News from the Civil and Military Drones

Lockheed Martin and Drone Racing League launch groundbreaking AI Innovation Challenge

DELAIR introduces its next-generation professional UAV for survey-g...

Euroglider : the first training electric sailplane, being developed...

France's Reaper fleet maintenance structure is coming together in Cognac

MAINTENANCE / MRO | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Thu, Jun 6^th 2019 |

While it waits for the MQ-9 Reapers' armaments capacity and the unmanned aerial systems in Block 5, the French air force is continuing to boost its unit tasked with m...

Raytheon named key partner to develop America's first, most advanced drone-testing airspace corridor

UAV / DRONES | AEROCONTACT | Wed, May 9^th 2018 |

The Northeast UAS Airspace Integration Research Alliance selected Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) as a key partner in the devel...

World's largest amphibious aircraft takes off in China

UAV / DRONES | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Sun, Dec 24^th 2017 |

China's home-grown AG600, the world's largest amphibious aircraft in production, took to the skies on Sunday for its maiden flight.The plane, codenamed "Kunlong" acco...

France to start using armed drones

DEFENCE | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Tue, Sept 5^th 2017 |

France unveiled plans on Tuesday to start using armed drones, joining a growing number of countries worldwide to operate the deadly unmanned aircraft. "I decided to begin the process of arming our intelligence and su...

Insitu celebrates one million flight hours

UAV / DRONES | AEROCONTACT | Tue, Aug 1^st 2017 |

Insitu reached a milestone worth celebrating when the company's unmanned platforms ? ScanEagle, Integrator and RQ-21A Blackjack ? hit a collective one million operational flight hours last week. This event represents ...

Dassault Systemes in 'biggest ever contract' with Boeing

UAV / DRONES | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Tue, Jul 25^th 2017 |

French industrial software company Dassault Systemes announced Tuesday it has reached a deal with US aerospace giant to modernise its production system, in what it sa...

US drone back on Earth after nearly two years in space

UAV / DRONES | LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | Tue, May 9^th 2017 |

After a nearly two-year sojourn in space, the US military drone X-37 B is back on Earth, fueling wild ideas about its mystery mission.Looking like a small version of ...

Successful first mission in Mali for the German Armed Forces Heron 1 MALE

UAV / DRONES | AEROCONTACT | Fri, Nov 4^th 2016 |

The German Bundeswehr Medium Altitude Long Endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial system (UAS) Heron 1 flew its first operational mission in Mali on 1 November from Gao airp...

Airbus Defence and Space submits Atlante UAV for civil certification

UAV / DRONES | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Wed, Oct 8^th 2014 |

Airbus Defence and Space becomes first company to apply for European civil certification of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle European Aviation Safety Agency to consider Atla...

Small UAV Coalition formed to advance the commercial use of UAV

UAV / DRONES | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Thu, Oct 2^nd 2014 |

Leading technology companies today formally announced the formation of the Small UAV Coalition to help pave the way for commercial, philanthropic, and civil use of sma...

Detroit Aircraft and Lockheed Martin to partner with Detroit Fire Department for UAVs

UAV / DRONES | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Thu, Oct 2^nd 2014 |

Formal announcement of partnership between Detroit Aircraft and Lockheed-Martin to integrate unmanned aerial systems,...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Market Worth $8351.1 Million by 2018

UAV / DRONES | AVIATION WORLD NEWS | Fri, Jun 14^th 2013 |

DALLAS, June 13, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --According to a new market research report "Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Market (2013-2018)", authored by MarketsandMarkets, the t...