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

New Passive RF Drone Detection Solution for Maritime Environments

METIS Aerospace has launched SKYPERION Marine, a new passive RF drone detection solution specifically designed for use in maritime environments....

Sep 15, 2021
Hydrogen-Powered Military sUAS Successfully Tested

Zepher has successfully completed a flight test with its hydrogen-powered Z1 VTOL sUAS (small unmanned aerial system). The custom-manufactured prototype...

Sep 14, 2021
Maritime Patrol UAS Adds Life-Raft Deployment Capability

Tekever has upgraded the maritime patrol version of its AR5 UAS (unmanned aerial system) with the ability to precision-drop eight-person...

Sep 14, 2021
Unjammable Flight Control and Navigation for GPS-free Drone

Following a successful initial Defense and Security Accelerator (DASA) contract to prove the concept of autonomy in drones, Flare Bright has been awarded a larger follow-up contract to deliver a fixed wing drone that can fly without GPS or remote-control, instead just using unjammable internal means of flight control and navigation.

Sep 14, 2021
Auterion Software Supports Third-Party Drones

Auterion has released a new upgraded version of its Auterion Suite software that supports UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) that do...

Sep 13, 2021
Long Range UAS C2 Demonstrated with Open Architecture Network

Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully demonstrated a data link for connecting aircraft in highly contested airspace for long-range command and...

Sep 11, 2021
MQ-9A UAS Flies in Canadian Arctic

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems (GA-ASI) has successfully flown an MQ-9A UAS (unmanned aircraft system) north through Canadian airspace past the...

Sep 11, 2021
UAVOS Provides Carbon Fiber Rotor Blades for Unmanned Helicopters

UAVOS has confirmed that it can now provide industrial-grade carbon fiber blade rotors for unmanned helicopters with take-off weights of...

Sep 10, 2021
Microdrones Documentary Show Features Digital Twin Creation with LiDAR

Microdrones has released a new set of episodes of its “Down to Earth” reality series, which focuses on the challenges...

Sep 10, 2021
Dates Announced for Unmanned Tactical Application Conference

FLYMOTION has announced the official dates for the Unmanned Tactical Application Conference (UTAC) 2021. The fully immersive conference, which will...

Sep 09, 2021
Orbital UAV Awarded Australian Defense Funding for Expansion

Orbital UAV has been awarded funding via the Australian government’s Defence Global Competitiveness Grant to support the company’s growing capabilities...

Sep 09, 2021
BVLOS Trials of Long-Endurance Surveillance UAS for Canadian Coast Guard

On behalf of the Canadian Coast Guard, Kongsberg Geospatial has successfully conducted Phase 1 trials of the Martin UAV V-BAT...

Sep 09, 2021
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
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