Search And Rescue

A cell phone that can never run out of battery could mean the difference between life and death for people in emergency situations. A...

The leading conference on Autonomous Unmanned Systems and Robotics – AUS&R 2017, organized by iHLS for the fifth year, will include live demonstrations and...

The last few years have seen fixed-wing drones manage all sorts of difficult operations. A new development is seeking to enable drones to take...

Helicopters have been fulfilling an important role in the world’s coastguard fleets, especially for search and rescue operations. The UK’s Coastguard is attempting to...

Search and rescue missions are often supported by airborne capabilities. Advances in the sensor field can augment the capabilities of the teams to locate...

Drones have become powerful and vital law enforcement tools. Police in Norfolk, England, will soon be using drones to help search for missing people,...

Disaster response under conditions of lack of conventional communication or internet networking, requires more traditional solutions.   A citywide communications exercise was recently held by...

Search and rescue missions sometimes get complicated because the survivors can not be located. A new combat survival radio that automatically activates and securely...

Motorola, the mobile giant, is developing AI tech for cameras and public safety in a new partnership with artificial intelligence experts Neurala. Motorola, which...

Side by side with the impressive weapon systems presented at the exhibition of the IAMD Missile Defense Conference, the hundreds of visitors had the...

A new type of robot can grow across long distances without moving its whole body. Imagine rescuers searching for people in the rubble of...

First responders and army units often confront situations where they suspect that someone is hiding in a house but are unable to find him...

UAVs for long endurance require suitable power supply that will allow them to fly for many hours, especially in missions requiring flight beyond visual...

Drones proliferation poses a grave threat to vital infrastructure and government facilities. With a great many no-go zones that aren't clearly delineated, drones or...

An innovation regarding a computer chip may lead to a breakthrough in drone miniaturization. In recent years, engineers have worked to shrink drone technology,...

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been testing drones to operate without human or GPS assistance. The first phase of DARPA’s...

Hurricane Matthew was one of the first operational uses of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate’s (S&T) HURREVAC-eXtended (HV-X)...

A team of MIT engineers has come up with an economical UAV design that can hover for long durations to provide wide-ranging communications support...

A new unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) unveiled recently is designed for use in defense, disaster relief, and rescue missions. The J8 Atlas Xtreme Terrain...

  New indigenous unmanned surface vehicles (USV systems) were recently showcased by Zhuhai Yunzhou Intelligence Technology (Yunzhou-Tech), a Chinese company specializing in the design and...

A multipurpose unmanned vehicle can serve as a transportation platform carrying a squad's gear, a remote weapon station equipped with small or large caliber...

Defense industry leaders and officials participated at the conference and exhibition organized by iHLS on Future Forces. At the annual conference held for the fourth...