

Scion UAS, LLC has won a government contract worth up to $3 million to supply unmanned helicopters for unspecified uses....

Oct 09, 2012
Indian Air Force to Induct Harop Combat UAV in 2013

The Indian Air Force plans to induct its first self-destructing combat drones by next year, to enhance its firepower. The...

Oct 08, 2012
IAF Shoot Down UAV in Israeli Airspace

The incursion by an unmanned aircraft into Israeli airspace at the weekend exposed the weakness of Israeli air defenses, an...

Oct 08, 2012
DARPA Demonstrates Autonomous High Altitude Refueling of Unmanned Aircraft

DARPA completes close-proximity flight tests of two modified RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles, demonstrates technology enabling autonomous aerial refueling...

Oct 08, 2012
Army Reserve Military Police Training As Small UAV Operators

Soldier’s safety in combat zones is a top priority for the Army, and state-of-the-art technology is often used to minimize...

Oct 05, 2012
US Department of Homeland Security Calls for Small UAS Fly-Off Evaluation

Officials of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Washington are asking industry to participate in a fly-off evaluation...

Oct 05, 2012
Boeing To Develop Truck-Mounted Solid-State Laser to Counter Unmanned Aerial Threats

Under a follow-on contractual effort from the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (SMDC), Boeing will continue developing a...

Oct 05, 2012
Video: Smart Robotic Drones Advance Science

Chengyu Cao sees a day in the not-so-distant future when intelligent robots will be working alongside humans on a wide...

Oct 05, 2012
Navmar Applied Sciences Wins $41m Contract for Persistent Surveillance Unmanned Aerial Systems

Navmar Applied Sciences is being awarded a $41,463,854 contract for a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Project, the...

Oct 04, 2012
General Atomics Awarded $102.6m Contract Extension for Grey Eagle UAS

Poway-based General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has been awarded a $102.6 million contract extension to provide support services for unmanned aircraft...

Oct 04, 2012
ONR Awards Contracts to Develop Unmanned Rotorcraft Operated by Smartphones

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin and Aurora Flight Sciences Sept. 28 to develop robotic...

Oct 04, 2012
French Civil Aviation Authority Allows DelairTech to Fly UAV Over 100km in French Airspace

During the UAV Show Europe, held on 26th and 27th September 2012 in Bordeaux, the DGAC awarded DelairTech, the first...

Oct 03, 2012
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
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