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

Low Cost UAV AutoPilot Launched

3D Robotics has released its AdruPilot Mega 2.0 AutoPilot. Seen at this year’s Bay Area Maker Faire, the APM2 is...

May 22, 2012
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Market to Reach $7.26bn in 2012

Visiongain’s analysis finds that the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) market will reach a value of $7.26bn in 2012, as UAVs...

May 22, 2012
Unmanned Aircraft with Vertical Takeoff “Flexrotor” Tested

The United States is testing a new unmanned aircraft (UAV) with vertical takeoff and landing “Flexrotor” whose development is commissioned...

May 22, 2012
ITT Exelis Awarded U.S. Air Force Contract to Protect UAV Data

ITT Exelis has been awarded an Air Force Cryptologic Systems Division contract to deliver prototype self-encrypting drives. These secure solid...

May 22, 2012
Elbit Systems wins $160m UAS contract

Elbit Systems Ltd. announced today that it was awarded an approximately $160 million contract by a European customer, to supply...

May 22, 2012
Iraq Protects Oil Platforms with U.S. UAVs

    Iraq is buying unmanned drones from the United States to help protect its southern oil platforms as the...

May 21, 2012
KONGSBERG Awarded EUR 28M Software Development Contract

During NATO’s Summit in Chicago, KONGSBERG signed a EUR 28 million contract with Northrop Grumman ISS International Inc for the...

May 21, 2012
Washington Turns to Contractors for ISR Operations

At first, UAVs were owned, operated and serviced by the armed forces. Then, faced with shortages of available equipment and...

May 20, 2012
Raytheon Awarded $85M Contract for Griffon Missiles

Engineers at the Raytheon Co. Missile Systems segment in Tucson, Ariz., are moving ahead with a project to deploy a...

May 20, 2012
Israel Fixes & Returns Four IAI Heron UAVs to Turkey

In another possible sign of a thaw in the icy relations between Israel and Turkey, Israel has fixed and returned...

May 19, 2012
UAV Flight Training and Simulation Market Worth $451.9m in 2012

Visiongain’s analysis indicates that the UAV flight training and simulation market will reach a value of $451.9m in 2012, as...

May 18, 2012
Egypt Produces UAV in Cooperation With China

Chairman of the Arab Organization for Industrialization, Hamdy Weheba said that Egypt has started the second phase to produce 12...

May 18, 2012
ESTEIO and SIMEPAR form Partnership for Mapping and Monitoring Using UAVs

ESTEIO Engenharia e Aerolevantamentos S.A. and Instituto Tecnológico SIMEPAR signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement that visualizes the joint action of...

May 17, 2012
Police UAVs: Nearly limitless potential

Article by Doug Wyllie. Original source: Police One Probably the most obvious use for a UAV in law enforcement is for search...

May 17, 2012
AeroVironment Switchblade UAV Pursued by Marine Corps

The Marine Corps is taking steps to procure its first “kamikaze” drone in an effort to provide small units the...

May 17, 2012
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
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