sUAS News

AERTEC Solutions has reached a new technological milestone in the RPAS sector in Spain with its unmanned fixed-wing aerial platform TARSIS 75. This RPAS, built in carbon fibre, has made a complete and automatic operation in the Arenosillo area, on the beach of Mazagón (Huelva) , thus expanding its range of capabilities in unconventional operation […]

Leading Australian geospatial mapping technology company Soar has announced their highly anticipated Token Generation Event (TGE) designed to fund the launch of the world’s first decentralised global platform for the distribution of drone content and maps. The TGE will be facilitated by an international consortium of blockchain advisors including Fidem and Digital Capital Management. The Soar TGE […]

YellowScan, designer, developer and producer of UAV LiDAR solutions for professional applications, continues to expand its presence in the United States with the opening of a new office located at 150 S. State St. Suite 100 Salt Lake City, UT 84111, USA. In addition to the corporate headquarter in Montferrier-sur-Lez near Montpellier (France), the new office […]

Securus Technologies, a leading provider of technology-enabled solutions for public safety, law enforcement, investigations, corrections and government payment services has selected AeroDefense systems’ AirWardenTM Radio-Frequency-based drone and pilot detection, location and alert system for deployment at its correctional facility customer sites. “Contraband delivery via drones is a threat to both corrections staff and inmate safety,” said […]

For the first time in the 45 year old history of the Kyoto-based multinational manufacturer of electric motors, Nidec has a new president, as Hiroyuki Yoshimoto becomes the first person to hold the post after the company’s founder Shigenobu Nagamori. The appointment, announced on February 15, was approved on June 20 at the 45th regular […]

Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) signed an agreement with Airbus to lease Heron TP Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) RPASs (remotely piloted air vehicle system) to Germany’s Federal Ministry of Defence. Under the $600 million deal, Airbus DS Airborne Solutions GmbH will serve as the prime contractor responsible for managing all aspects of the project, including […]

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) used its second full-scale MQ-9B to conduct successful lightning tests at its facility in Poway, California last month. The test was conducted jointly between engineers from GA-ASI and NTS Pittsfield, a recognized leader in the development of sophisticated lightning protection systems for the aerospace industry. MQ-9B is GA-ASI’s latest […]

Cansel opens Canadian market for Delair UX11 long range fixed wing UAV; Delair drones given stamp of approval by Transport Canada. Innovative products and local expertise ideally positioned for needs of geospatial, agriculture architecture, engineering, and construction industries LABEGE, France and VANCOUVER, Canada – June 19, 2018 – Delair, a leading global supplier of commercial drone solutions, today announced […]

Avy is looking for a Drone Builder to contribute to the ambitious mission we share! Join the Avy team to build drones to improve the world. Deadline for applications: Sunday 1 July 2018 11.59 pm Role description You are the master of drones You make things fly! You understand drones, you understand the drone industry, […]

The UNICEF Innovation Fund is looking to make up to $100K equity-free investments to provide early stage (seed) finance to for-profit technology start-ups that have the potential to benefit humanity through the use of drones. If you’ve got a start-up registered in one of UNICEF’s programme countries and have a working, open-source drone prototype or service (or you are willing to […]

The Freespace team are proud to announce our partnership with Domenec Molins and the Helion Group. Just as we are pushing the boundaries with our Giant Drone Racing platform, Helion are the market leaders in the development of powder metallurgy, solid carbide and innovative coating technologies for high-quality cutting tools. Helion is a global company […]

The Australian developer and manufacturer of cutting-edge high technology counter-drone products DroneShield Ltd (ASX:DRO or DRO.AU) (DroneShield or the Company) today released the following statement on the practical application of the Turnbull / Pyne Defence Export Strategy. On 29 January 2018, The Hon Christopher Pyne MP, Australian Minister for Defence Industry, announced the new Defence Export Strategy […]

Cyberhawk Innovations has been named the Venture-backed Management Team of the Year at the 2018 BVCA Scottish Management Team awards. Winners were announced at the BVCA’s prestigious annual dinner in Edinburgh. The BVCA Management Team Awards celebrate the performance of UK-based companies that are backed by private equity and venture capital. Cyberhawk is one of […]

vHive, the developer of cloud-based AI that enables enterprises to deploy autonomous drone hives for the acquisition, management and processing of field data, announced today the availability of a fully automated workflow for high-accuracy data products. “In order to get highly accurate field data, companies are forced to follow a labor-intensive workflow in which they […]

INVOLI is a Swiss-based company which develops and produces air traffic awareness systems for professional drone applications. We enable the safe integration of drones into the air traffic, avoiding collisions and enabling new exciting applications such as drone delivery or drone taxi. Our system provides the currently missing low-altitude air traffic data to drones, allowing a […]

Uplift Data Partners announced today it will launch a Night Ops training module in July 2018 in collaboration with Aerovista Drone Academy, a first-of-its-kind online resource that provides its network of highly-trained pilots extensive knowledge for night flight operations. The company is among the first ten percent of companies approved by the FAA to fly […]

Aeryon Labs Inc, a leading manufacturer of high-performance Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) for military, public safety, and commercial customers, today announced its partnership with HAZON Solutions, a drone service provider focused on critical infrastructure inspections for energy and utility customers throughout North America. “As utilities learn more about the cybersecurity risks inherent with operating drones, […]

Kansas State University Polytechnic Campus is expanding its program options with a new offering for individuals interested in cybersecurity of unmanned aircraft systems. A graduate certificate in unmanned aircraft systems information assurance is being launched in fall 2018. The certificate provides working professionals and graduate students an educational foundation in an industry important to both military […]

Today it is easy and cheap to buy a drone. Drones have created new ways for smugglers and can be easily used to disturb public order and security. With DroneCatcher this can now be countered in a fully controlled manner. The DroneCatcher system is one of the very few counter-drone systems, which is capable of […]

I was sent a press release from UK firm SenSat on Wednesday that quite frankly made many claims that just didn’t stack up. Perhaps it was this line that first made me doubt SenSat from their about profile in the press release. SenSat is pioneering the use of a new technique called Structure from Motion (SfM) photogrammetry […]

Silent Falcon UAS Technologies solar electric, fixed wing, long endurance, long-range Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) has been selected by Bridger Aerospace for its Call When Needed sUAS Services Contract with the US Department of the Interior. The contract, which is Interior’s first of its kind, will allow the agency to obtain fully contractor-operated and maintained […]

K2 Unmanned Systems, Inc, a U.S. commercial drone manufacturer, flight ops, and training company, announced this week their partnership with Robotic Skies to provide K2 customers the complete customer service experience. K2 Unmanned recently released their new industrial-grade drone, the Knight Hawk. This coaxial octocopter sUAS is equipped with a FLIR Duo pro camera, displaying thermal […]

Propeller Aero, a cloud-based analytics company that visualizes drone survey data to help heavy civil construction and resources operations measure and manage their worksites themselves, announced today a new infusion of $10 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Blackbird Ventures with participation from all existing major investors, and Sequoia China who […]

VStar Systems, a privately held aerospace and defense systems company, has announced its new office located centrally in San Diego. The office officially opened in April and will serve as VStar Systems’ corporate headquarters as well as a lab and production space for ongoing projects. “VStar Systems’ new office will allow us to greatly expand the […]

WASHINGTON – Introducing drone operations into the nation’s airspace can provide substantial benefits to society, such as preventing derailments, inspecting cell phone towers, delivering medical devices to patients in cardiac distress, and assisting firefighters, says a new congressionally mandated report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. However, an overly conservative approach to safety risk […]

A Detect and Avoid (DAA) avionics system developed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) was the key technology that enabled an unmanned aircraft flight through the National Airspace System (NAS) after taking off from southern California today. The DAA system installed on Ikhana, a NASA-owned Predator® B/MQ-9 Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS), enabled the UAS to meet the FAA’s […]

Jetoptera, Inc. and UAVenture realized the first successful demonstration of autopilot capabilities deployed on Jetoptera’s proprietary, unique airframe system. AirRails, developed by UAVenture, was proven on a sub-scale Jetoptera airframe that includes a closed wing and a canard. Autopilot-assisted take off and landing and autonomous mission mode were achieved. The next testing milestone for the […]

Drones have become ubiquitous the application of photogrammetry and 3D surveying in the last few years. Measurements from these systems have generated 3D models of buildings, landscapes, power lines and many other features. This project takes it one step further by generating extremely high-density point clouds and digital photos using the Scout B1-100 helicopter drone […]

An agreement to revise the powers of the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) safety was approved by MEPs in Strasbourg today. For the first time in EU law the new rules introduce provisions on the civil use of drones and have been welcomed by ECR Group transport spokesman, Roberts Zile, as a sensible and pragmatic […]

SenSat successfully completes 12km Beyond Visual Line Of Sight drone flight in complex airspaceus, SenSat were granted to fly drones beyond a pilot’s visual line of sight. SenSats Artificial Intelligence (AI) turns real-time complex data into actionable insight, helping companies to make more informed decisions based on real-world information. The drone Pathfinder programme consists of a […]

Gap Wireless, a leading distributor of products and services for the mobile broadband and wireless markets, and inUAVi, an innovator in the drone radio frequency (RF) monitor and sensor market, announced today they have entered into a reseller agreement for distribution of inUAVi solutions in Canada and the U.S. Gap Wireless will stock and distribute inUAVi’s Network Quality […]

Firestorm UAV Inc. (https://www.fsuav.com/) recently announced its position as the sole supplier of an innovative handheld search and rescue sensor intended for all types of field-rescue operations. The mobile TigerStrike Lite hardware pairs with Firestorm’s unique iRDF™ technology to position the company as the foremost expert and manufacturer of mobile ISR search and rescue signal […]

SimActive Inc., a world-leading developer of photogrammetry software, is proud to announce use of its software for precision agriculture in Brazil by Portal Produtos Agropecuários Ltda (Portal). Drone data is transformed into useful and pertinent information for farmers with Correlator3D, leading to optimized yields and reduced costs for the agricultural season. The identification of the […]

The Microdrones md4-3000 has been added to Transport Canada’s (TC) exclusive list of compliant unmanned aerial vehicles. To date, only fifteen manufacturers worldwide have achieved this distinction. Vivien Heriard-Dubreuil, president of Microdrones, explained why this is important, not only in Canada, but internationally. “Professionals across all continents view Transport Canada compliance as a benchmark for […]

Shenzhen, China – June 11th, 2018 – Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd and Unifly N.V have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate in the field of Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) systems. The MoU covers both research and development, and a joint market approach to Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS, or drone) management. The global market […]

As one of the first cities, Hamburg is being welcomed to the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Initiative of the European Innovation Partnership for Smart Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC) which is supported by the European Commission. This makes the region an official demonstrator region for the implementation of civilian usage of drone and other urban air […]

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has published the Remote Pilot – small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (sUAS) Airman Certification Standard (ACS) document to communicate the aeronautical knowledge standards for certification and recurrent knowledge testing for a Remote Pilot Certificate with an sUAS rating. The FAA views the ACS as the foundation to an integrated and systematic […]

Premier welcomes Airbus announcement to establish innovative Zephyr solar-powered unmanned aircraft at Wyndham airfield in Western Australia Wyndham will be the world’s first operational site for the launch and recovery of the class of unmanned aircraft known as High Altitude Pseudo Satellites Announcement follows Premier’s March meeting with Airbus executives in the UK Project promises […]

AUV Flight Services is seeking talented and qualified professionals to support expanding customer test flight operations. Flight operations will be of a Test/R&D nature utilizing VTOL and fixed-wing platforms. The ideal candidate will have a background in UAS operations, manned flight experience, and customer interaction. The candidate must be a self-starter with the ability to […]

FlytBase Inc., the company bringing intelligence and connectivity to the drones, today announced the release of an automated precision-landing solution, FlytDock – the world’s smartest visual target landing solution, compatible with the widest range of drones. Precision landing is a critical requirement for a large number of commercial drone applications, be it autonomous routine patrols […]

ZURICH–Verity Studios AG, the global leader in indoor drone technology, announced today that it has raised $18 million in a Series A funding round, making Verity the world’s most well-funded company in the rapidly emerging commercial indoor drone market. Fontinalis Partners, a venture capital firm focused on next-generation mobility technologies, led the round. Other investors include […]

The Coast Guard today awarded a contract to Insitu Inc. of Bingen, Washington, for procurement of small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) capability for the national security cutters (NSCs) June 6. The service contract covers installation and deployment of sUAS for approximately 200 hours per 30-day operational patrol period. Installations of sUAS capability on NSCs are planned […]

Congratulations to three of our GEG inspectors who recently attended the Sky-Futures in-house training course to qualify as UAV inspection engineers. Sky-Futures was established in 2009 and is now one of the world’s leading provider of drone-based inspection services to the global industrial market. Global Energy is keen to expand its service lines to provide […]

Pix4D’s first fully dedicated product for agriculture – Pix4Dfields: created with the input of farmers, agronomists and breeders is now live. We worked with farmers, agronomists and breeders to shape Pix4Dfields. Over the past two months, a select group of beta testers has used the product all over the world. Their feedback not only demonstrates […]

Just leave this here with a hat tip to our favourite cybersecurity geek. This memo has been being spoken about and seen in chat rooms across the web. SUBJECT: (U/FOUO) Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Systems Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities (U/FOUO) On May 14, 2018 the DoD Inspector General found that DoD has not implemented an adequate process […]

GENIUS NY team Dropcopter and its partner Beak & Skiff Apple Orchard, showcased the first ever autonomous pollination of apples in the country. Dropcopter, which uses a drone to pollinate tree crops, successfully demonstrated its Worker-Bee pollinator at the at the 800-acre orchard, which is home to more than 350,000 trees, in Lafayette, New York. […]

ING Robotic Aviation Inc. has been selected to fly an extensive series of Beyond-Visual- Line-of-Sight (BVLOS) RPAS missions in support of Canadian Oil Sands operations. These missions will be undertaken within a safe flight regime approved and monitored by Transport Canada (TC) as part of the TC BVLOS Pilot Project in the summer of 2018. […]

The Great Exhibition of the North 2018 starts next month. The Exhibition is a three-month celebration of the North of England’s pioneering spirit and the impact of our inventors, artists and designers. QuestUAV have been asked to display the DATAHawk as part of the exhibition. This can be viewed at the Hancock Museum from 22nd […]

Elistair’s Orion drone has been recently deployed in conjunction with Delta Drone to provide surveillance of La Ferté Alais air show. This deployment was in support of the firefighting unit SDIS 91 and the Gendarmerie in order to assist in providing security for the 40,000 visitors. The ISS (Intelligent Security Systems) division of Delta Drone, […]

Iris Automation, a high tech company based in San Francisco developing collision avoidance software for drones to enable them to fly autonomously, was selected by Transport Canada in their beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) trial program, unlocking the ability for drones to fly independently on longer range, more demanding missions. The Iris collision avoidance module is crucial in […]