A look at new FAA-compliant UAV detection software and thrust-vectoring drones - GPS World FAA remote ID tracking tools and a new thrust-vectoring VTOL cargo drone highlight two fast-moving shifts in the UAV market New U.S. drone rules are making compliant aircraft easier to identify, while... detection Apr 18, 2025
US Army Seeks AI-Driven Counter-Drone System Built in Simulation US Army develops AI counter-drone shield built first in simulation The US Army is developing a new AI system to detect and identify hostile drones before they threaten infantry troops. The effort is b... AI Apr 15, 2025
UAV Navigation-Grupo Oesía and Primoco UAV Achieve NATO/EASA Certifications Primoco One 150 becomes first in its class to secure both NATO and EASA approvals Primoco’s One 150 has won both NATO STANAG 4703 certification and an EASA Light UAS Operator Certificate at SAIL III. ... flight control Apr 11, 2025
Drones Go Underground: Japan’s Toda Construction Uses UAVs to Inspect Tunnel Faces Toda Construction deploys autonomous drone in tunnels, cuts face inspection time to 17 minutes Japan’s Toda Construction said its AI-powered drone system cut tunnel face inspection time from about two... inspection Apr 9, 2025
Mobile drone lighting system uses 288 LEDs to turn night into day Freefly unveils 300,000-lumen drone lighting system for night operations Freefly Systems has opened preorders for the Flying Sun 1000, a heavy-duty drone lighting package built to flood large areas wi... payload Apr 6, 2025
Dryad Drone Prototype for Detecting, Locating and Monitoring Wildfires | Forsilvitech Dryad develops drone prototype to detect, locate and monitor wildfires Dryad is developing a drone prototype designed to detect, locate and monitor wildfires. The project targets three core wildfire r... wildfire Mar 28, 2025
NASA Demonstrates New Wildland Fire Airspace Management System NASA tests portable airspace system to keep wildfire aircraft flying in smoke and darkness NASA has completed field tests of a portable airspace management system designed to let wildfire aircraft ope... wildfire Mar 25, 2025
3D-printed, turbojet-powered kamikaze drone completes first flight on U.S. Army test range Hellhound S3 makes first flight on U.S. Army range as high-speed loitering munition pushes for infantry role Cummings Aerospace's Hellhound S3 has completed its first flight on a U.S. Army test range,... propulsion Mar 25, 2025
Hand-deployable coaxial nano drone flies in at under 250 grams Ascent unveils sub-250-gram Helius drone for public safety and industrial users Ascent Aerosystems has introduced Helius, a 249-gram coaxial nano UAV built for hand launch in under 30 seconds. The new... 250 grams compliant Mar 19, 2025
The Inside Story on Chevron's Autonomous Drone Inspections with Percepto Chevron advances autonomous drone inspections with Percepto across western U.S. oil fields Chevron said a six-month pilot with Percepto has shown autonomous drones can inspect remote oil and gas asset... inspection Mar 14, 2025
DJI unveils 'drone-in-a-box' solution for autonomous operations - GPS World DJI launches Dock 3 for round-the-clock autonomous drone missions DJI has introduced Dock 3, its first drone-in-a-box system built for vehicle-mounted deployment and 24/7 remote operations. The platfo... autonomy dock Mar 13, 2025
JOUAV Pioneers the First Fixed + Mobile UAS Autonomous Inspection System in the Power Grid Industry JOUAV deploys fixed-and-mobile autonomous drone system for power grid inspections JOUAV has launched what it described as China’s first “fixed + mobile” autonomous UAS inspection system for power grid... autonomy inspection power grid Mar 10, 2025