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

LongShot UAV Flight Testing Phase to Begin

The testing will validate basic vehicle handling characteristics and lay the foundation for follow-on development and testing

Sep 18, 2023
Autonomous Wireless Power Transfer Technology Introduced at DSEI

Powered by magnetic resonance Quaze Technologies’s Drone Swarm Tactical OverWatch remote charging solution enables easy and reliable wireless charging for remote or autonomous devices on land, sea or air

Sep 18, 2023
AI Based Safety & Awareness System Launched

ParaZero’s AI-based avionics system has a sensor array designed for urban air mobility aircraft & commercial drones to detect malfunctions in real-time and provide detailed analytics

Sep 18, 2023
Partnership to Enhance UAS Airspace Deconfliction with FlightLine ADS-B Data

Kongsberg Geospatial to integrate uAvionix FlightLine truSky™ ADS-B data for IRIS Terminal customers, providing enhanced situational awareness to uncrewed aircraft system operators

Sep 18, 2023
Drone Crash Protected Container Certified by CAA

The new Crash Protected Container (CPC) by Viking Drone Packaging will enable drones to safely carry critical medical deliveries, including potentially infectious blood samples for urgent testing or certain therapy drugs for chemotherapy treatments

Sep 18, 2023
Reinforced Main Landing Gear for Heavy-Lift Fixed-Wing Aircraft

UAVOS' new main landing gear for heavy-lift fixed-wing aircraft has been manufactured and tested to support unmanned aircraft

Sep 15, 2023
New Ghost UAS Variant Increases Payload Capacity & Flight Time

Anduril Industries has unveiled Ghost-X autonomous drone with increased payload capacity and flight time, with options for a long-range resilient communications kit, vision-based navigation module, and alternate gimbals

Sep 15, 2023
Micro-UAV Vehicle Reconnaissance System Demonstrated

The Black Recon™ Vehicle Reconnaissance System in development by Teledyne FLIR Defense, features a micro-UAV designed to withstand the rigors of traveling on infantry and other fighting vehicles

Sep 15, 2023
Elistair Unveils Tactical Tethered Drone for ISR & Telecommunications

The Orion 2.2 TE features enhanced flight capabilities, new tactical functions, increased payload capacity, and an extended delivery range

Sep 15, 2023
Most Read Articles on UST This Week

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

Sep 15, 2023
Digital Twin for the Ultra 2XL Heavy Lift UAS in Development

Phenix Solutions will create a digital twin of their Ultra 2XL Heavy Lift UAS to accelerate the development and deployment of the transformative vertical takeoff and landing aircraft

Sep 15, 2023
IAI and 2Excel to Expand UAS Usage

UAS expansion in UK airspace will begin with IAI’s Heron, with its 500,000 hours of safe operations worldwide and a suite of advanced sensors, cameras and communications equipment

Sep 15, 2023
Airobotics Drone Receives FAA Type Certification

The Optimus-1EX uncrewed aircraft is the first non-air carrier drone designed for autonomous security and data capture that has been granted type certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

Sep 14, 2023
TEKEVER Opens Second UK Site in Wales

TEKEVER has announced the opening of a new site in Wales, expanding the company's UK footprint with new facilities totalling 4000m², and creating 200 skilled jobs in the next 3 years

Sep 14, 2023
Next Generation Heavy Lift Drone Displayed at DSEI

The Hydra 400 is currently a centerpiece at DSEI, powered by single spool jet turbines and producing 500N thrust that provides a maximum lift of 400kg

Sep 14, 2023
DTC Software Defined Radios Integrated with the Astero ISR

Domo Tactical Communications Software Defined Radio has been integrated with the Astero ISR UAV system by Nordic-Wing, providing high-end encryption and anti-jamming capabilities

Sep 14, 2023
Tube-Launched Tactical UAS Unveiled

The WASP M4-TL tactical unmanned aerial system (UAS) is man portable, deployed in less than 3 seconds, and inherently flexible, delivering cost-effective capability enhancement to a wide range of users

Sep 13, 2023
Collaboration Between BAE & QinetiQ on Autonomous UAS

A framework agreement signed by the two companies will explore the potential to collaborate and develop a family of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), and associated mission management systems

Sep 13, 2023
UAS Lands on Royal Navy Carrier at Sea

The first autonomous drone to fly on and off a Royal Navy carrier at sea is capable of carrying a payload of 100kg across a distance of up to 1,000 kilometers

Sep 13, 2023
Precision Munitions Developed for Integrator UAS

Insitu collaborated with multiple weapons developers and government agencies to enable the Integrator unmanned aerial system (UAS) to deliver miniature, precision munitions and guide them to their targets

Sep 13, 2023
Volz Servos Selected as Servo Partner for Aero2

Volz Servos will supply Dufour Aerospace with the fully redundant DA 26-D actuator and the throttle servo DA 15-T for the uncrewed tilt-wing aircraft Aero2

Sep 13, 2023
UAS Expandable Container Solution Unveiled at DSEI

UMS SKELDAR and Marshall Land Systems showcase Battlefield Deployable Uncrewed Aerial Solution (BDUAS) at DSEI 2023

Sep 13, 2023
Fully Autonomous Drone Landing with ARC Radar Sensors

Cambridge Sensoriis' ARC radar sensor devices have been integrated with Evolve Dynamics' Sky Mantis unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to achieve autonomous landing, loitering and zonal position hold

Sep 12, 2023
Development of AI-Based Safety & Awareness System for UAS

Parazero Technologies has introduced SmartAir Trinity, an AI-based avionics system, designed to detect malfunctions of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in real-time and provide deep analytics

Sep 12, 2023
Innovative Folded Optics Design Announced by MKS Ophir®

MKS has announced the Ophir® FoldIR 30-450mm f/3.4 compact, folded optics zoom lens for MWIR cameras, a high-performance, long-range lens ideal for optical gimbals and advanced UAS imaging systems

Sep 12, 2023
Sentinel Tethered UAV Debuts at DSEI 2023

Drone Evolution’s new Sentinel Tethered UAV can remain airborne for extended periods of time, reaching heights of 50m for 6 hours and potentially beyond

Sep 12, 2023
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