PALO ALTO, Calif. -Â uAvionix and PrecisionHawk today announced a plan to jointly develop the next generation of LATAS hardware. The integration of the uAvionix Ping ADS-B product line will allow for drones equipped with LATAS to receive alerts of nearby manned...
uAvionix Files FAA TSO Application for World's First Certified Drone Transponder
BIGFORK, Mont.-Today, uAvionix Corporation announced it has filed a Technical Standard Order (TSO) application with the FAA Aircraft Certification Office (ACO) for its flagship Mode S ADS-B OUT transponder for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS). The ping200X follows a...
uAvionix Demonstrates Dime Sized ADS-B for High Traffic Density Drone Operations
PALO ALTO, Calif. —  uAvionix Corporation, a leading Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) avionics provider, announced the development and test of its smallest ADS-B transceiver yet. Weighing less than 1 gram, a dime sized ADS-B prototype module for drones with...
uAvionix Announces FCC Approved Ping200S ADS-B/Mode S Transponder for Drones, Balloons, and Gliders
PALO ALTO, Calif. — uAvionix Corporation, a leading UAS avionics provider, announced the Ping200S Mode S Transponder with Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) has received FCC approval. Weighing just 50 grams, the transponder's power consumption is...
UAV Turbines, Inc. Expands Its Microturbine Capabilities to Electrically Powered UAVs
MIAMI - UAV Turbines, Inc. (UAVT), a pioneer of microturbine technology, announced today that it successfully demonstrated its Monarch Hybrid Range Extender (HREX), a microturbine powered generator technology that extends the range of electrically powered medium-sized...
UAV Trends: Shrinking Aircraft, Better Brains
A new wave of unmanned aerial vehicles includes one that fits into a six-inch tube and can track targets from 25,000 feet in the air and another that virtually flies itself while executing real-time orders from a soldier on the battlefield.
UAV Surveys UNESCO World Heritage in Mexico
Kassel, Germany, July 2, 2014—The Mexican company SkyBótica and the German drone manufacturer Aibotix have created detailed 3D models of the library and stadium of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). The point clouds with a resolution of up to 5 mm...
UAV Surveys Argyle Diamond Mine in Australia
East Kimberly Region, Australia/Kassel, Germany, Sept. 4, 2014—CADS Survey, an Australian supplier of marine, pipeline, and civil surveying services, C.R.Kennedy & Co, a national importer and distributor of surveying equipment in Australia, and the German drone...
UAV SOLUTIONS, INC. Delivers sUAS Pneumatic Launch System (PLS) to Special Operations Forces
JESSUP, Md.-Â UAV Solutions, Inc. (UAVS) announced today the company delivered its small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) Pneumatic Launch System (PLS) to Special Operations Forces. The PLS has been selected by a variety of military organizations and national...
UAV Navigation Integrates Iris Automation’s Proven Detect and Avoid System Casia with Its VECTOR Autopilots
MADRID and SAN FRANCISCO - Autopilot platform innovator UAV Navigation is integrating Iris Automation's cutting edge detect and avoid Casia® software into its advanced autopilot solution, VECTOR. UAVs equipped with VECTOR and Casia...
