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

Progressing Liquid Hydrogen-Electric Flight Capabilities for Unmanned Aircraft

H3 Dynamics and Hylium Industries are combining strengths and capabilities to achieve a 3x flight duration improvement over pressurized H2 systems, a 10x performance improvement over batteries

Jan 17, 2023
Hybrid VTOL Cargo Drones Provided for Humanitarian Logistics

The Nuuva V300 hybrid VTOL cargo UAVs will have a cargo capacity of up to 300kg and will be used to transport critical cargo such as food and medicine

Jan 16, 2023
BVLOS Drone-in-a-Box Systems to Inspect Solar Power Plant

Percepto's drone-in-a-box solution has been approved by the FAA to conduct solar inspections at up to 200 feet above ground level

Jan 16, 2023
Propellers for Urban Air Mobility

Mejzlík Propellers have added 60, 70 and 80-inch propellers to their OTS propeller portfolio, designed for use in UAM solutions

Jan 16, 2023
Bayraktar UAV Munitions Tested with Laser Guidance Kit

The laser guidance kit provides increased accuracy, delivery range, reduced collateral damage and an after-release re-targeting capability

Jan 16, 2023
GA-ASI Demonstrates Potential of Artificially Intelligent Pilots for UAS Missions

The flights demonstrated the company’s commitment to maturing its Collaborative Combat Aircraft ecosystem for Autonomous Collaborative Platform UAS using artificial intelligence and machine learning

Jan 13, 2023
Leonardo Completes First Phase of Flight Testing for Falco Xplorer Drone

Falco Xplorer performed all planned flights on schedule and completed a range of complex functional tests, confirming the maturity of the platform

Jan 13, 2023
Agreement for Autonomous VTOL Cargo Delivery Systems

The Chaparral is an end-to-end VTOL cargo delivery system, for autonomous transport of goods up to 500 lbs (225 kgs) with over a 300 nautical mile range

Jan 12, 2023
Pratt & Whitney F100 Engine Selected for Hypersonic UAS

The F100 turbofan will act as the turbine portion of Hermeus’ turbine-based combined cycle engine to power the Hermeus Darkhorse hypersonic UAS

Jan 12, 2023
Micro-Radar for BVLOS Drone Flights & Airspace Management

Cambridge Sensoriis' radar solutions support a variety of UAS & autonomous vehicles applications including automated landing and last-mile delivery

Jan 11, 2023
Volatus Extends Further into Global UAV Market with New Acquisition

Volatus will distribute Airial Robotics’ next generation of UAVs, bringing aviation-grade standards to the drone industry for light and heavy cargo and aerial intelligence applications

Jan 11, 2023
Low Light Enhancement for Drone Flights in the Dark

Inuitive and Visidon have introduced a low light enhancement capability at CES 2023, that functions in real-time for drones and robotics operating at night

Jan 11, 2023
US Navy Demonstrates Drones for Cargo Delivery to Moving Ships

Skyways Air Transportation and Martin UAV operated their unmanned systems through long-range flights from ship-to-ship, ship-to-shore, and shore-to-ship, delivering cargo over 200 nautical miles

Jan 11, 2023
Initial FAA Approval for BVLOS sUAS flights in North Dakota

uAvionix has received FAA initial approval to conduct beyond visual line-of-sight drone flights leveraging North Dakota’s first-of-its-kind UAS network Vantis

Jan 11, 2023
Autonomous Foldable, FPV & Heavy-Lift Drones for ISR & Delivery

Performance Drone Works' UAS solutions provide enhanced efficiency and reduced risk for operators working in highly challenging environments

Jan 11, 2023
SwissDrones Receives Seven-Figure Funding to Accelerate Product Development

The company has secured additional funding in a round led by DiamondStream Partners, with participation from existing investors

Jan 10, 2023
New Hybrid Wankel Engine Introduced for UAVs

UAVHE’s latest hybrid wankel engine the RW1-300C has been designed with aeronautical systems engineers in mind to assist with easy integration into unmanned systems

Jan 10, 2023
Supersonic Variant of Unmanned Fighter Jet Planned

The supersonic variant of the Bayraktar Kızılelma unmanned fighter jet is projected to be capable of flying for five hours and reaching speeds of up to 800 kph (500 mph or Mach 0.64)

Jan 10, 2023
On-Site Hydrogen Production for H2 Drones

H3 Dynamics has launched the H2FIELD designed for on-site hydrogen production, storage and refueling for hydrogen drones and UAVs

Jan 09, 2023
Partnership to Develop Life-Saving Drone Solution

Acadian Ambulance has selected Blueflite’s drone and digital platform to develop a drone-based emergency response solution for medical deliveries

Jan 09, 2023
Unmanned Solution Approved for Monitoring Methane Emissions

The SnifferDRONE™ unmanned aerial solution for emissions monitoring has received broad approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Jan 09, 2023
Additional M-LIDS Counter-UAS Platforms for U.S. Army

M-LIDS allows soldiers to detect, identify, track and defeat small UAS with electronic warfare and kinetic defeat systems

Jan 09, 2023
New Battery Station Released for Airpeak S1

Sony Electronics has released the new LBN-H1 Battery Station and announced the development of a new battery pack and RTK kit for the Airpeak S1 professional multirotor drone

Jan 06, 2023
EVO Max 4T & NEST Support Systems Announced

Autel Robotics has announced the release of the EVO Max 4T drone and supporting NEST systems for both the EVO and Dragonfish platforms at CES 2023

Jan 06, 2023
GA-ASI Flies Upgraded MQ-9A Block 5 RPAS

The first production Multi-Domain Operations-ready variant of the MQ-9A Reaper has been successfully flown by GA-ASI

Jan 06, 2023
7 Hour Endurance Hybrid VTOL UAV Released

FlyDragon Drone Tech has released the FDG50F, an ultra-long endurance hybrid VTOL UAV designed for surveying and mapping, with LiDAR payload and BVLOS capability

Jan 05, 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.