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

MissionGO Provides UAV Inspection and Delivery Services & UAS Training

MissionGO, a leading provider of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) solutions for public safety and commercial applications, has partnered with Unmanned...

Dec 01, 2021
System-Level Tests Completed for New Protector UAV

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has successfully completed a series of system-level tests for the new Protector RG Mk1...

Dec 01, 2021
Heavy Fuel Variant of Hybrid Wankel UAV Engine Released

Sky Power has launched a heavy fuel variant of the company’s SP-180 SRE single-disc wankel engine for UAVs (unmanned aerial...

Nov 30, 2021
Detect-and-Avoid Solutions for BVLOS Drone Swarms Under Development

Iris Automation has partnered with HHLA Sky to create solutions that will enable remote, global and simultaneous control over 100...

Nov 30, 2021
VBAT UAS Increment 2 Prototype Effort Begins

Martin UAV kicked off its Multi-Mission Tactical UAS (MTUAS) Increment 2 (Mi2) prototype effort with Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft...

Nov 30, 2021
Silent Arrow Cargo Delivery Drones Ordered by U.S. Air Force

Silent Arrow has been awarded a contract by the United States Air Force to provide a variant of the company’s...

Nov 29, 2021
EU Urban Drone Test Flights Conducted

Dronehub has carried out a series of test flights designed to help accelerate the use of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles)...

Nov 29, 2021
UAS Swarm Capability Demonstrated to Royal Netherlands Army

Elbit Systems has demonstrated its Robotic Autonomous Systems (RAS) capabilities for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) missions utilizing heterogeneous autonomous...

Nov 29, 2021
3D Thermal Mapping with Autonomous Unmanned Airship

Phase One has released a case study showing how its iXM-100 camera has been integrated into the Airbus Defence and...

Nov 26, 2021
UAS Performs SAR Trials in Arctic

Schiebel has conducted a successful demonstration of its CAMCOPTER S-100 unmanned helicopter on board the coastguard vessel KV Nordkapp in...

Nov 25, 2021
LiDAR for Extreme Environmental Monitoring

LightWare LiDAR has released the following article detailing how the company’s innovative LiDAR technology has been used by UAS (unmanned...

Nov 24, 2021
New Combined Drone Service with Fixed-Wing and Rotary UAVs

UMS Skeldar and Primoco UAV have partnered to provide a versatile service that pairs the Primoco One 150 fixed-wing UAV...

Nov 24, 2021
SATCOM System Selected for Record-Setting BVLOS UAV

SKYTRAC Systems has confirmed that its Iridium Certus SATCOM system has been used by Platform Aerospace to enable Command and...

Nov 23, 2021
AlarisPro Updates UAS Management Software

AlarisPro, a developer of unmanned aircraft system (UAS) management solutions, has released new updates for its software platform. Versions 22...

Nov 23, 2021
Five New Unmanned Helicopters for Greek Navy

The Greek Navy has signed an agreement with Alpha Unmanned Systems (AUS) in Spain and Altus LSA in Greece for...

Nov 19, 2021
Stratospheric HAPS UAV Achieves Connectivity

Airbus and NTT DOCOMO, INC. have successfully demonstrated the solar-powered Zephyr High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)’s...

Nov 19, 2021
Casia DAA System Selected for UAS Safety Demonstration Program

Iris Automation’s Casia drone detect-and-avoid (DAA) system has been selected by Transport Canada as part of a series of trials,...

Nov 18, 2021
Sky Power Selects New Indian Distributor for UAV Engines

Sky Power has selected Zerosum Technologies as a distributor for the company’s UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) engine products in India....

Nov 18, 2021
Successful Airborne Launch & Recovery of Gremlins UAV

Dynetics has achieved a new milestone in unmanned aviation by successfully launching and retrieving an X-61A Gremlins Unmanned Aerial Vehicle...

Nov 18, 2021
AI Powers Upgraded Autonomous Inspection & Monitoring Platform

Percepto has launched its upgraded 2022 Autonomous Inspection & Monitoring (AIM) platform and its new Air Mobile drone. Percepto offers the only...

Nov 17, 2021
Vertical Slicing Feature Added to Point Cloud Software

YellowScan has added a new vertical slicing feature to version 2110.0.0 of its CloudStation Core software. The new tool provides...

Nov 17, 2021
USSOCOM Places New Order for Loitering Missile Systems

AeroVironment, Inc. has been awarded a firm-fixed-price contract by the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) for the procurement of Switchblade 600 Tactical Missile...

Nov 16, 2021
Using LiDAR to Quantify Effects of Climate Change

YellowScan has released a case study detailing how its Mapper drone LiDAR sensor has been used to quantify the effects...

Nov 15, 2021
Atmospheric Boundary Layer Measurement with Multirotor sUAS

FT Technologies’ Director of Global Accounts, Gordon Bease, has co-authored a paper entitled “Development of a sensor suite for atmospheric...

Nov 15, 2021
German Companies Partner to Combine BVLOS Drone Technologies

HHLA Sky and Airial Robotics are partnering in order to integrate their technologies based on innovative European engineering and professional aviation standards...

Nov 14, 2021
uAvionix Launches Upgraded Dual-Frequency ADS-B Receiver

uAvionix has launched the pingStation 3, an upgraded dual-frequency ADS-B receiver designed to globally and locally enhance situational awareness for...

Nov 12, 2021
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.