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

Landing Zones and Airbus Defence & Space Sign Cooperation Agreement

The agreement includes the Do-DT45neo, a next-gen high-speed aerial target for land, naval and air force markets, featuring aerodynamic improvements and new engines

Jan 03, 2024
Top 10 Most Read UST Articles of 2023

Here’s the UST round-up of the ten most read articles of the year

Dec 23, 2023
Canada Orders the MQ-9B SkyGuardian® RPAS

The Government of Canada has ordered the MQ-9B SkyGuardian from GA-ASI. The long-endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System is well suited to operating safety across Canada's vast territory and challenging weather conditions

Dec 22, 2023
Designing Safe Stabilized Landings for Maritime Inspection Drones

STABLE has been awarded funds by The Research Council of Norway to establish safe landing and take-off platforms for VTOL drones involved in the offshore wind industry

Dec 21, 2023
Soccer Club Delivering Fan Merchandise by Drone

Residents of two Michelstadt districts can order SV Darmstadt 98 products online and these are then flown by Wingcopter drones to fixed points just outside the villages and transported to the customer's front door

Dec 21, 2023
PDW Quadcopter Selected for DIU Blue UAS List

The Blue UAS list is a program developed by the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) of the Department of Defense (DoD), designed to rapidly vet and scale commercial UAS technology

Dec 21, 2023
uAvionix to Develop Skyway UAS Test Range in Oklahoma

Contracted by the Oklahoma Aerospace Institute for Research and Education (OAIRE), uAvionix will deploy Command and Control (C2) and Detect & Avoid (DAA) services that enable uncrewed Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) operations between nodes on the Skyway

Dec 20, 2023
Contract Awarded to Develop Long-Range Attritable Cargo Drone

Silent Arrow® has been awarded a AFWERX contract to develop the CLS-300 with propulsion system to carry 1,000 pounds of payload over 300 nautical miles in contested environments

Dec 20, 2023
Drone Mentorship Camp Launched

The camp in Toronto, Canada, is designed for people who do not have any formal education or experience in aviation and aerospace with participants learning through practical exercises and simulation workshops

Dec 18, 2023
Most Read Articles on UST This Week

Here’s our round-up of the five most read articles on UnmannedSystemsTechnology.com this week

Dec 16, 2023
New Simulated Urban Area Drone Test Facility Opened

The DigiCity is part of the NLR Drone Centre, which includes its own workplace, a surfaced landing strip of over 320 metres, and a closed airspace zone above the premises

Dec 15, 2023
Ground Control Station Developed to Train Remote Drone Pilots

The Natilus Pilot Operations Desk (POD) is designed to train remote pilots of drones and is expected to reduce operational costs for Natilus autonomous aircraft customers

Dec 15, 2023
Sapphire Windows Suited for Aerospace Applications Introduced by Meller Optics

Ideal for aerospace applications Sapphire Windows by Meller Optics are suitable for providing front surface optics protection in guidance and vision systems

Dec 14, 2023
FCC-Certified 5G-Connected Drone-in-a-Box Solution Launched

Nokia Drone Networks has launched in North America following a successful collaboration with Rohde & Schwarz to secure Federal Communications Commission certification

Dec 14, 2023
EFI Technology to Revolutionize UAV Efficiency

INF Inject’s EFI system consume a significantly lower amount of fuel compared conventional carburetor-based engines, reducing operating costs and environmental footprints

Dec 14, 2023
Matternet Receives Approval for BVLOS Drone Delivery Operations in Berlin

The new drone delivery network aims to connect 13 hospitals with Europe’s largest hospital laboratory Labor Berlin to support transportation of more than six million lab samples per year

Dec 14, 2023
Elsight’s Halo System Ensures Seamless Connectivity Despite Broadband Interruption

Elsight’s Halo connectivity system beats Optus outage to keep Sphere Drones flying during trials of their innovative Curo HubX drone platform

Dec 13, 2023
ResilienX Partners to Advance Wisconsin Airport eVTOL Vertiport Project

ResilienX and VI&E have signed an MOU to collaborate on the Wittman Regional Airport eVTOL vertiport project, combining innovative eVTOL technology and IASMS solution

Dec 13, 2023
New Low-Cost UAV LiDAR Mapping System

The Mad Nadir Mapping LiDAR System (MNMLS) contains a tactical grade Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) coupled with a multi-frequency GNSS receiver, with these two combined components making up the highly accurate Inertial Navigation System (INS)

Dec 13, 2023
Software Update Collaboration Enhances UAV LiDAR

In collaboration with BayesMap, Inertial Labs has announced the PCMasterPro software update for the high-accuracy LiDAR point cloud generation solution RESEPI

Dec 13, 2023
NATO Selects Dronetag for DIANA Program

Dronetag is set to receive funding from the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) to advance its cutting-edge technologies, specifically designed for enhancing safety and efficiency in the European airspace

Dec 13, 2023
The Wankel Engine Reimagined: Inside UAVHE’s Revolutionary New Hybrid Propulsion Unit for UAVs

UAVHE's RW79 delivers 11 kW of output power and is designed for the medium-size class of UAVs

Dec 12, 2023
LINIA’s Automated Flight Route Software Integrated with Xer’s X8 UAV

The integration of LINIA's automated flight route software with Xer Technologies' X8 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform significantly enhances the efficiency and productivity of drone-based inspections

Dec 12, 2023
Honeywell Launches Project OperA to Bring AAM to Europe

Project OperA (Operate Anywhere), expected to be completed in 2026, will develop and validate several solutions for the safe accommodation of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) vehicles in flight

Dec 12, 2023
Collaboration Aims to Advance Drone Thermal Mapping

TOPODRONE and AGROWING’s PT61 camera can perform detailed surveys and deliver thermal orthomosaic maps obtaining accurate 3D models

Dec 12, 2023
Cambridge Sensoriis Wins Grant to Deliver oDART Technology

Onboard Detection and Avoidance Radar Tracking (oDART) leverages micro radar technologies that have been specifically developed for low altitude flight onboard uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and will adapt and introduce these into crewed aircraft

Dec 11, 2023
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