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

Auterion Announce Plug-and-Play Integration with Sony Alpha Cameras

Open-source drone software platform, Auterion, has integrated Sony’s Alpha cameras into its range of drone solutions, opening up new commercial application...

Aug 10, 2021
4G LTE-Connected Drone to Launch in US

Verizon, Parrot, and Skyward have entered into an agreement to launch the Parrot ANAFI Ai, the first COTS (commercial off-the-shelf)...

Aug 10, 2021
Modular Payload Interface Kits Introduced for Puma UAS

AeroVironment has introduced new standardized modular payload interface kits for the company’s RQ-20B Puma tactical unmanned aerial systems (UAS). The...

Aug 10, 2021
New Production Concept for Agricultural Survey VTOL Drone

Leading Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) producer in Thailand, HG Robotics has expanded its development and manufacturing partnership with COBRA International....

Aug 10, 2021
Halo Drone Connectivity Solution Receives Verizon ALO Certification

Elsight has confirmed that its Halo drone connectivity solution has received an Airborne LTE Operations (ALO) certification from Verizon, solidifying...

Aug 09, 2021
Imaging LiDAR & Unmanned Helicopter Showcased for US Navy

Schiebel has successfully demonstrated the CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air System (UAS) and its capabilities in a combined demonstration with Areté...

Aug 09, 2021
Industrial-Grade Payload Integration for US Made Heavy Lift Drones

Rocky Mountain Unmanned Systems (RMUS) has partnered with Watts Innovations to provide sales, support, training and payload integration in North America for...

Aug 09, 2021
Long-Range Counter-Drone Sensors for Australian Army

DroneShield Ltd has sold an undisclosed quantity of its RfOne MKII long-range sensors to the Australian Army to allow it...

Aug 09, 2021
NASA Select New Participant for Advanced Air Mobility Flight Trials

Reliable Robotics has been selected as a vehicle flight partner for NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility’s (AAM) National Campaign, which is...

Aug 06, 2021
MQ-4C Triton UAS Completes First Multi-Intelligence Flight

Northrop Grumman Corporation’s MQ-4C Triton UAS (unmanned aerial system) has been flown for the first time in the aircraft’s upgraded...

Aug 05, 2021
Nuclear Inspection Drone with Radiation Sensor Launched

Flyability has launched the Elios 2 RAD, a new indoor operation UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) that has been specially designed...

Aug 05, 2021
VTOL UAV Approved for BVLOS Operations in Canada

Transport Canada has granted RPV Aviation a Special Flight Operating Certificate (SFOC) to fly Beyond Visual Line Of Sight (BVLOS)...

Aug 05, 2021
Manned-Unmanned Teaming for Naval Aviation Demonstrated

A team led by Boeing has demonstrated manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) capabilities in a virtual environment to the Office of Naval...

Aug 04, 2021
Drone-Based Spectrum Analyzer Solution Under Development

SAF Tehnika has collaborated with the Electronic Communications Office of Latvia (ECO) to develop a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)-mounted radio...

Aug 04, 2021
Optical Radar Pods for UAV-Based Maritime Surveillance

Sentient Vision Systems has released the following article explaining how its ViDAR (Visual Detection and Ranging) technology has been developed...

Aug 04, 2021
Successful Trials of Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 for the Hellenic Navy

Stationed onboard the Elli-Class Frigate Aigaion (F-460) in the Mediterranean Sea west of Crete, the Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 Unmanned Air...

Aug 04, 2021
ApusDuo Solar HAPS UAV Undergoes Further Testing

UAVOS has performed further testing of its ApusDuo HAPS (high-altitude platform station) UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), successfully flying the aircraft...

Aug 04, 2021
New SIGINT System Provides Tri-Band Satphone Monitoring

Horizon Aerospace Technologies has unveiled the Blackfish, a new airborne-qualified SIGINT (signals intelligence) system that provides simultaneous monitoring of the...

Aug 03, 2021
US Patent for Delivery Drone with Landing Zone Technology

The United States Patent Office has granted Drone Delivery Canada Corp. (DDC) the company’s fifth patent for its proprietary drone...

Aug 03, 2021
Open Standards Integration for Drone Imaging

Auterion has partnered with thermal imaging technology specialist Workswell in order to develop advanced bispectral camera payloads for drones operating...

Aug 02, 2021
Landmine Detection with Drones

Iris Automation has released the following article explaining how UAS (unmanned aerial systems) are being used to detect landmines and...

Aug 02, 2021
Inspection Drones Monitor Utility Structures to Prevent Wildfires

In the first six months of 2021, Cyberhawk has completed more than 22,000 drone flights to inspect nearly 25,000 electric...

Aug 02, 2021
Expansion of Analytics Software for Agricultural Drones

Global crop protection company, ADAMA, and aerial analytics provider, Agremo, have announced an expansion program of the ADAMA Eagle Eye drone...

Aug 02, 2021
Australian Navy Extends CAMCOPTER S-100 Sustainment Contract

Schiebel has been awarded a three-year extension contract for the sustainment of its CAMCOPTER S-100 Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) Unmanned...

Jul 30, 2021
UAS Flight Test with Integrated Laser Designator

AERTEC’s TARSIS 75 Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) has carried out a flight campaign at the facilities of the El Arenosillo...

Jul 30, 2021
Enhanced Flight Control of VTOL UAV in Windy Conditions

In collaboration with the University of Washington’s (UW) Autonomous Flight System Laboratory, Aerovel has developed a solution to the problem of...

Jul 30, 2021
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