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

Maritime Surveillance UAV Adds New SAR Capability

Under a new contract from the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), CLS and TEKEVER have added a new device to...

Oct 21, 2021
Autonomous VTOL & Indoor Multirotor Drones for Indian Distribution

EU-based commercial drone design and software developer FIXAR, has signed an exclusivity agreement with the leading Indian technology development company...

Oct 20, 2021
$25 Million Funding Raised for First Responder Drones

BRINC, an American technology company building a new class of drones in response to the mass shooting at The Mandalay...

Oct 19, 2021
Blue Marble Develops Geospatial Data Analysis & Mapping Software for UAVs

Blue Marble Geographics, a leading developer of state-of-the-art software solutions for geospatial professionals, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”)...

Oct 19, 2021
Modular Open Systems Approach for Gray Eagle UAS

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) is working with the U.S. Army to develop a Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA) for...

Oct 19, 2021
New Wide-Area Motion Imagery Sensor for Tethered UAV

Wide-Area Motion Imagery (WAMI) specialist, Logos Technologies LLC, has released MicroKestrel, a sensor for small, tethered, multirotor-type Unmanned Aerial Vehicles...

Oct 18, 2021
Advances in Autonomy for Solar-Powered UAS

Skydweller Aero Inc., a U.S.-Spanish aerospace company developing solar powered aircraft for defense and commercial industries, has completed successful flight...

Oct 18, 2021
V-BAT VTOL UAV Demonstrates AIS Capability

Martin UAV has conducted a number of successful demonstrations with its V-BAT Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) aboard the amphibious transport...

Oct 15, 2021
Microdrones Selects New Distributor for Benelux Region

Microdrones has confirmed that it has selected telemetry and GNSS positioning solutions specialist Nautikaris as a distributor for drone surveying...

Oct 15, 2021
Inspired Flight Technologies Announces New CEO

Inspired Flight Technologies (IFT), a manufacturer of commercial sUAS (small Unmanned Aerial Systems) for government and commercial applications, has announced...

Oct 15, 2021
Spyglass Radar & C2 Software for C-sUAS Laser SHIELD System

Numerica Corporation has been selected by Liteye Systems to be a strategic partner in the development of the U.S. Army...

Oct 15, 2021
SeaGuardian UAS Completes European Maritime Demonstrations

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has completed a series of flight demonstrations with a SeaGuardian UAS (unmanned aerial system)...

Oct 14, 2021
Next-Generation Tactical Quadcopter Introduced

Teledyne FLIR has launched the ION M640x tactical UAS (unmanned aerial system), featuring a 640×512 infrared sensor and a Near-Infrared...

Oct 14, 2021
Advanced Multifunction Imaging Radar System for UAV

Responding to increasing needs for operational flexibility in the defense industry, Insitu, GKN Aerospace and TNO have developed a distinctive...

Oct 14, 2021
Performance Electronics Provides Custom Design & ECUs for UAVs

Performance Electronics, a leading provider of custom electronic design and manufacturing services for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and unmanned systems,...

Oct 14, 2021
Autonomous Remote UAV Flight Control Solution Released

SkyGrid has released a new autonomous remote Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) operations capability to allow flight managers and operators to...

Oct 13, 2021
Fixed-Wing VTOL UAS for Remote Operations in Kazakhstan

Leader in developing detection apparatus and unmanned technologies Plymouth Rock Technologies, has announced that Aardvark LLP has issued a purchase...

Oct 13, 2021
Tactical Ground Controller Stations Delivered to Global Drone Supplier

Mobilicom has successfully fulfilled an existing $2.3 million contract with a global drone supplier, delivering the final instalment of more...

Oct 12, 2021
Drone Racing Partnership to Develop the Sport’s Future Pilots

In this article, the team at Warren Community College, New Jersey explain how partnering with the Drone Zone team to host a drone racing competition has led the college to now offer interested students on their Unmanned Systems Training Program additional training to become racers.

Oct 08, 2021
YellowScan Selects New European Distributor

YellowScan has selected MOST Robotics as the newest member of the global distribution network for the company’s UAV (unmanned aerial...

Oct 07, 2021
Webinar: New Long-Range Drone LiDAR System

Microdrones has announced a special webinar presentation on its new mdLIDAR1000LR, a drone-based LiDAR system developed in conjunction with GE...

Oct 07, 2021
New BVLOS UAV Includes Detect & Avoid Solution

Applied Aeronautics has developed a new version of its Albatross UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) designed for BVLOS (beyond visual line...

Oct 07, 2021
Increasing Drone Flight Time and Lift Capacity

Tyto Robotics has released an article detailing an optimization process for extending the flight time and lift capacity of UAVs...

Oct 06, 2021
US Navy Tests Target Drone

The US Navy has tested its next-generation BQM-177A sub-sonic aerial target (SSAT) drone in the Western Pacific with the help...

Oct 05, 2021
Drone Fleet Command via Web Browser & 5G

Advanced Navigation has released a new SaaS (software as a service) platform that allows users to connect, monitor and control...

Oct 05, 2021
North American Monsoon Research with UAS

Anemoment has released a case study highlighting how its TriSonica Mini wind and weather sensor has been used by researchers...

Oct 05, 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.