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

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
Censys Integrates LiDAR into VTOL UAVs for 3D Mapping Missions

This technology is useful for land surveying, power line inspection, topographic surveys, forestry and wildfire mitigation, precision agriculture, and mining

Aug 10, 2022
Fuel Measurement Sensors Selected for Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Helicopter

Reventec's capacitive fuel level sensor allows the Alpha 900 to deliver up to 4 hours of continuous flight

Aug 09, 2022
UAVOS Demonstrates Use of Drones for Forestry Inspection 

UAVOS used a Borey fixed-wing UAV to demonstrate how drones can optimize and improve the way data is collected and analyzed, help to reduce environmental risks, and generate economic wealth in the sector

Aug 05, 2022
World’s First Dual-Function Bird & Drone Radar System Released

DeTect’s MERLIN BDR-DDR now has TRUE3D for simultaneous bird and drone detecting capabilities for use at military installations

Aug 04, 2022
Airspace Management System Supports UAS Flights at RIMPAC 2022

Vigilant Aerospace’s FlightHorizon COMMANDER is used to correlate and display air traffic and other data from ground-based and airborne sensors, civilian air traffic data, military data and proprietary data sources

Aug 03, 2022
New Partnership Creates Maintenance Technology Solutions for Next-Gen UAS/AAM

Robotic Skies and Continuum Applied Technology will combine CORRIDOR’s aviation maintenance platform with Robotic Skies’ global Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul network for next generation UAS and AAM aircraft

Aug 03, 2022
INVOLI Provides Surveillance for Cooperative Air Traffic During Energy UTM Trials

AIRmarket has deployed the INVOLI receivers on the first segment of the Energy Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) trials in Canada

Aug 03, 2022
DRONAMICS Joins Medical Drone Delivery Consortium

The CAELUS consortium will develop and trial the UK’s first national distribution network using drones to transport medical supplies throughout Scotland, UK

Aug 03, 2022
American Water Earns FAA BVLOS Waiver

The new waiver will allow the company to fly 4-miles from the UAS pilot to enhance its monitoring of source water and potential environmental threats to the water supply

Aug 02, 2022
Black Eagle Electric Helicopter UAVs Selected by Israeli Navy

The Black Eagle 50 Electric helicopter can carry multiple payloads and sensors and is ideal for advanced maritime missions

Jul 30, 2022
OEM Drone Tether Technology Incorporated into Mobile ISR & Sensor Platform

Blue Vigil's OEM power tether kit provides the AVEM with power, secure communication and data transfer

Jul 29, 2022
UTM Solution Delivered to UAS Test Range in Canada

OneSky and ARA Robotics provided a Remotely Piloted Aerial System (RPAS) test range solution with integrated beacon tracking data, allowing drone operators to plan, simulate, and operate their flights

Jul 29, 2022
Orbital UAV Engine Development Program Progresses to Second Stage

The Design & Development and Verification & Validation contract will see Orbital UAV conduct further engineering work and deliver three additional prototype engine systems during financial year 2023

Jul 28, 2022
Heavy Lift & High-Endurance Multi-Use Drones from Draganfly

Both Draganfly’s Heavy Lift and Commander 3XL drones are compatible with interchangeable payloads, including optical and thermal imaging solutions, specialized delivery containers, and the company’s Long Range LiDAR system

Jul 28, 2022
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