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XPONENTIAL 2018 – the UST Round-Up
More than 8,500 attendees and over 600 exhibitors attended XPONENTIAL 2018, the annual AUVSI trade show last week, held in Denver. It was a busy week, with exciting announcements from many of the...
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FAA Begins Expansion of Automated UAS Airspace Authorization
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced that it has begun expanding an automated system that will ultimately provide near real-time processing of airspace authorization requests for...
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Guardian UAS Demonstration Flights Performed in Japan
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced the first flight of the Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in Japan during an opening ceremony on Iki Island. The demonstration...
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Pipistrel Sinus Light Aircraft to be Converted to Optionally-Piloted System
UAVOS and JetLease have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to develop a new optionally manned fixed-wing aircraft, the Albatross-2.2. The aircraft has been designed for...
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Hemisphere GNSS Introduces New Rugged UAV GNSS Antenna
Hemisphere GNSS has announced the launch of its new multi-GNSS, multi-frequency 4-helix HA32 UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) antenna. The HA32 is a high-performance antenna that supports GPS, GLONASS,...
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Windhover Labs Launches New Open Software Ecosystem for UAS
Windhover Labs has announced the successful test flight of its integrated flight software stack and ground control software for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Built on the backbone of NASA’s Core...
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RCV Engines Develops High-Efficiency Multi-Fuel Engines for UAVs
RCV Engines, a leading manufacturer of small multi-fuel engines for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) to demonstrate their expertise in this field....
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German Navy Acquires AeroVironment Puma UAS
AeroVironment and system and software developer ESG Elektroniksystem- und Logistik-GmbH have announced that the German Navy has acquired the AeroVironment Puma maritime unmanned aircraft system (UAS)....
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New Tactical Law Enforcement Drone Delivers Real-Time Video
xG Technology, developer of the IMT and Vislink live video communications systems, has announced that it has entered into a partnership with K2 Unmanned Systems to develop K2’s new law enforcement...
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NASA to Fly Unmanned Helicopter on Next Mars Rover Mission
NASA has announced that its Mars Helicopter, a small autonomous rotorcraft, will travel with the agency’s Mars 2020 rover mission, currently scheduled to launch in July 2020, to demonstrate the...
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3W-International Signs Distribution Agreement for Turkey
3W-International, a manufacturer of propulsion systems for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), has announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with IHATEK Ltd., who will market and distribute...
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Counter-UAS Technology to Be Installed at University of North Dakota
Dedrone has announced that it has entered into a partnership with the University of North Dakota (UND) unmanned aerial systems (UAS) education program to install Dedrone’s UAS detection technology. The...
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Alta Devices to Provide Solar Power for Long-Endurance U.S. Navy UAV
Alta Devices has announced that the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) will use Alta Devices’ flexible and light-weight solar technology to help power the Hybrid Tiger UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)....
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Guardian UAS Demonstration Flights Performed in Japan
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced the first flight of the Guardian Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) in Japan during an opening ceremony on Iki Island. The demonstration...
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Emergency Response Drones to be Developed in Norway
UAS (unmanned aerial systems) developer Robot Aviation has announced that it has partnered with telecommunications firm Telenor and the Andøya Space Center to develop and test Norwegian UAS in order...
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Workhorse Autonomous Drone Package Delivery Begins Pilot Program
Workhorse Group has announced that its HorseFly truck-launched Autonomous Drone Package Delivery System is now making real-life package deliveries to homes in the Cincinnati area in a pilot program...
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Insitu and University of Alaska Fairbanks to Partner in UAS Integration Pilot...
Insitu has announced that it is partnering with the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) in the recently announced Federal Aviation Administration Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Integration Pilot...
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Autonomous Helicopter Makes First Operational Cargo Delivery to US Marines
Aurora Flight Sciences has announced that its Autonomous Aerial Cargo Utility System (AACUS) has successfully delivered cargo to US Marines in the Integrated Training Exercise at the Marine Corps Air...
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DARPA to Demonstrate Airborne Launch and Recovery of Multiple UAS
DARPA has announced that it is progressing toward its plan to demonstrate airborne launch and recovery of multiple unmanned aerial systems (UAS), targeted for late 2019. Now in its third and final...
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New Wearable Tactical Sensor Detects Drones
MyDefence has announced the launch of its third product in the WINGMAN series of wearable drone detection platforms, the WINGMAN 103, which has been engineered to meet the requirements of elite...
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