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Protonex to Supply Fuel Cell Systems for U.S. Navy UAV Field Trials
Ballard Power Systems has announced that the Company’s subsidiary, Protonex, has received purchase orders from the U.S. Navy for a total of 13 fuel cell propulsion systems for unmanned aerial vehicle...
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Kratos to Provide Aerial Target Drone Systems to U.S. Army
Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has announced that its Kratos Defense & Rocket Support Services Division (DRSS) has been awarded a prime contract for the Aerial Target Systems 2 (ATS-2),...
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Airbus to Develop Maritime Delivery UAS
Airbus has announced that it has entered into a strategic collaboration with Wilhelmsen Ships Service to drive the development of an end-to-end service for safe deliveries of parcels with an unmanned...
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Tethered Drone Deployed for Air Show Surveillance
Elistair has announced that its Orion tethered drone has been recently deployed in conjunction with Delta Drone to provide surveillance for the La Ferté Alais air show. This deployment was in support...
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Microdrones md4-3000 Achieves Transport Canada Compliance
Microdrones has announced that its md4-3000 UAV has been added to Transport Canada’s (TC) exclusive list of compliant unmanned aerial vehicles. To date, only fifteen manufacturers worldwide have...
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Interview: FT Technologies on Latest UAV Wind Sensor
FT Technologies is a leading manufacturer of rugged wind sensors for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), and the company’s new FT205 is one of the lightest on the market. Gordon Bease, FT Technologies’...
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GA-ASI Detect-and-Avoid System Aids NASA UAS Flight
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) has announced that its Detect and Avoid (DAA) avionics system was the key technology that enabled an unmanned aircraft flight through the National...
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Insitu to Provide UAS ISR Services for U.S. Coast Guard
Insitu has announced that it has been awarded a contract to provide small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) ISR services aboard the entire U.S. Coast Guard National Security Cutter fleet with its...
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Leica Geosystems Launches New 3D Mapping UAS
Leica Geosystems has announced the launch of the new Leica Aibot, an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) system based on DJI’s M600 Pro aerial platform that rapidly and autonomously enables digitizing of...
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Endurance-Boosting Solar Technologies Developed for UAVs
Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) have announced that they are developing technology for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) that has given them the ability to fly for more than 12...
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Airbus to Provide Heron TP Drones to German Armed Forces
Airbus has announced that it has signed an agreement with the Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support (BAAINBw) to provide Heron TP unmanned aerial...
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Black Swift to Develop UAS for Atmospheric Observations of Venus
Black Swift Technologies (BST), a developer of purpose-built scientific aerial platforms, has announced that it has been awarded a NASA contract to develop an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to perform...
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ALTI Develops Hybrid VTOL Fixed-Wing UAVs for Commercial Applications
ALTI UAS, a leading developer and manufacturer of commercial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), has partnered with Unmanned Systems Technology (“UST”) to demonstrate their expertise in this field. The...
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GA-ASI Conducts MQ-9B UAS Lightning Tests
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) has announced that it has used its second full-scale MQ-9B unmanned aerial system (UAS) to conduct successful lightning tests at its facility in...
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LiquidPiston to Continue Development of Rotary UAV Diesel Engine Prototype...
LiquidPiston has announced that the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded the company an additional $2.5 million to continue development of its 30kW X4 rotary diesel...
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Department of the Interior Selects Insitu for UAS Fire Suppression Services
Insitu has announced that it has received a first-of-its kind contract from the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to provide fire suppression services within the contiguous 48 states and Alaska...
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NASA Flies Large UAS in Public Airspace Without Chase Plane
NASA has announced that its remotely-piloted Ikhana aircraft, based at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, has successfully flown its first mission in the National...
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MQ-8C Fire Scout UAS Begins Testing Aboard USS Coronado
The U.S. Navy has announced that USS Coronado (LCS 4) has begun operational testing of the Navy’s newest unmanned helicopter, the MQ-8C Fire Scout, off the coast of San Diego. The operations are a...
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AERTEC Fixed-Wing UAV Completes Automated Flight Tests on Sand
AERTEC Solutions has announced that its fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) platform, TARSIS 75, has completed automated flight tests on sandy beach areas in Arenosillo, Spain, thus expanding the...
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Firestorm UAV Launches New Smartphone-Integrated Search and Rescue Sensor
Firestorm UAV has announced the launch of a new handheld search and rescue sensor, which can also be mounted directly to a UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle), intended for all types of field-rescue...
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