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Wingsland Unveils S6 Mini Drone
Shenzhen Wingsland Technology Co., Ltd (Wingsland) has officially launched its new S6 mini drone. With four folding motor arms and an ultra-thin body design, its compact form (similar to an iPhone 6)...
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Raytheon to Modernize Ground Controls for U.S. Air Force Global Hawk UAS
Raytheon Company has been awarded a subcontract valued up to $104 million to modernize the ground segment for the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk autonomous aircraft. Raytheon partners with Northrop...
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PrecisionHawk and SkyWard to Provide Commercial Drone Operations Platform
PrecisionHawk, an unmanned aerial data acquisition company, and Skyward, a provider of drone operations solutions, have announced that the two firms have partnered to assemble a complete package of...
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First Students Graduate from GA-ASI UAS Training Academy
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI), a manufacturer of Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) systems and related mission systems solutions, has announced that the company’s new Unmanned...
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Propeller Aero Announces Smart Drone Survey Ground Control Points
Propeller Aero, a geospatial data company, has announced the launch of AeroPoints – smart ground control points that allow users to capture survey-accurate mapping using drones. AeroPoints’...
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Drone Aviation Receives Award for WASP Tactical Aerostat Sensor Integration
Drone Aviation Holding Corp., a manufacturer of tethered drones and lighter-than-air aerostats, has announced that it has received an award from a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) prime contractor for...
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Kespry Unveils New Commercial Micro UAV
Kespry has released the new Kespry Drone 2.0, a light-weight Micro UAV designed for commercial applications. Based on requests from commercial customers, the new Kespry Drone 2.0 now flies over 30...
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FAA’s Part 107 sUAS Rules Now Effective
Image courtesy of Aeryon Labs The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) new comprehensive operational regulations are now in effect for routine non-recreational use of small unmanned aircraft systems...
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AtlantikSolar UAV Completes Fully Autonomous 26-Hour Search and Rescue Flight
The team behind the AtlantikSolar UAV has announced that the aircraft has completed what is claimed to be the first-ever fully-autonomous (from launch to landing) solar-powered perpetual flight with...
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U.S. Navy and Canadian DND Agree First International RQ-21A Blackjack UAS Sale
The U.S. Department of Navy has signed an agreement with the Canadian Department of National Defense for the first RQ-21A Blackjack Unmanned Air System (UAS) international sale. The Blackjack program,...
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U.S. Army Orders Robonic Launchers for Target Drones
Robonic Ltd. Oy, a manufacturer of unmanned air system launchers, has announced that the U.S. Army has placed an order for its third generation KONTIO (type MC2555LLR) pneumatic launchers. Under the...
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senseFly Launches eBee SQ Precision Agriculture Drone
senseFly, a manufacturer of professional drones, has announced that it has expanded its portfolio with the launch of the new eBee SQ fixed-wing agricultural drone. This unmanned aircraft system (UAS)...
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Warsaw University of Technology and Lockheed Martin Demonstrate UAV...
The Warsaw University of Technology (WUT) and Lockheed Martin have announced the successful demonstration of their UAV optimization technologies using aerial command and control (C2) of multiple...
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Australian Armed Forces to Adopt AeroVironment’s Wasp AE sUAS
AeroVironment, Inc. is to team with Australia-based XTEK, Sentient Vision and General Dynamics (GD) Mediaware to deliver AeroVironment’s Family of Unmanned Aircraft Systems to the Australian market....
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TRADR Robotics Project Deploys Unmanned Vehicles in Post-Earthquake Response
A team from the TRADR project, a European Union FP7-funded initiative to develop technology for human-robot teaming in disaster response, has announced that it has deployed two Unmanned Ground...
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GA-ASI Certifiable Predator B UAS Successfully Completes Aircraft Integration
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has announced that aircraft integration of its new Certifiable Predator B (CPB) RPA system has been completed at the company’s Poway, Calif.,...
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U.S. Navy Demonstrates Cross-Domain Unmanned Systems Communication
The U.S. Navy has announced that its Naval Undersea Warfare Center has successfully demonstrated the use of its submarine-launched Blackwing UAV to link with a swarm of unmanned undersea vehicles and...
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S-PLANE Automation Announces xKIT Optionally Piloted Aircraft Conversion...
S-PLANE Automation, a supplier and developer of autonomous systems, has announced the release of the xKIT, an automation solution that converts an existing manned aircraft into an Optionally Piloted...
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Epson & DJI to Develop AR Smart Glasses for UAV Pilots
Epson has announced a partnership with DJI to create new solutions for the Epson Moverio smart glasses and DJI’s suite of products and software development kit (SDK) that enhance the safety,...
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PrecisionHawk and Harris Corporation Launch LATAS Platform for Drone Operators
PrecisionHawk Inc. has announced the launch of its low altitude traffic and airspace safety platform (LATAS), which it claims is the only platform to link drones, 3d ground data and live manned...
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