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

Nationwide BVLOS Waiver Granted for Drone Inspections

Percepto’s automated drone-in-a-box solutions can now be operated BVLOS at qualifying sites across the U.S. from day one

Nov 09, 2022
Partnership to Optimize Aerial Emergency Medical Services

INVOLI’s surveillance solution for Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS), will also enable the safe integration of new aerial vehicles such as drones, for medical delivery and emergency services

Nov 09, 2022
New Ground Control Stations in Development

Desert Rotor are developing a new portable GCS the FENNEC 12X, and a desktop mounted GCS the COMMAND 12XD

Nov 08, 2022
Autonomous Black Hawk Helicopter Flies Uncrewed Missions

Powered by Sikorsky's MATRIX autonomy technology, the helicopter performed cargo delivery and medical evacuation missions

Nov 08, 2022
Gadfin & SAREL Partner to Create World’s Longest Drone Delivery Lines

Gadfin Aero-Logistics Systems and SAREL will connect Israel hospitals with a first of its kind long range, wide spread drone delivery network for the supply of medical equipment and supplies within a 200km radius

Nov 07, 2022
GENIUS NY $1 Million Grand Prize Awarded to Archangel Imaging

Archangel was awarded the $1 million grand prize, and Fusion Engineering, Aerial Vehicle Safety Solutions, Inc., Wonder Robotics and Dronehub were each awarded investments of $500,000 at the GENIUS NY Finals Night event

Nov 07, 2022
U.S. Army Demonstrates Counter-UAS Radar

Lockheed Martin's multi-mission radar was integrated with an Army command and control system and provided tracking data for the CUAS solution

Nov 04, 2022
New Fixed-Wing eVTOL sUAS Launched for Airborne ISR Missions 

Aurora Flight Sciences’ SKIRON-X is a Group 2 sUAS that combines simple operation of an eVTOL configuration with the longer range and endurance of a fixed-wing design

Nov 04, 2022
Automation Software Enables BVLOS Drone Inspections

Drone orchestration software by VOTIX has enabled AviSight to achieve FAA certification for beyond visual line of sight drone inspections for Shell USA

Nov 04, 2022
Engine Shipments Commence for Tactical UAS

Orbital UAV has begun the first engine shipments to Insitu Pacific for the Australian Army’s next-generation Integrator uncrewed aerial system

Nov 04, 2022
Successful Medical Drone Flight Demo Using UATM

FIXAR has taken part in a successful demonstration to confirm the capabilities of medical drones to deliver in urban areas using an urban air traffic management (UATM) system

Nov 03, 2022
FAA Issues BVLOS Waiver for Commercial UAS Inspections

Soaring Eagle's waiver allows operations nationwide without restrictions to specific areas during specific time limits

Nov 02, 2022
Remote Radiation Detection Payload for UAS

Teledyne FLIR Defense's MUVE R430 allows drones to detect, locate, measure, map, and identify radioactive sources from above

Nov 02, 2022
Fixed-Wing Mapping Drone Upgraded with Multispectral Imaging Sensors

Event 38's E400 drone, equipped with an AgEagle sensor, is highly suited to applications such as research and resource management

Nov 01, 2022
HD45 EO/IR Camera System Onboard Ghost UAS for Military Use

Trillium’s HD45 has embedded video processing with electronic stabilization and scene tracking, onboard GPS/INS with real-time vehicle and target location, and day/night operations through visible and thermal cameras

Nov 01, 2022
Inspired Flight Release YouTube Training Series

A new line of training videos designed to assist and inform drone users has been released by Inspired Flight

Oct 31, 2022
Remote ID Firmware Update for Global Compliance

With the enforcement of the FAA’s new Remote ID drone regulations Doodle Labs are introducing a firmware update in the Mesh Rider OS to enable full compliance

Oct 31, 2022
Reliable Robotics to Optimize Aircraft Autonomy for USAF Operation

Reliable Robotics will build on its set of autonomy solutions to optimize aircraft control under a broad range of contingencies, and then test them in a series of flight test campaigns

Oct 28, 2022
USOG Demonstrates Smart Tether System to DoD, DHS

The demonstration evaluated the capabilities of a COTS UAS that integrated a radiation sensor payload to detect, store, and transmit radiological data in real-time to a remote operator, or Command and Control center

Oct 28, 2022
Volatus Aerospace Becomes Official Atmos Drones Distributor in Canada

Volatus Aerospace will be responsible for the distribution of Atmos’ Marlyn Cobalt survey drones in Canada, and will provide assistance and maintenance services to local UAV operators

Oct 28, 2022
Aerosonde UAS Provides Further Extended Range ISR Services to US Navy

Textron's Aerosonde UAS will provide operational support to the USS Miguel Keith

Oct 26, 2022
Military Multi-Mission Cargo UAV Tested

The UAV was a sub-scale demonstrator version of Airbus' future system, which is intended for cargo transportation, ISR duties, communications relaying, and more

Oct 26, 2022
Air-to-Air Laser Communication System Tested

The capability can be applied as a podded solution to General Atomics’ full line of unmanned aircraft for beyond-line-of-sight communications

Oct 26, 2022
US Navy Demonstrates Tactical VTOL UAS for Future Operations

The two-week demonstration event showcased the functions and capabilities currently available on the commercial UAS market

Oct 25, 2022
US Border Patrol Orders Golden Eagle Drones to Enhance Situational Awareness

Teal Drones’ Golden Eagle drones will provide a supplemental airborne reconnaissance, surveillance, and tracking capability to enhance situational awareness in areas without manned air support

Oct 25, 2022
UAS Powerline Inspection in Southern California

MissionGO will inspect nearly 160,000 poles for Southern California Edison over a period of three years

Oct 24, 2022
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