Generating Targets for the Air Force – The Complicated Task
By Arie Egozi
Many aerial platforms with very sharp-eyed sensors look at the war zone continuously. These platforms, a few hundred or thousand meters above...
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Top-Notch Autonomous Abilities Used for Mine Identification
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US Marines Enhancing Their UAVs Swarm Capabilities
The Marines have been boosting the development of UAVs swarm capabilities, using the manned-unmanned airlift concept.
The Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarming Technology, also known...
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Russian Robots Getting International Interest?
Russian defense industry companies are developing military robots that could be of interest to foreign customers, Oleg Martyanov, a member of Russia's Military-Industrial Commission,...
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US Air Force Calling for Industry Developments
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Iran Supplies Aerial Attack Drones to Yemen’s Rebels
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Russia Army to Get Hypersonic Next Generation Weapon
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China Attempts to Break American Drone Monopoly
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IAI Will Supply Border Protection Systems in South American Country
Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) was recently awarded a contract to supply border protection systems in a South American country.
According to the contract worth...
ISIS Teaching U.S Military Some New Drone Developments
The U.S. military has been studying the drone threat from the Islamic State group in Iraq for some time now. The U.S. Army’s Combined...
Russia Ahead of Schedule in Chemical Weapon Destruction
Russia may complete the destruction of all its chemical weapon stockpiles this year, according to the Russian chairman of the State Commission on Chemical...
Encryption Tech Enhances Marines’ Command and Control Capabilities
The US Marine Corps has been enhancing its command and control capabilities. Since July 2016, the corps has rolled out 1,100 units of its...
Raytheon’s Virtual Environment Increases Factory Workers Productivity
Raytheon Missile Systems engineers have developed the CAVE, a room-sized, interactive 3-D theater, or generically a ‘computer assisted virtual environment’. Using the platform, teams...
DARPA Developing Unique Use of UASs in Swarm
The US agency DARPA (the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) has recently announced the completion of phase 1 in its Gremlins program, which envisions...
The War on ISIS in Syria Reaches New Heights of Severity
Russia has been renewing it operations against ISIS in the Syrian arena also from the sea. The Russian Navy has launched several Kalibr cruise...
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A new system that enables real color view while using night-vision goggles, instead of the infamous all-green view, was developed by Chromatra, a company...
Germany Intends to Purchase UAVs from the US
Germany’s defense ministry has announced its decision to buy high-altitude MQ-4C Triton unmanned surveillance planes, produced and built by Northrop Grumman Corp for deliveries...
Russia Checking New Ways to Strengthen Its Balistic Arsenal
Russia’s Aerospace Force has considered practicing the detection of ballistic missiles, which will be launched by the Strategic Missile Force this year.
Aerospace Force Commander-in-Chief...
Autonomous Surface Mine Countermeasure Tested Successfully
A comprehensive evaluation of a new autonomous surface mine countermeasure (SMCM) unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) was successfully completed. The vehicle, Knifefish, was designed by...
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