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DARPA Selects Aurora for Phase 2 of VTOL X-Plane Program
Aurora Flight Sciences, a designer and manufacturer of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the company the prime...
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OpenWorks Engineering Announces SkyWall Drone Capturing Technology
OpenWorks Engineering, an engineering startup company, has invented a new counter UAV system that offers security operators an alternative way to defeat unwanted drones. The system is to be displayed...
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Northrop Grumman’s AHRS Navigation System used on nEUROn UCAV Demonstrator
The nEUROn UCAV Demonstrator. Source / copyright : Northrop Grumman Corporation Northrop Grumman Corporation, in cooperation with Saab Aerosystems, has provided the Attitude and Heading Reference...
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3D Robotics and Autodesk to Develop UAV-to-Cloud Data Capture Solution
3D Robotics, a manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and Autodesk, a developer of 3D design software, have announced that the two companies are teaming up to develop a new UAV-to-cloud...
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Intelsat General and L-3 Successfully Demo Automatic Satellite Beam Switching...
Intelsat General Corporation (IGC), a satellite network operator, and L-3 Communication Systems-West (L-3 CS-West), a provider of networked communication solutions, have announced the successful...
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US DoD Awards Contract to Drone Aviation for WASP Tactical Aerostat System
Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, has announced that it has been awarded a multiple unit contract from the US Department of Defense for its...
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Tekever Launches New Version of AR3 Net Ray Maritime UAS
The Tekever Group, a developer of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has announced that it will be launching a new version of the shipborne UAS AR3 Net Ray at UMEX 2016. The new version of the UAS has an...
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ATLAS Flight Test Center to Develop Agricultural Security UAS Project
The Andalusian Foundation for Aerospace Development (FADA) has announced that it has begun to develop, through the ATLAS Flight Test Center, a new R&D project directed towards improving the...
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Maersk Tankers Successfully Completes Drone Delivery to Vessel at Sea
Maersk Tankers has announced that it has successfully completed what the company claims is the first drone delivery to a vessel at sea. The test delivery took place near Kalundborg in Denmark. Using...
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UAE Armed Forces Orders 8 Piaggio HammerHead UAVs
The HammerHead UAV. Image: Piaggio Aerospace. The General Headquarters of the United Arab Emirates Armed Force (GHQ) has agreed a contract with Abu Dhabi Autonomous Systems Investments (ADASI) for the...
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UNICEF and Malawi Government Test UAV Flights for Blood Sample Transportation
UNICEF has announced that, in conjunction with the Government of Malawi, it has begun testing the use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to explore cost effective ways of reducing waiting times for HIV...
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Juniper Unmanned Announces Flight Management Software for Commercial Drones
Juniper Unmanned, Inc., a technology company focusing on unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations, has announced that it has released its new flight management software solution, Sparrow, which is...
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ParaZero Announces New Parachute Recovery System for Drones
ParaZero, a developer of safety solutions for drones, has announced SafeAir, a safety system that includes an automatic parachute recovery system for drones that will not only protect and prevent...
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SIRIUS pro UAV Sets New Altitude Record
MAVinci, a manufacturer of small Unmanned Aerial Systems, has reported that the SIRIUS pro UAV has completed successful flight operations at 4800m ASL. Taking off from an altitude of 4150 m ASL, the...
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Johns Hopkins University Develops UAV Launched from Underwater
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory have announced that they have developed an innovative unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that can stay on station beneath the water,...
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NOAA Unmanned Technologies Center Captures Humpback Whale Footage
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced that it has captured video showing a humpback whale with its tail out of the water, seemingly catching the wind like a sail. The...
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U.S. Federal Government Expands UAS Partnerships
The Aeryon SkyRanger UAS The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and key government agencies involved in unmanned aircraft operations are expanding participation in the Unmanned Aircraft Systems...
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US Air National Guard Pilots Help FAA Develop UAS Detect and Avoid Display
The 111th Attack Wing of the US Air National Guard has announced that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected eight of its pilot volunteers for a study aimed at developing a Detect and...
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EEI and Sharper Shape Partner to Develop Safe BVLOS UAS Flight
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and Sharper Shape, a provider of Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)-based asset inspection solutions, have announced that the two companies have formed a partnership...
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Heath Consultants and Physical Sciences to Develop Methane Detector UAV
Heath Consultants Incorporated, a developer of natural gas detection technologies, and Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), a technology development firm, have announced that they are adapting a laser-based...
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