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

Hirth Motors Unveils New UAV Engine Family at AUVSI 2012

Goebler-Hirthmotoren KG (Hirth Motors) is launching a new Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) engine family at AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America...

Aug 07, 2012
Air Robotics Launches New Rugged Small UAS

Air Robotics has introduced the Im IV-D™ (Four Delta™), a hand-tossed, small Unmanned Aircraft System (sUAS) capable of carrying a...

Aug 07, 2012
Lockheed Martin Procerus Technologies Announces New Small Vertical Take-off And Landing UAS

Lockheed Martin Procerus Technologies‘ new small vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system gives warfighters, first responders and others...

Aug 06, 2012
Air Force Selects MLB V-Bat VTOL UAV for Phase II SBIR award

The Air Force has announced that the MLB V-Bat VTOL UAV has been selected for a Phase II SBIR award....

Aug 06, 2012
Shadow® Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System Completes 750,000 Flight Hours

AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems, an operating unit of Textron Systems, a Textron Inc. company, has announced that its Shadow Tactical...

Aug 06, 2012
MLB UAV Complete High Resolution Assessment of Seagrass and Coral Reef Biomes

  MLB Company, a leader in low-cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) solutions, services and products, has announced it has concluded...

Aug 06, 2012
Elbit Systems Wins Multi-Million Dollar Contract to Supply Hermes UAS

Elbit Systems Ltd. has announced that it was awarded a contract valued at many tens of millions of dollars, to...

Aug 06, 2012
Protonex Launches Commercial UAV-H500 Fuel Cell Power System for Unmanned Vehicles

Protonex Technology Corporation, a leading provider of advanced lightweight military power systems, announces the commercial availability of the UAV-H500 fuel...

Aug 03, 2012
Analytic Systems Develops Power Products for Unmanned Aerial Systems

Analytic Systems has recently supplied products to a number of companies that design and manufacture unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The...

Aug 02, 2012
Xsens Launches New MEMS Motion Trackers for Unmanned Systems

Xsens, the leading innovator in 3D motion tracking technology and products, has launched a new MTi® product portfolio for industrial...

Aug 02, 2012
IAI Boosts Unmanned Vehicles Portfolio with Heron NG Upgrade

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is offering an upgraded version of its best-selling unmanned air system (UAS), with the Heron NG...

Aug 01, 2012
Advanced Defense Technologies and AeroSpy Join Forces to Develop and Commercialize UAV Sense and Avoid Technology

Advanced Defense Technologies, Inc. has announced that the Company has entered into a joint venture agreement with AeroSpy, an Austria-based...

Aug 01, 2012
NEANY Inc. To Unveil New Unmanned Surface Vehicle AUVSI 2012

NEANY Inc., an industry leader in providing time-sensitive, tactical response solutions, will unveil their newest unmanned surface vehicle at AUVSI’s...

Aug 01, 2012
U.S. Marine Corps to Keep K-MAX Unmanned Cargo Re-supply Helicopter in Theater for Second Deployment Extension

For the second time this year, the U.S. Marine Corps has approved the deployment extension of K-MAX Cargo UAS, the...

Jul 31, 2012
BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation Awarded Anglo-French Unmanned Air Systems Contract

BAE Systems and Dassault Aviation welcome today’s award by the UK and French Governments for a Future Combat Air System...

Jul 31, 2012
Corsair to Display IM3PUT UAS Trainer at AUVSI North America

Corsair Engineering Inc. will be attending AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America 2012 from August 6-9, 2012 and showcasing their innovative UAS...

Jul 30, 2012
U.S. Navy Conducts Pax River’s First Flight Of X-47B Unmanned Aircraft

The Navy made Pax River history July 29 after it conducted the naval air station’s historic first flight of the...

Jul 30, 2012
Gray Eagle UAS Completes 10,000 Automated Takeoffs and Landings

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

Jul 27, 2012
ONR-Funded Research Studying Birds’ Flight Will Inform UAS Design

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) is looking at birds’ perceptual and maneuvering abilities as inspiration for small unmanned aerial...

Jul 26, 2012
First Cargo Resupply UAS is a Viable Capability

It takes the right elements to create a life-saving capability for the combat zone, as discovered after the first cargo...

Jul 26, 2012
France To Start Trials of the Thales Watchkeeper UAS

The UK and France have moved a step forward today in demonstrating their commitment to defence cooperation under the 2010...

Jul 25, 2012
Northrop Grumman Will Continue to Support Global Hawk UAVs

Further details have been released about the Northrop Grumman contract extension with the U.S. Air Force. The U.S. Air Force...

Jul 25, 2012
UK and France Sign Future Combat Air System UAS Agreements

    Britain and France signed two agreements on Tuesday for further cooperation on the use of military drones, the...

Jul 25, 2012
New Admiral Takes Command of Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons

Pledging to build on his predecessor’s legacy of delivering proven warfighter capabilities, a new admiral took the reins of leadership...

Jul 24, 2012
Falco EVO UAV Completes 40-Minute Maiden Flight

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, has successfully performed the maiden flight of its latest member of the market leader Falco...

Jul 24, 2012
NLR Developing UAS Knowledge in New Facility

Unmanned aircraft are taking to the air more and more often, not only for military applications, but with an increasing...

Jul 23, 2012
Advancing Unmanned Systems Through Strategic Collaboration UST works with major OEMs to foster collaboration and increase engagement with SMEs, to accelerate innovation and drive unmanned systems capabilities forward.