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

Advanced Aviation Technology Fly New RV-VTOLx4 UAS

Just 10 months after its development start, Advanced Aviation Technology – A2Tech (www.a2tech.eu) has performed the first official flights of...

Jul 23, 2012
Cassidian Completes Barracuda UAV Test Flights

Cassidian has successfully carried out a series of test flights with its Barracuda UAS (Unmanned Aerial System) technology demonstrator at...

Jul 23, 2012
GAO Releases Testimony on UAS Use and the Role of Homeland Security

UAS aircraft do not carry a human operator on board, but instead operate on pre-programmed routes or by following commands...

Jul 20, 2012
U.S. Navy Plans Further Tests for X-47B UAV Arrival Next Year

The Navy is one year away from landing its first unmanned jet aircraft aboard a carrier after completing the most...

Jul 20, 2012
Advanced Defense Technologies Plan to Further Develop UAV Systems

Advanced Defense Technologies, Inc. has announced major business development plans to advance its efforts to commercialize the Company’s cost effective...

Jul 19, 2012
World Surveillance Group will Unveil Blimp in a Box™ UAV System at AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems North America 2012

World Surveillance Group Inc., a developer of lighter-than-air unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAVs”) and related technologies, has announced the intent to...

Jul 19, 2012
New MQ-8B Fire Scout UAV Training Centre is Unveiled

Northrop Grumman and Helicopter Maritime Strike Wing Atlantic (HSMWL) personnel hosted a ribbon-cutting reception July 10 for the new MQ-8B...

Jul 19, 2012
AUVSI Submits Testimony for Congressional Subcommittee Hearing on Using UAS in the Homeland

On 18 July, AUVSI released prepared testimony from Michael Toscano for the House Homeland Security – Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations...

Jul 19, 2012
International Aerospace Consortium Initiative Set Up to Develop Fly-by-Wireless Capabilities

Following NASA partnership, CANEUS (Canada-Europe-US-Asia) Aerospace network and key aerospace stakeholders are teaming up to develop less-wire and fly-by-wireless (FBW)...

Jul 19, 2012
Raytheon’s Unmanned Technology Transforms Commercial Cargo Ships into Aid Delivery Platforms

Raytheon has completed the preliminary design phase of the Tactically Expandable Maritime Platform (TEMP) program awarded by the Defense Advanced...

Jul 18, 2012
U.S. Army Defends Decision To Purchase Additional Gray Eagle UAVs

The U.S. Army is standing by its approach of continuing to fly, buy and upgrade its Gray Eagle drones notwithstanding...

Jul 18, 2012
CUV Launches Small Tactical Multi-Payload Aerostat System (STMPAS)

Carolina Unmanned Vehicles, Inc. (CUV)  has announced the delivery of a new version of their Lightweight Aerostat System (LAS) for...

Jul 17, 2012
Maiden flight for Advanced Aviation Technology – A2Tech’s RV-VTOLx4

Just 10 months after its development start, Advanced Aviation Technology – A2Tech has performed the first official flights of its...

Jul 17, 2012
Northrop Grumman Sponsors AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems Student Competitions

Northrop Grumman Corporation has taken on the prime sponsorship of the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) student competitions...

Jul 16, 2012
Rheinmetall Airborne Systems will Continue to Provide Unmanned Reconnaissance to German Armed Forces

Rheinmetall Airborne Systems GmbH, a joint venture by Cassidian and Rheinmetall, will continue to support the German Armed Forces in...

Jul 16, 2012
FOTC Developing Infinite Range Electric Aircraft

American electric vehicle pioneer Chip Yates and his team of record-breaking engineers who created and raced the World’s Fastest Electric...

Jul 15, 2012
EADS Innovation Works Produces Portable UAV Using 3D Printing

At Farnborough Airshow, EADS Innovation Works presented the prototype of a portable Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) produced by Additive Layer...

Jul 15, 2012
Insitu Pacific to provide ScanEagle services to Royal Australian Navy

Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., has announced that it has extended and expanded its existing Australian Defence Force...

Jul 15, 2012
Adaptive Flight And University Of Texas Carry Out GPS Spoofing Tests

Adaptive Flight, Inc. is working with the University of Texas Radionavigation Laboratory under an ongoing project to test whether it...

Jul 13, 2012
Boeing and Insitu Pacific Support UAV Outback Challenge

Boeing is encouraging the next generation of engineers and scientists to think innovatively about aerospace during this year’s unmanned airborne...

Jul 12, 2012
QinetiQ to Establish New Unmanned Air Systems Evaluation Centre

QinetiQ is working with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to establish a new Unmanned Air Systems Capability Development Centre...

Jul 12, 2012
U.S. Navy Test Unmanned Combat Air System on Carrier

A team from the Navy Unmanned Combat Air System program office tested communication software for the Unmanned Combat Air System...

Jul 12, 2012
Insitu Pacific Announces Contract for ScanEagle UAS with MHI of Japan

  Insitu Pacific, the Australia-based subsidiary of Insitu Inc., announced today that it has signed a contract to deliver ScanEagle unmanned...

Jul 11, 2012
New Laser Power System Extends Stalker UAS Flight Time

Lockheed Martin and LaserMotive, Inc., recently demonstrated the capabilities of an innovative laser power system to extend the Stalker Unmanned...

Jul 11, 2012
Rockwell Collins Names Ideal Aerosmith as 2012 Business Services Supplier of The Year

Rockwell Collins recently named Ideal Aerosmith as its 2012 Business Services Supplier of the Year. Ideal Aerosmith designs and manufactures...

Jul 11, 2012
SELEX Galileo’s New Falco Evo UAS Undergoing Runway Rollout

SELEX Galileo, a Finmeccanica company, has announced a further export customer for its Falco Tactical Unmanned Aerial System (TUAS). This...

Jul 11, 2012
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