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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

Automated Day/Night Payload Released for Maritime ISR Missions 
Automated Day/Night Payload Released for Maritime ISR Missions 

Overwatch Imaging’s PT-8DN is an image-based pan-tilt gimbal with onboard processing and software designed to automate wide-area search, detection and ISR missions in maritime environments

Mar 24, 2023
Resident Robotic Ecosystem Launched for Offshore Wind Farm Inspection
Resident Robotic Ecosystem Launched for Offshore Wind Farm Inspection

ISS Aerospace has been appointed by Marshall Futureworx to provide a derivative of its Sensus ML8-XP UAV for the Lilypad ecosystem

Mar 23, 2023
Veronte 1x Autopilot Integrated into Dronetech VTOL UAV 
Veronte 1x Autopilot Integrated into Dronetech VTOL UAV 

Dronetech’s AV-2 Pelican, designed with full redundancy, is a fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing vertically or horizontally, thanks to the integration of Embention’s Veronte 1x Autopilot

Mar 23, 2023
Electric & Hydrogen-Powered Autonomous UAVs for Industry & Defense
Electric & Hydrogen-Powered Autonomous UAVs for Industry & Defense

ISS Aerospace's versatile multirotor drone platforms are ideal for a diverse range of missions, including mapping, surveying, inspection and surveillance

Mar 22, 2023
Collaboration to Facilitate Unmanned Aircraft Operations in Singaporean Airspace
Collaboration to Facilitate Unmanned Aircraft Operations in Singaporean Airspace

Heron AirBridge has joined Inmarsat's Velaris Partner Network in order to showcase how satellite-based technology can support the safe integration of unmanned aircraft into Singapore’s commercial airspace

Mar 22, 2023
Draganfly Expands Production Facility to Meet Growing Product Demand
Draganfly Expands Production Facility to Meet Growing Product Demand

The expanded production facility will enable Draganfly to meet the growing demand for its products while better serving its global customer base

Mar 21, 2023
New Autonomous System Enables Quiet, Fast & Precise Home Delivery
New Autonomous System Enables Quiet, Fast & Precise Home Delivery

Designed to sound like wind rustling leaves, Zipline’s new drone delivery platform is expected to deliver up to 7 times as fast as traditional automobile delivery, completing 10-mile deliveries in around 10 minutes

Mar 21, 2023
Partnership Begins Developing Hydrogen Powered Delivery Drones
Partnership Begins Developing Hydrogen Powered Delivery Drones

Wingcopter and ZAL will explore the potential of green hydrogen to power Wingcopter's drones to achieve longer flight times and greater distances for different delivery applications

Mar 21, 2023
Parafoil UAV Selected for Second Round of Royal Navy Heavy Lift Challenge
Parafoil UAV Selected for Second Round of Royal Navy Heavy Lift Challenge

The BVLOS-capable Stork STM can carry payloads weighing 135kg over a 400km distance

Mar 21, 2023
Borey Fixed-Wing Drone Used for Soil Moisture Mapping
Borey Fixed-Wing Drone Used for Soil Moisture Mapping

UAVOS used a solution based around its fixed-wing Borey UAS with a multispectral sensor payload designed to provide both spatial and temporal resolution for better understanding of soil moisture levels

Mar 20, 2023
Alva to Scale Production Capacity & Product Portfolio After Successful Funding Round
Alva to Scale Production Capacity & Product Portfolio After Successful Funding Round

Having raised USD 11 million in a Series A funding round, Alva plans to scale production capacity from 1,000 motors per year to 15,000 in 2024

Mar 17, 2023
New Multimodal Autonomous UAS Unveiled
New Multimodal Autonomous UAS Unveiled

ISS Aerospace’s Sensus L multi-sensor UAS integrates Ground Penetrating Radar, LiDAR, Thermal, and Multispectral sensors, and utilizes a universal central payload bay, complimented by fore and aft modular sensor rails

Mar 17, 2023
Red Cat Holdings Invests in First Modular, 3D Printed & Payload Agnostic UAS
Red Cat Holdings Invests in First Modular, 3D Printed & Payload Agnostic UAS

Firestorm is building a new category of fixed-wing UAS with 30-day product iterations, a commitment to open-system architectures, and an additive manufacturing approach that allows it to scale production in an elastic manner

Mar 17, 2023
Pearland PD Authorized for BVLOS Drone as First Responder Operations
Pearland PD Authorized for BVLOS Drone as First Responder Operations

The approval for this Drone as First Responder program required the use of Iris Automation's Casia G system as an alternative means of compliance to the 91.113 ‘see and avoid’ requirement, eliminating the need for human visual observers

Mar 17, 2023
UK IPO Grants Patent for Autonomous Drone Delivery Device
UK IPO Grants Patent for Autonomous Drone Delivery Device

With SPARROW, BMT believes it has addressed the problem of large, noisy, and hazardous delivery drones having to land or hover low over the payload destination in unpredictable, sensitive and cluttered environments

Mar 16, 2023
MissionGO Named as 2023 AUVSI XCELLENCE Awards Finalist
MissionGO Named as 2023 AUVSI XCELLENCE Awards Finalist

For Operation Healing Eagle Feather with the Navajo Nation, MissionGO has been named as one of five finalists for the Humanitarian category

Mar 16, 2023
Multirotor & Hybrid VTOL Fixed-Wing Drones & Accessories
Multirotor & Hybrid VTOL Fixed-Wing Drones & Accessories

Fly Dragon's drone products are ideal for precision agriculture, inspection and mapping, surveillance, logistics and cargo delivery, and more

Mar 15, 2023
Third Edition of Geo Connect Asia Returns to Singapore
Third Edition of Geo Connect Asia Returns to Singapore

The event spotlights sustainability and resilience in the geospatial field, and is co-located with Digital Construction Asia 2023 and the inaugural Drones Asia 

Mar 15, 2023
AUVSI Names Finalists for 2023 XCELLENCE Awards
AUVSI Names Finalists for 2023 XCELLENCE Awards

Winners will be announced at XPONENTIAL 2023, taking place May 8-11 at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado

Mar 15, 2023
FAA Grants Special Airworthiness Certification for Civil Operation of Aerosonde UAS
FAA Grants Special Airworthiness Certification for Civil Operation of Aerosonde UAS

The authority allows Textron Systems to operate its Aerosonde MK 4.7G UAS within the National Airspace System as part of initial and recurring proficiency training missions and research and development operations

Mar 14, 2023
Enhancing Airspace Awareness for Drone as First Responder Programs
Enhancing Airspace Awareness for Drone as First Responder Programs

The addition of Iris Automation’s Casia G ground-based detect and alert system to the Flying Lion suite of services enables large-scale BVLOS operations without the need for human visual observers

Mar 14, 2023
New Zealand’s First Solar-Powered Stratospheric UAV Begins Flight Testing
New Zealand’s First Solar-Powered Stratospheric UAV Begins Flight Testing

The UAV is designed to collect high-resolution aerial data for applications such as environmental monitoring and precision agriculture

Mar 13, 2023
U-Space Framework Under Development in Estonia
U-Space Framework Under Development in Estonia

The cloud-based service will comply with EU requirements for allowing drones and civil aviation to coexist safely in shared airspace

Mar 13, 2023
GENIUS NY & Starburst Collaborate on 7th Round of Accelerator Program
GENIUS NY & Starburst Collaborate on 7th Round of Accelerator Program

The Starburst team will continue to support GENIUS NY’s 12-month accelerator program, designed to help uncrewed systems startups develop products, refine business models, and prepare for commercialization

Mar 13, 2023
Partnership Developing Commercial SATCOM Solution for Remotely Piloted Aircraft
Partnership Developing Commercial SATCOM Solution for Remotely Piloted Aircraft

Inmarsat is collaborating with Reliable Robotics to work towards integrating remotely piloted cargo aircraft into the US National Airspace System using Inmarsat’s Velaris connectivity

Mar 13, 2023
USDA Wildlife Services Selects Heavy-Lift UAS for Biodiversity Initiative
USDA Wildlife Services Selects Heavy-Lift UAS for Biodiversity Initiative

Parallel Flight Technologies will work with the USDA Wildlife Services to develop a drone-based aerial rodenticide baiting platform to improve the safety, cost, and effectiveness of current operations and to promote island conservation efforts

Mar 13, 2023
Advancing Unmanned Systems Through Strategic Collaboration UST works with major OEMs to foster collaboration and increase engagement with SMEs, to accelerate innovation and drive unmanned systems capabilities forward.