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

Surveillance Drones for Lithuanian State Border Guard Service

Robot Aviation will supply over 10 drones as well as training and its NATO compliant Ground Control Station to Lithuania to strengthen border control with Belarus

May 10, 2022
SKYTRAC SATCOM Terminal Selected for High-Altitude UAV

By utilizing the Iridium satellite network, SKYTRAC’s UAV Data Link System (DLS-100) will provide Kea Aerospace’s High Altitude and Long Endurance (HALE) UAV global SATCOM connectivity with 99.9% uptime reliability

May 09, 2022
MissionGo Integrates Elsight’s Halo Platform for Advanced BVLOS Communications

Halo offers Elsight’s ‘6th Sense’, the first Artificial Intelligence (AI)-powered connectivity solution for drones, UAVs and other unmanned systems

May 09, 2022
Leading UAS Centers Enter Agreement to Share Facilities & Services

The partnership between Near Space Corporation (Tillamook UAS) and UAS Denmark Test Center will allow customers to easily transition their validation testing and demonstration flights between the EU and United States

May 06, 2022
Inmarsat Expands Velaris Partner Network to Support BVLOS Drone Operations

The Velaris Partner Network is bolstered by the addition of software company Dimetor, which facilitates BVLOS operations in cellular networks, and Bellwether Industries, a UAM solutions provider for intra-city travel

May 06, 2022
skyEcho Portable ADS-B Transceiver Now Available in New Zealand

uAvionix’s skyEcho can be used by general aviation aircraft to enhance their visibility and increase situational awareness through ADS-B OUT and IN

May 06, 2022
SwissDrones Granted European Drone Operator License by Transport Malta

The certificate allows SwissDrones to self-authorize flight operations of its SDO50 V2 unmanned helicopters across EASA countries, including Beyond Visual Line Of Sight operations within the limits of the certificate

May 05, 2022
US Navy Guided Missile Destroyer Launches First Aerosonde UAV

Integrated into the ship’s combat systems, the Aerosonde from Textron Systems is equipped to deliver day/night full-motion video, wide area surveillance, communications relay, signals intelligence and more

May 05, 2022
Lifeseeker Mini Wins AUVSI XCELLENCE Award 

CENTUM Research & Technology’s Lifeseeker Mini is an airborne system for search and rescue on UAVs, capable of locating missing people through their cell phones

May 05, 2022
GESAR Introduces Customizable VTOL UAV 

With a range of up to 200km, the new professional long-range UAV can operate at a maximum altitude of 3,500 m in a temperature range of -20°C to 45°C

May 04, 2022
Royal Australian Navy to Acquire CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS 

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) has selected Schiebel's CAMCOPTER S-100 unmanned helicopter for Block One of its Sea 129 Phase 5 project

May 04, 2022
Embention Debuts on Euronext Access Paris

Specializing in the development of autopilots and critical components for UAVs, UAMs and eVTOLs, Embention has gone public on the Euronext Access Paris stock exchange

May 04, 2022
SKYTRAC SATCOM Terminal Selected for Space Cargo Capsule

The DLS-100 datalink will provide data transmission from the space capsule to the ground

May 03, 2022
GOteam Wins 2022 Edison Award 

MediGO and MissionGO, known as GOteam, earned Gold in the Aerospace and Robotics Category for innovation in Autonomous and Unmanned Systems

May 03, 2022
Black Swift Technologies Named AUVSI XCELLENCE Award Winner

The company was selected from a pool of accomplished applicants as one of five winners for the Humanitarian and Public Safety Awards during AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2022 in Orlando

May 03, 2022
Volatus Aerospace to Offer Full Throttle Aerial UAVs 

Full Throttle Aerial’s heavy lift, high endurance, robust drones are designed for infrastructure inspection and cargo delivery

Apr 29, 2022
FIXAR Awarded 2022 Bronze Edison Awards 

The company won the awards in the Aerospace and Robotics category for its flagship FIXAR 007 VTOL outdoor UAV with proprietary Autopilot and xGroundControl software

Apr 29, 2022
New Hybrid Heavy Fuel UAV Engine System Released 

Currawong’s Cortex Heavy Fuel Hybrid System has hybrid architecture which allows the engine to provide power to onboard electrical systems and charge batteries while providing propulsion power for flight

Apr 28, 2022
Beluga Drone to Embed uAvionix Autopilot & CNPC Ecosystem

Beluga will include the uAvionix George G3, a CubePilot-based autopilot designed to DAL-C safety standards, and the truFYX EXT GPS which will provide high-quality avionics at a low SWaP consumption and cost

Apr 28, 2022
New Coaxial Drone for Material Transport

The NX30 is adaptable to the unique requirements of delivery network operators and can be optimized for a wide range of missions

Apr 27, 2022
TEKEVER AR3 UAS Upgraded with VTOL & Integrated SAR Capabilities

The new version of the AR3 features a hot-swappable VTOL system that increases the flexibility of the aircraft

Apr 27, 2022
World’s Largest Deployment of Autonomous Drones at US Electric Utility

Percepto will initially deploy 13 autonomous drones at Florida Power & Light, with plans to introduce hundreds of drones to monitor the utility’s distribution substations over the next five years

Apr 27, 2022
Seaspray V2 Maritime Radar Integrated onto MQ-9A UAV

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems integrated the Leonardo Seaspray 7500E V2 multi-mode radar onto an MQ-9A and completed a successful first flight demonstrating the capabilities of the AESA radar

Apr 27, 2022
Acecore Releases Zoe Drone on Auterion’s Open Ecosystem

By connecting with Auterion Suite via Skynode, the Acecore Zoe delivers data and live video streaming automatically, in real time, while the drone is flying and performing its mission

Apr 27, 2022
NASC Unveils New TRACER UAV at XPONENTIAL 

The TRACER was designed to provide a low-cost alternative for manned-unmanned teaming operations, counter-UAS missions, reconnaissance, communications and electronic warfare

Apr 27, 2022
Third Generation UgCS SkyHub Hardware Released 

The third generation UgCS SkyHub from SPH Engineering has 5x serial ports, Ethernet, Bluetooth and WiFi connections to provide additional capabilities for sensors integration

Apr 27, 2022
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