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

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
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
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.