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

Experts Claim Ceramic Engine is Future of Aviation

Aerospace engineering experts Drs Omid Gohardani and Amir S. Gohardani have proposed a novel aerospace propulsion concept for future greener...

May 17, 2012
Aeronautics Orbiter II Mini UAV Wins Finnish UAV Bid

Finland’s Ministry of Defense has selected Israeli company Aeronautics for a 20-year-program to equip, train and support tactical ground forces...

May 17, 2012
UAS Procurement Tops Air Force’s Spending List

The unmanned aerial systems (UAS) market accounted for $5.25 billion of the U.S. Department of Defense’s (DoD’s) budget in 2010,...

May 16, 2012
New Open Payload Architecture Validated by GA-ASI & UK Partners

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a leading manufacturer of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS), tactical reconnaissance radars, and electro-optic surveillance...

May 16, 2012
X-47B gears up for summer milestones

In recent months, Pax River personnel may have noticed a new, uniquely shaped tailless aircraft on the runway, the X-47B...

May 16, 2012
Heavy Fuel Flight Tests Carried out on Skeldar UAV

Flight tests have been recently carried out with a heavy fuel powered version of Saab’s Skeldar VTOL UAV. “Flight testing...

May 16, 2012
Draganflyer X4-P Multi Rotor VTOL UAV Launched

Draganfly Innovations Inc. has released the Draganflyer X4-P, the newest model in their series of well-engineered, miniature flying VTOL UAV’s....

May 15, 2012
Drones: Calculation Replaces Euphoria

Unmanned aircraft have become an integral part of modern armies. Almost every day we receive information about drone attacks. Not...

May 15, 2012
FAA Makes Progress with UAS Integration

For more than five decades, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has compiled a proven track record of introducing new technology...

May 15, 2012
Ascent Solar Named Bye Aerospace Development Partner

Ascent Solar Technologies, Inc., a developer of flexible CIGS solar panels, has been named a development partner for Bye Aerospace...

May 14, 2012
The Brican TD100 UAV Prepares for Take Off

Brican Flight Systems Inc. is set to reveal the TD100 series of advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) at the Ontario...

May 14, 2012
First manned flight of QF16 Aerial Target Drone

The first test flight of Boeing’s QF-16 Full Scale Aerial Target drone has been conducted with the U.S. Air Force...

May 14, 2012
Newtec Provides Key Satellite Communication Technology for EURO HAWK

Satellite specialist Newtec’s IP traffic enhancement and shaping technology Cross-Layer-Optimizationâ„¢ has been implemented in the flagship EURO HAWK® Unmanned Aerial...

May 14, 2012
High Resolution 3D Sensor for UAV Collision Prevention

They can be deployed as additional surveillance resources during major events, or as high-resolution 3D street imaging systems. Intelligent swarms...

May 12, 2012
Raven Aerostar Integrates Vista Research Radar Onto Revolutionary Tethered Aerostat

Raven Aerostar successfully integrated and deployed a Vista Research Smart Sensing Radar System (SSRS) onto its proprietary TIF-25KH tethered aerostat....

May 10, 2012
Deployment Extended For K-MAX Unmanned Aerial Cargo Hauler

Two unmanned K-MAX helicopters have delivered more than one million pounds in less than four months in support of the...

May 09, 2012
GE Solve UAV ‘Flying Thermos’ Problem

Last spring, GE broke ground on a $50 million aviation research center at the University of Dayton in Ohio. When...

May 03, 2012
Lockheed Martin’s Shadow Hawk Munition Launched from Shadow UAS

Lockheed Martin successfully conducted the first launch of a Shadow Hawk precision-guided weapon recently from a Shadow 200 Unmanned Aircraft...

May 03, 2012
Hood Tech UAV Imagers Show Up Big at a Simulated Showdown

According to a recent article in Lookout Navy News Online, the use of Hood Tech’s imagers on board an unmanned...

May 03, 2012
Headwall Hyperspectral SWIR Sensors Selected for U.S. Navy UAVs

Headwall Photonics, a leading designer and manufacturer of hyperspectral imaging sensors, announced that its High Efficiency Hyperspec® SWIR (Short-wave, Infrared)...

May 01, 2012
Darpa Seeks New Sensor to Enable Missions in GPS-Denied Areas

Many U.S. Military systems, such as missiles, rely on the Global Positioning System (GPS) to provide accurate position, orientation and...

Apr 16, 2012
QinetiQ North America’s Tactical Robotic Controller Emerged in First Combat Role

QinetiQ North America today announced the first combat use of its Tactical Robotic Controller (TRC) in support of the US...

Apr 02, 2012
PHOTONIS Introduces Low-Light Digital CMOS Sensor

PHOTONIS SAS introduces the Lynx CMOS sensor, a new low-light digital image sensor designed for high performance under both daylight...

Apr 02, 2012
IAI UAV Systems Demonstrated at AUVSI

The annual convention of the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) was held this year, for the first time,...

Mar 26, 2012
Skate SUAS Wins Border Security Product Challenge Award

Aurora’s Skate small unmanned air vehicle system (SUAS) was awarded first place in the 2012 Border Security Technology/Product Challenge at...

Mar 20, 2012
Boeing Phantom Eye Conducts Medium-Speed Taxi Test

Boeing today announced that the Phantom Eye high altitude long endurance (HALE) unmanned aerial vehicle has conducted its first medium-speed...

Mar 13, 2012
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