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

MQ-20 Avenger UAS Demonstrates Manned-Unmanned Teaming

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has successfully demonstrated airborne Manned-Unmanned Teaming (MUM-T) with an MQ-20 Avenger UAS (unmanned aerial system)...

Sep 08, 2021
BRINC Drones Supports Non-Profit Public Safety Organization

BRINC Drones has confirmed that it has provided corporate sponsorship to DRONERESPONDERS, a 501(C)3 non-profit organization that focuses on providing...

Sep 08, 2021
Connectivity Solution Provides Secure Communications for BVLOS Flight

Inmarsat has launched an advanced connectivity solution designed to provide secure communications for commercial Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to fly Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS) and seamlessly integrate with...

Sep 08, 2021
UAV Works Develops Electric VTOL Drones for Surveillance, Mapping & Transportation

UAV Works, a leading developer of electric VTOL UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles), has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) to...

Sep 08, 2021
Real-time SDK Released for Geospatial Visualization

Kongsberg Geospatial has released the latest version of its TerraLens real-time, high performance, Software Development Kit (SDK) for geospatial visualization...

Sep 08, 2021
New Contract to Support Flying Car Development for the U.S. Air Force

Tangram Flex, Inc. has been awarded a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract to support the Air Force...

Sep 08, 2021
UAV Autopilot System Supported by Iridium Certus

SKYTRAC has partnered with autopilot developer Embention to develop UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) C2 (command and control) solutions supported by...

Sep 07, 2021
New Long-Range UAV LiDAR Solution Unveiled

YellowScan has introduced a new long-range, compact LiDAR solution designed to be mounted on fixed-wing or multirotor UAVs. Capable of catching points up to 600m away, the YellowScan Explorer can be used for a variety of laser scanning applications including surveying, forestry, environmental research, archaeology, industrial inspection, civil engineering, and mining.

Sep 07, 2021
BVLOS Technology Integrated into Logistics Drones

Iris Automation has partnered with drone-powered logistics company Swoop Aero to offer Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone solutions...

Sep 06, 2021
Amphibious Sonar Imaging Drone to be Developed

NOAA’s (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program has awarded a Phase II grant to Hydronalix...

Sep 06, 2021
UKRSPECSYSTEMS Launches Partner Program

UKRSPECSYSTEMS has launched a new partner program for its range of UAS (unmanned aerial systems) solutions and components, aimed at...

Sep 06, 2021
Airborne Wide-Area Surveillance System Unveiled

Logos Technologies LLC will showcase its new, ultra-light infrared BlackKite Pod Wide-Area Motion Imagery (WAMI) sensor system for the first time at DSEI in...

Sep 06, 2021
Drone-Based Intelligence Collection for Defense & Disaster Recovery

Hexagon US Federal has partnered with senseFly and Tough Stump Technologies to develop ARTEMIS (Aerial Reconnaissance Tactical Edge Mapping Imagery...

Sep 05, 2021
Tactical UAV Solutions Under Development for Danish Defence

Insitu has formed a partnership with Danish edge computing solutions provider MDSI in order to provide new UAS (unmanned aerial...

Sep 05, 2021
SeaGuardian UAS Flies From UK To The Netherlands

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has successfully flown a MQ-9B SeaGuardian UAS (unmanned aerial system) from RAF Waddington across...

Sep 03, 2021
Drone Swarm Project to Monitor Weather and Air Quality

Plymouth Rock Technologies (PRT) has developed a number of custom drones for environmental consultants Survey-AR that will be used to...

Sep 03, 2021
High Altitude, Long Endurance UAV Used in ABMS Exercises

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s RQ-4B Block 30 Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) was deployed by the U.S. Air Force during a...

Sep 03, 2021
New Anti-Drone Handheld Case Unveiled at Army-2021 Forum

Ruselectronics Holding of Rostec State Corporation has demonstrated its Guard mobile anti-drone system for the first time at the Army-2021...

Sep 03, 2021
IMSAR Upgrades SAR & MTI Radar

IMSAR has released a new Block II variant of its NSP-7 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)/Moving Target Indication (MTI) system. The...

Sep 02, 2021
New Features Tested on V-BAT VTOL UAS

Northrop Grumman Corporation and Martin UAV have completed successful flight testing of a V-BAT unmanned aircraft system (UAS) with new...

Sep 02, 2021
Robotic Skies Expands Global Field Support

Robotic Skies has partnered with Australian UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) manufacturer and operator Carbonix to provide an international field support...

Sep 01, 2021
Final Tests of NAVAID Calibration Drone Completed by Cursir

Cursir LLC has completed final tests and is summarizing the results of Research and Development (R&D) on the NAVAID Calibration...

Sep 01, 2021
U.S. Navy Completes Carrier-Based Aircraft Unmanned Refueling Mission

The U.S. Navy and Boeing have completed a second carrier-based aircraft unmanned refueling mission with the Boeing-owned MQ-25 unmanned test...

Sep 01, 2021
100 Hours of BVLOS Drone Delivery Flights in India

ANRA Technologies has conducted 100 hours of Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone delivery flights in India, supporting a...

Aug 30, 2021
Growing Demand for Drone Pilots in Agriculture

In this article, the team at Drone Digital explore the increasing use of drones in agriculture, potential future uses, and look at the rising demand for qualified drone pilots and operators. They also unveil their new online platform that connects farmers with pilots in their area, to help them find the right professionals for their project requirements.

Aug 30, 2021
Drone Test Equipment Manufacturer Rebrands

Test stand manufacturer RCbenchmark has confirmed that it has changed its name to Tyto Robotics, as part of a rebranding...

Aug 29, 2021
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