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

Geospatial Software Provides GIS Visualization & Situational Awareness

Kongsberg Geospatial develop high-performance geospatial solutions to enable next generation civilian and military BVLOS drone missions, unmanned traffic management and airspace awareness

Aug 24, 2022
Seed Pod Delivery System Developed for Tree-Planting Aerial Drone

CAL International and AirSeed Technologies partnership will advance climate change initiative that aims to plant 100 million trees by 2024

Aug 23, 2022
Coreless, Wide Voltage Servo Actuators for Fixed-Wing UAS

Engineered with coreless motors and wide operating voltage ranges, Hitec Commercial Solutions’ new slim wing servos are designed for commercial and military-grade fixed-wing UAS, as well as larger gliders

Aug 23, 2022
Industrial Unmanned Helicopter Receives Payload Capacity Boost

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd used the automatic navigation version of the FAZER R G2 model to bolster its response to the expansion of transportation and delivery requirements in the sector

Aug 23, 2022
WarrenUAS Using Drone Technology to Save Lives & Grow Prosperity

Warren County Community College is providing drone training to officials from Warren County N.J with a focus on utilizing drones in critical law enforcement and emergency services tasks

Aug 23, 2022
Industrial-Grade Servo Propulsion Modules for UAVs

State-of-the-art drone servo motors and high-precision electronic speed controllers (ESCs) with embedded position sensors for maximum propulsion efficiency

Aug 22, 2022
Industrial Drone with Interchangeable Power Modules Launched

Arcsky’s X55 is a multi-role utility UAV with up to 3 hour flight time and interchangeable power modules

Aug 22, 2022
US Army Selects AeroVironment Medium UAS for FTUAS Increment 1

Increment 1 entails testing and fielding JUMP 20 medium unmanned aircraft on an accelerated schedule as it competes to become the US Army’s Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System (FTUAS) of choice

Aug 22, 2022
Tactical Multi-Drone Mapping Demonstrated to US Military

Farsight gives military teams virtually real-time access to detailed 3D maps of a target area overlaid with Geographic Intelligence concerning rapidly developing situations on-the-ground

Aug 19, 2022
MQ-8C Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Completes Successful ISR&T Exercise

The exercise demonstrated the unmanned helicopter’s ship-to-shore transition capability across ship classes whilst providing persistent intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and targeting capabilities

Aug 19, 2022
AeroVironment Expands Autonomy Capabilities with Planck Aerosystems Acquisition

AeroVironment will focus on integrating Planck Aerosystems’ flight autonomy solutions into its UAS offerings to enable safe, autonomous takeoff and landing from moving platforms on land or at sea in GPS-denied environments

Aug 18, 2022
Ground-Based Detect & Avoidance System Supports Manned/Unmanned Teaming

Naval Aviation’s new avoidance technology Guardian is the only ground based detect and avoidance system developed to meet the FAA’s performance standards for unmanned systems

Aug 18, 2022
MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft Tests PT6 E-Series Engine

The PT6 E-Series model turboprop engine from Pratt & Whitney Canada, has been tested on the MQ-9B Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems

Aug 17, 2022
Volatus Infrastructure Announces Preferred Vertiport Management

Volatus Infrastructure partners with Global Aerial Management Group for business development services and electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) infrastructure management

Aug 17, 2022
Tethered Drones Aid Emergency Response Missions

A Federal law enforcement agency has selected the company’s Quad 8 long-endurance unmanned platforms to provide video, communications, and illumination for enhanced emergency response capability

Aug 17, 2022
Onboard AI Launched at DOD Field Exercise

SFL Scientific’s OptoAI identified visual, thermal, and chemical threats in real-time, on board a small UAV, displaying markers in an augmented reality (AR) sandtable for command & control

Aug 16, 2022
E400 VTOL Drone Now With Secure Autopilot

Asymmetric Technologies’ Ironclad flight controller is designed with premium encryption features, including initial user authentication, secure connection, and anti-tamper features that will wipe encryption keys in an emergency

Aug 15, 2022
Edge Autonomy Acquires Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Technology Company 

Adaptive Energy's lightweight, energy dense Solid Oxide Fuel Cells have been integrated as critical technology in Edge Autonomy's Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) platforms for over 10 years

Aug 15, 2022
Second Generation Dark Matter qD UAV Released

Clogworks Technologies’ second generation Dark Matter qD has a re-designed, 30% lighter airframe combined with a 3kg+ payload capacity and 55+ minute flight time

Aug 12, 2022
ScaleFlyt Announces Powerful New Digital Tool

ScaleFlyt to combine the Fly and Log drone software tools into a single, more powerful digital tool named Flights

Aug 12, 2022
CAMCOPTER UAS Selected for UK Maritime Coastguard Agency SAR Contract

Bristow will deliver the Second-Generation Search and Rescue (UKSAR2G) program for the UK Maritime Coastguard Agency, which includes the deployment of Schiebel’s CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS

Aug 12, 2022
VOTIX Becomes OEM Solution for HARRIS AERIAL

The VOTIX platform automates drone operations so users can manage missions, resources and data, stream flight videos in real-time and fly drones remotely integrated with the user’s drone ecosystem

Aug 11, 2022
Deterministic Ethernet Network Interface Card Released for UAVs

TTTech Aerospace's TTEEnd System A664 Pro (PMC) card ensures a reliable and fully redundant Deterministic Ethernet connection of the flight control system to the mission system of a UAV

Aug 11, 2022
Volatus Certified for BVLOS Operations Without a Visual Observer

This new certification will enable Volatus to remotely pilot its M300 drone integrated with FlightOps’ remote operations software and IRIS Automation’s CASIA G Optical detect & avoid system at the Lake Simcoe Regional Airport

Aug 11, 2022
New Heavy-Lift Camera Gimbal for Industrial Drones

Gremsy's Aevo gimbal can lift up to 9 kg and provides 360-degree panning capability

Aug 10, 2022
Five Teams Selected for Genius NY Unmanned Systems Accelerator Round Six

The companies, which are developing innovations in the UAS, Internet of Things (IoT) and robotics industries, were selected from a competitive pool of more than 200 submissions from over 50 countries

Aug 10, 2022
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