Parrot to Provide Short-Range Recon Drone Prototypes to US DoD
Parrot has reached the final stage of the selection process in the United States Army’s Short-Range Reconnaissance UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) program. The company is due to participate in an...
View ArticleAirMap Selected as Official Australian Drone Safety App
AirMap‘s airspace geo-awareness solution has been selected as part of the Australian Civil Aviation Safety Authority’s (CASA) RPAS (remotely piloted aircraft system) platform. AirMap will deliver...
View ArticleNASA Selects University Unmanned Aviation Research Teams
NASA has selected five university-led teams as part of the agency’s University Leadership Initiative (ULI) that will research a range of technical areas in support of its aeronautics research goals,...
View ArticleUS Marines Conduct First MQ-9A UAS Flight in Middle East
The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) has conducted the first operational flight of an MQ-9A Reaper unmanned aerial system (UAS) in the Middle East. The unmanned aircraft, developed by General Atomics...
View ArticleUMS SKELDAR Launches UAS ISR Training
UMS SKELDAR has selected Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) provider 360iSR to assist the company in adding specialist ISR training to its portfolio of UAS (unmanned aerial system)...
View ArticleCR Flight Develops Revolutionary Heavy-Lift Motors for UAVs
CR Flight, a leading developer of innovative propulsion solutions for UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and drones, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) to demonstrate their expertise...
View ArticleUAVOS Completes Tests of Unmanned Cargo Delivery Helicopter
UAVOS has performed a successful flight test with the company’s new UVH-170 cargo delivery unmanned helicopter, carrying out an automated delivery that flew from a vendor to a destination and back...
View ArticleNew Tethered UAV Platform Introduced for US Army UGVs
Sky Sapience has introduced the company’s newest-generation tethered UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) platform, HoverMast-Lite. The two new models are smaller, lighter versions of Sky Sapience’s flagship...
View ArticleOrbital UAV to Develop Hybrid Propulsion System
Orbital UAV has been selected by Northrop Grumman Corporation to develop a hybrid propulsion system for a Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The system will combine an...
View ArticleHybrid VTOL Reconnaissance UAS Launched
AeroVironment has launched the Quantix Recon, a fully autonomous reconnaissance UAS (unmanned aerial system) designed to be rapidly deployable by ground forces to deliver actionable intelligence such...
View ArticleOctopus ISR Systems Releases New UAV Surveillance Camera
Octopus ISR Systems has released the Epsilon 140LC, a low-SWaP (size, weight and power) electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) surveillance system for small UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles). The new camera...
View ArticleTactical Weather Drone Under Development for US Air Force
Black Swift Technologies has been awarded a contract by the United States Air Force (USAF) for the development of an unmanned aerial system (UAS) that will autonomously conduct atmospheric profiling...
View ArticleAutonomous Aerial Military Resupply Systems Demonstrated
Near Earth Autonomy has developed UAS (unmanned aerial system)-based contingency management systems for the U.S. Army and Marines as part of a Joint Capabilities Technology (JCTD) Unmanned Logistics...
View ArticleDetect-and-Avoid System Tested for Pandemic Response Drone Flights
Vigilant Aerospace has provided its FlightHorizon drone detect-and-avoid and airspace management system for a demonstration flight performed by Oklahoma State University (OSU) with a specially...
View ArticleU.S. Army Begins Tactical UAS Replacement Assessment
The U.S. Army has begun its evaluation of a range of selected unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) as part of the Army Futures Command-directed Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System capabilities...
View ArticleIris Automation Develops Detect-and-Avoid Drone Collision Avoidance Systems
Iris Automation, a pioneering developer of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) and drone collision avoidance technology, has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) to demonstrate their expertise...
View ArticleBody-Worn Drone Detection System Upgraded
DroneShield has released the next-generation version of the company’s body-worn drone detection device, the RfPatrol MKII. The MKII improves on the original RfPatrol design with increased...
View ArticleYamaha and Japan Airlines Trial Helicopter Drone Cargo Delivery
Yamaha Motor and Japan Airlines have successfully completed a trial using helicopter UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) that aimed to test the same-day transportation of freshly caught seafood from...
View ArticleSense-and-Avoid Capabilities Integrated into UAV Autopilot
Sagetech Avionics’ MX family of UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) transponders has been integrated by UAV Navigation into their VECTOR drone autopilots, providing a potential solution to the challenge of...
View ArticleUPS Flight Forward Launches Residential Drone Delivery Service
UPS Flight Forward and CVS Health Corporation have launched a new drone delivery service that will deliver prescription medicines from a CVS pharmacy to The Villages in Florida, the largest retirement...
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