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

Aerial Inspection of Automated Shipping Yards

Phase One has released a case study showing how its medium format camera has been used as part of a...

Nov 03, 2021
250 kW Motor Controller Commercialized for Advanced Air Mobility

LaunchPoint Electric Propulsion Solutions has commercialized its highest power controller to date. An ultra-lightweight, bi-directional 250 kW power electronics solution,...

Nov 03, 2021
Certified Drone Training Programs Launched in the US

Skyfire Consulting has teamed up with leading European drone group, Parrot,  to offer its world-class drone training as one of...

Nov 03, 2021
AI-Driven Technology Helps Identify Chemical Threats Using UAVs

Kongsberg Geospatial and SFL Scientific will demonstrate how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used to develop autonomous unmanned systems for complex tasks including CBRNE threat identification

Nov 02, 2021
Orbital UAV Supports US Navy Unmanned Cargo Transportation

Orbital UAV has entered into an agreement to provide unmanned cargo transport specialist Skyways with a heavy fuel engine that...

Nov 01, 2021
Cargo Delivery Drones to be Trialled in Malaysia

Pen Aviation and DHL Express have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to commercialize time-critical goods deliveries with unmanned aerial...

Oct 31, 2021
Winterized Integrator UAS Variant Under Development

Insitu and UBIQ Aerospace have entered into a partnership to upgrade Insitu’s Integrator unmanned aerial system (UAS) for operation in...

Oct 30, 2021
New Multispectral Drone Sensor Unveiled

MicaSense has launched the RedEdge-P, the company’s new multispectral sensor for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) that provides three times the...

Oct 29, 2021
Hydronalix Awarded High-Efficiency UAS Propeller Contract

The United States Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) has awarded a Phase II STTR program to Hydronalix and Oklahoma State...

Oct 29, 2021
Software Automation Company Wins GENIUS NY Accelerator Competition

Governor Kathy Hochul has announced that Airtonomy, of Grand Forks, North Dakota, is the $1 million grand prize winner of round five of...

Oct 29, 2021
Skyward Incorporates Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability

Skyward has integrated the next generation of the FAA’s Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) within its platform. The...

Oct 28, 2021
New Counter-UAS Technologies Unveiled at AUSA

During AUSA 2021, CACI International Inc debuted its latest technologies to mitigate threats from Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS): the next...

Oct 27, 2021
Final Contract Option Exercised for US Army UAS Radio Frequency Modifications

The U.S. Army has exercised the third and final option under the Flight Control Systems (FCS) domain of its multi-year...

Oct 27, 2021
APKWS Laser-Guided Rockets Tested Against Class 2 UAS

BAE Systems, Inc. has successfully completed testing of its APKWS laser-guided rockets against Class 2 Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) at...

Oct 27, 2021
BVLOS Unmanned Helicopter Tested in Malta

SwissDrones has conducted a series of long-range Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) flights with its helicopter UAV unmanned aerial...

Oct 26, 2021
Surveillance Monitoring System Deployed at US Army Ranges

Sunhillo, a developer of tracking, surveillance and monitoring for manned and unmanned aircraft, has confirmed that its Surveillance Monitoring System...

Oct 26, 2021
Challenges and Opportunities for Government SATCOM-Enabled UAS Operators

In this whitepaper, Intelsat detail some of the current challenges and future opportunities for operators of government-owned satellite-connected UAS around the world. Learn more about the present and future usage of commercial satellite-connected UAS for government applications.

Oct 26, 2021
Agnostic Drone Charging Station Launched

H3 Dynamics has announced the launch of DBX-G7, a brand new vertiport system for autonomous, unmanned drone operations

Oct 25, 2021
New AI Counter-UAS Solutions Introduced

Citadel Defense has expanded its intelligence and counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (cUAS) offering with a suite of new technology under the Titan...

Oct 25, 2021
RIEGL UAV LiDAR Wins Geospatial World Innovation Award

RIEGL has confirmed that its VUX-120 LiDAR scanner for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) has received a Geospatial World Innovation Award,...

Oct 22, 2021
YellowScan Expands Distribution Network into Southeast Asia

YellowScan has selected Malaysian aerial survey services provider AECA Solutions as the newest addition to its global distribution network of...

Oct 22, 2021
Multiple UAVs Controlled Simultaneously from Single GCS

Primoco UAV has performed a successful flight test in which several of the company’s One 150 UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles)...

Oct 22, 2021
BRINC Develops First Response Drones for Public Safety & Law Enforcement

BRINC, a leading developer of drone technology solutions for public safety, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) to demonstrate...

Oct 22, 2021
Call for US DOD Attendees at Counter-UAS Technology Conference

SMi Group has confirmed that United States Department of Defense (US DOD) attendees can attend its upcoming Counter-UAS (unmanned aerial...

Oct 21, 2021
Interoperability Successfully Demonstrated Using Unmanned Systems

Europe’s largest maritime unmanned systems operational experimentation exercise NATO REP(MUS) 21, saw  AeroVironment, Inc. complete a successful maritime demonstration of...

Oct 21, 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.