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AirMap and DigiCert Announce Digital Identity Certificates for Drones
AirMap has announced Drone ID, a partnership with DigiCert that will enable instant authentication of an unmanned aircraft’s identity via a digital certificate. Drone ID aims to be a step forward for...
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PrecisionHawk Releases Pathfinder UAS Research Phase 2 Results
PrecisionHawk has announced that it has released its Phase 2 Pathfinder results as part of UAS TAAC (Unmanned Aircraft Systems Technical Analysis and Applications Center) in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The...
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Neva Aerospace Announces Electric Turbo-Fans for VTOL and STOL UAS
Neva Aerospace, a pan-European consortium which is developing industrial and commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) based on its patented distributed thrust concept, has announced the release of...
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Leonardo-Finmeccanica Begins SW-4 Solo Remotely Piloted Helicopter Testing
Leonardo-Finmeccanica has announced that it has begun flight testing of its remotely piloted helicopter SW-4 Solo at Taranto-Grottaglie Airport. The test campaign aims to verify the aircraft’s...
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GRIFF Aviation Announces New GRIFF 300 Heavy Lifting Drone
GRIFF Aviation has announced that it has launched its new GRIFF 300 drone at a successful public demonstration. The GRIFF 300 is an unmanned aircraft with fully customisable payload options that...
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RT LTA Systems Announces New SkyStar 110 Aerostat
RT LTA Systems has announced that it has developed a new member of its Skystar family of aerostats, the Skystar 110. The Skystar aerostats are designed for use in intelligence, surveillance,...
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Orbital Signs Agreement with Insitu for UAV Propulsion Systems
Orbital Corporation has announced that it has signed a long-term agreement (LTA) with Insitu, valued at up to US$91m (A$120 million) over a three year period. The agreement covers the supply of new...
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uAvionix’ ADS-B/Mode S Transponder Receives FCC Approval
uAvionix has announced that the company’s Ping200S Mode S Transponder with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) has received FCC approval. Weighing 50 grams, the transponder’s power...
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EnergyOr Delivers Fuel Cell-Powered Multirotor UAV to French Air Force
EnergyOr Technologies, a developer of PEM fuel cell systems for aerospace applications, has announced that it recently shipped the first H2QUAD 1000 to the French Air Force’s Centre d’Expertise...
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Epson Announces Augmented Reality Smart Glasses for Drone Pilots
Epson has announced the availability of its Moverio BT-300 augmented reality (AR) smart eyewear platform. The new AR platform is designed for software developers working with augmented reality, and...
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Vanilla Aircraft UAS Completes Record 56-Hour Flight
Vanilla Aircraft has announced that the company’s VA001 unmanned aircraft system (UAS) has completed a non-stop, unrefueled 56-hour flight. The flight was submitted for a world duration record for...
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Yuneec Unveils New Six-Rotor Drone for Commercial Applications
Yuneec International has announced the expansion of its commercial UAV offerings with the unveiling of the H520, an advanced multirotor drone for commercial applications. The H520 builds off Yuneec’s...
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GDU Introduces Byrd Premium 2.0 Drone and New Camera Gimbals
GDU has announced the launch of a new line of interchangeable camera gimbals for different drone operator needs and specific uses, such as professional photographers/videographers and commercial...
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DJI Introduces New Drone Products And Accessories at CES 2017
DJI has announced that it has introduced two new Osmo product extensions, a new aerial mapping app and a limited edition Phantom 4 drone at CES Unveiled in Las Vegas. The company also showcased two...
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Thales to Provide French Armed Forces with Spy’Ranger Mini UAVs
The French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA) has selected Thales’ latest-generation Spy’Ranger mini surveillance and reconnaissance Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) to equip the French forces. Up to 70...
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New Portable Counter-UAV System Detects and Jams Drones
Airbus Defence and Space Electronics and Border Security (EBS) has added a portable jamming system to its family of Counter-UAV products which detects illicit intrusions of small drones over critical...
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Textron Systems to Continue Shadow Tactical UAS Support for US Army
Textron Systems Support Solutions has been awarded a $206 million contract from the U.S. Army for Shadow Tactical Aircraft System (TUAS) Contractor Logistics Support (CLS). CLS efforts include Systems...
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Advanced Aircraft Company Showcases VTOL Unmanned Aerial Systems
Advanced Aircraft Company (AAC), an aeronautical engineering and manufacturing company, is now showcasing it’s vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aerial systems (UAS) on Unmanned Systems...
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Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter Celebrates 10 Years of Flight
The Navy’s unmanned helicopter, Fire Scout, celebrated 10 years of flight in December 2016. Flying over 15,000 hours during test and real-world operations, the MQ-8B and MQ-8C Fire Scout variations...
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US DoD Tests Micro-Drone Swarm Released from Fighter Jet
The U.S. Department of Defense has carried out its largest ever test of micro-drone swarms at China Lake, California. In the trials, three F/A-18 Super Hornets released 103 Perdix drones mid-flight;...
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