UAV / Drone News

The battle-proven GOR platform delivers mission endurances of up to 4 hours, and has been developed in conjunction with active military units

The low-SWaP Axon Pico is Curtiss-Wright’s first DAU to support Power over Ethernet

Doodle Labs' Mesh Rider Radios established a resilient datalink to carry out a health checkup of the world's largest tree, maintaining connectivity and full control of the drone in an off-grid environment

Revolution Aerospace will conduct flight testing of its long-range cargo delivery drones in the Whitsunday Islands, aiming to demonstrate reliable cargo delivery capabilities for remote or infrastructure-limited areas

Taking off from the delivery point, a 10kg payload consisting of medical samples was flown to a drop-off point in a hard-to-reach area, covering a distance of 35km, and completing the mission within 30 minutes

VectorNav's participation in the USAF's NAVFEST 2024 Test Event aimed to evaluate its solutions in GNSS-contested scenarios to continue advancing its capabilities for robust Position, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)

The Centaur optionally piloted aircraft (OPA) from Aurora Flight Sciences completed flight tests in the National Airspace System (NAS), equipped with an EO/IR camera, maritime surveillance radar, and Automatic Identification System payloads

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Upon closing, FlightWave's Edge 130 Blue UAS approved military-grade tricopter will be added to Red Cat's line of unmanned Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) systems

AVSS' lightweight solution uses a simple plug-and-play design that utilizes DJI's onboard Payload SDK

Packet Digital, a key player in the unmanned aerial systems field, sits down with UST to discuss smart batteries, the COTS Badland Batteries 12S, and plans to open North Dakota’s first battery cell plant

Jetoptera and Eanan Al Samma are conducting flight trials of a subscale eVTOL aircraft, aiming to inform the development of the J-500 VTOL cargo UAV and its navigation system

ParaZero's SafeAir system uses sophisticated AI and machine learning-powered analysis to constantly monitor and analyze drone flight data for anomalies

Airborne Energy Solutions is set to leverage Overwatch Imaging's TK-8 multispectral smart sensor, designed for high resolution, large-area mapping and intelligence missions, and equipped with powerful onboard software

Bell has been down-selected for Phase 1B of DARPA’s SPRINT program, drawing on its high-speed VTOL technology to inform the design of an X-Plane

Orbital's engines have been selected by leading defense primes including Insitu and Textron

Platform Aerospace’s long-endurance UAS totaled more than 65 hours in the Arctic Circle to measure environmental conditions and validate aircraft icing detection systems & mitigation

Aided by Embention, Phenix Solutions has completed Phase I autopilot tuning for its Ultra 2XL Heavy Lift UAS, allowing autonomous function in a range of avionics and rotor systems

At Eurosatory 2024, Skyeton will showcase an array of updated components, and invites attendees to experience the role of a UAV operator by piloting its Raybird UAV with a real ground control station

RapidFlight is to develop and produce the SPX, a customizable, autonomous, fixed-wing aircraft system, with a $10 million contract from the US Department of the Air Force (DAF) under the AFWERX Autonomy Prime Program

Bynav looks back on XPONENTIAL 2024 where the M10 and M2 Series GNSS modules were showcased which support satellite signals from all constellations and frequencies and feature RTK

New features include a drive mode for constant-speed applications, and support for configuration over DroneCAN

JOUAV has released its next-gen VTOL hangar drone, combining its JOS-C800 hangar with their new VTOL fixed-wing drone, CW-15V, into a smart, efficient, and versatile solution

The 200-horsepower heavy fuel engine underwent a simulated full 2500-hour engine life with the highest possible flight loads

Working with the Norwegian Research Centre (NORCE), Meteomatics will install 30 of its autonomous weather drones, or "Meteodrones," across Norway to forecast weather accurately

Draper’s guidance, navigation and control (GNC) software supported the autonomous operation of Stratolaunch's Talon-A1 test vehicle to achieve its first powered flight