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

Using Drones for Slinging Operations on a Powerline Construction Site

FulcrumAir used its E7500 heavy lifting UAS to assist K-Line Line Maintenance and Construction in reconstructing a 138KV line for a leading power provider in Canada

Dec 19, 2022
FCAS Remote Carrier Launched from A400M Atlas Aircraft

The Remote Carrier demonstrator flew successfully after launch and was safely commanded and landed by a ground-based operator

Dec 19, 2022
New eBee Drone Provides Enhanced Situational Awareness for ISR Missions

Scheduled for global commercial release in 2023, AgEagle’s eBee VISION delivers high resolution, medium-range video imagery made possible by its 32x zoom and powerful thermal observation capabilities

Dec 16, 2022
Complete Drone Vision Solution Developed for Drone Manufacturers

Incorporating Immervision’s Imvisio-ML and the ModalAI VOXL 2 platform, this complete solution offers optimal performance for GPS-denied navigation, location, mapping and obstacle avoidance in all environmental conditions

Dec 16, 2022
AI-Powered Technology Enables Emissions Monitoring & Reduction

Percepto's autonomous drone technologies and AI-driven software enable quick, effective remote emissions monitoring and leak detection in a variety of industries

Dec 15, 2022
Collaboration to Build Australia’s First Hydrogen eVTOL UAS

H3 Dynamics will be integrating its off-the-shelf hydrogen systems to Carbonix’s existing fleet of small unmanned VTOL systems, enabling training and accelerating field experience

Dec 15, 2022
Multi-Domain Flight Demo Conducted with Future Combat Air System

The demo saw two fighter jets, one helicopter and five unmanned remote carriers team up and accomplish a complex mission

Dec 15, 2022
Partnership Achieves Long-Distance Radio Link at Sea

The BOREAL ISR drone, equipped with the SIMPULSE SL200 radio communication system, completed a 90 km mission as part of the RF100 program to validate long-range video transmissions

Dec 15, 2022
New Urban Drone Delivery Route Connects Hospitals & Labs in Zurich

Matternet’s new 5km test route will showcase the potential for more efficient patient care through the on-demand delivery of diagnostic samples

Dec 14, 2022
TEKEVER Expands Marine Conservation Capabilities to the US

TEKEVER’s AI-driven drones will provide intelligence on threats to marine life including whale and dolphin migration, illegal fishing and pollution over the maritime and the coastline environments

Dec 14, 2022
Unique AtlasPRO Drone for Complex Military Missions

AtlasPRO is a uniquely sized backpack drone, designed for complex military missions and equipped with MESH technology and AtlasSDR jamming and spoofing protection

Dec 13, 2022
Enhanced Modular Radar Tracking Solution for Air Defense

Cambridge Pixel's upgraded solutions offer country-wide air defense upgrades by combining existing radar sensors with new

Dec 12, 2022
Stabilized 4K Camera Payload for Industrial Drone Applications

The Gremsy Zio features a powerful 30x zoom capability and is compatible with MAVLink-compliant platforms

Dec 12, 2022
Aurora Receives Funding to Design Active Flow Control X-Plane

The DARPA program award funds detailed engineering design for a full-scale X-plane to demonstrate the benefits of active flow control, and includes an executable option to build and fly the aircraft

Dec 12, 2022
Partnership to Enable Safe Automated BVLOS Drone Operations

FlytBase’s FlytNow software will be integrated with Iris Automation’s Casia G ground-based detect and alert system to enable safe Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) flights

Dec 12, 2022
Exploring Potential Propulsion System Concepts for New Heavy-Lift UAS

Orbital UAV will play a crucial role in the strategic deployment of Animal Dynamics' Stork-STM UAS, bringing a potential global operating domain to a vehicle designed to work in harsh, austere environments

Dec 12, 2022
New Multi-Frequency C2 Solutions for BVLOS Drones

The uAvionix product line includes an industry-first combination of LTE technology with broadcast radios that permits dynamic selection of the best communications link at any given moment

Dec 12, 2022
Ship Motion Testing Platform for US Navy UAVs

The test platform replicates a ship motion environment without the need for dedicated at-sea periods

Dec 09, 2022
Counter-UAS Rocket System Demonstrated

Rockets guided by BAE's APKWS guidance kits were used to successfully destroy fast-moving Class-2 unmanned aerial systems

Dec 09, 2022
AirData & Acubed, Airbus’ Innovation Center, Partner to Provide LAANC Authorization

AirData to provide unified enterprise solution for Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) authorization through integration with Acubed’s unmanned traffic management software

Dec 08, 2022
Ground-Based Surveillance Receivers for Unmanned Traffic Management

The new air traffic receivers detect messages using different modes and signal frequencies from aircraft, drones, or other cooperative flying entities

Dec 07, 2022
New Robotic Air-to-Ground Payload Transfer System for Delivery Drones

SPARROW allows the drone to remain much higher above the destination compared to traditional winch systems

Dec 07, 2022
Fixed Wing Mapping Drone Now Available with Gimballed EO/IR Camera

Combining NextVision’s EO/IR camera with Event 38’s E400 drone creates a powerful tool for search-and-rescue, emergency management, and disaster response scenarios

Dec 07, 2022
Mobile Test Bench Released by Sky Power

Sky Power International has released a portable, compact and user friendly test bench designed to test two stroke engine systems for unmanned vehicles

Dec 07, 2022
Volocopter Heavy-Lift Cargo Drone Completes Deconfliction Test Flights

Test flights featured remotely piloted/automated flights in digitally simulated airspace including Frankfurt Airport and London airports

Dec 07, 2022
Partnership to Scale Engineering-Class Drone Data Collection

Visual Intelligence and Gremsy will develop a customized two-axis version of the T3 camera stabilizer compatible with Visual Intelligence’s patented MACS-3D array technology

Dec 06, 2022
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.