Airships Are Making A Comeback
Airships and balloons enjoyed a peak in popularity during the early half of the 20th century. Following the Hindenburg disaster, the popularity of airships,...
Flying Car TF-X Gets Testing Approval
Since the early 60s at least, flying cars have occupied the imagination of generations. Numerous companies have attempted to make flying cars a reality,...
From the Ground to the Air – The Effort Continues
By ARIE EGOZI
Two unique Israeli active protection systems designed to defend tanks and APC's from rockets and shells, may be converted for use on...
Pilots Rehearse and Refine Advanced Tactics in Linked Simulators
Pilots are now training with four Full Mission Simulators linked together to hone their tactical employment of the F-35 against ground and airborne threats....
Watch Drones Make Virtual Reality Physical
Virtual and augmented reality have advanced leaps and bounds in recent years. In the 80s we imagined virtual reality (VR) as us donning huge,...
How Advanced Can Iran’s Military Capabilities Get?
Since 1992, Iran has manufactured its own tanks, armored personnel carriers, missiles, radars, boats, submarines, and fighter planes.
Iran is increasing its might in the...
US Air Force Drone Crashes In California
The US is investigating the crash of a X-56A unmanned air vehicle (UAV) shortly after take-off from the Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) in...
The Middle East: 24/7 War Lab
By Arie Egozi
This lab is unique by any standard. as a matter of fact there is no standars to such lab but it functions...
Facebook Wants To Supply Airborne Internet To The Whole World
Facebook is aiming to bring the internet to underserved parts of the world. To do so it has teamed up with defence contractor Raytheon,...
Watch This Drone Fly Almost 50 km/h While Avoiding Obstacles
One of the main issues facing drones these days is obstacle avoidance. “Everyone is building drones these days, but nobody knows how to get...
Superlight, Jet Powered and 3D Printed – A Game Changing UAV
Aviation company Aurora Flight Sciences and 3D printer manufacturer Stratasys may have changed the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) field for ever with a new...
Active Camouflage To Make Drones (Almost) Invisible
Being far smaller, and with the added benefit of having quiet electric motors, modern drones are a lot less conspicuous than their manned predecessors....
Dubai’s Fire Service To Soon Use Jetpacks To Fight Fires
Dubai has sealed a deal with Martin Jetpack in order to have its firefighters armed with technology that could allow them to fly up...
Satellite Surveillance To Track Commercial Airplanes
by Konstantin Bodragin
Satellite surveillance is commonly thought of as belonging to the realm of spies, spooks, and secretive military intelligence types. Command, Control, Communications,...
A Quadcopter System To Catch Drones Mid-Air
Landing fixed-wing UAVs is a problem, a big problem. The added weight from proper landing gear greatly reduces a drone’s range and operational capability,...
US Air Force Contract Raises Questions And Protests
Northrop Grumman has won the contract to build the US Air Force’s next-generation Long Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B). Defense Secretary Ash Carter and Air...
Spying Fuels Chinese Jets’ Development
Long gone are the days when China was so far lagging behind the West in technological development that it was barely even in the...
A Drone That Ignites Fires To Prevent Wildfires
A new drone under development at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln could change the way wildfires are fought – and encourage the use of prescribed...
Swiss Researchers are Bringing Autonomy to UAVs
While current UAVs have no pilot on board, they still require a human operator. Weather and terrain conditions, as well as technical difficulties, can...
What Are The Russian Operating In Syria?
The Russian Aerospace Force operating against the Islamic State militants in Syria are using the latest Su-25SM3 single-seat ground attack aircraft fitted with Vitebsk-25...
Turkey’s Police Turns To Local Market For UAVs
The Turkish police ordered six drones and four ground control stations, with deliveries scheduled for 2016, procurement sources said.
The tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)...
S. Korea Develops Attack Drones to Counter North’s UAVs
South Korean researchers are testing unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, to take on the threat of the fleet of military drones North Korea is...
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This Combat Robot Just Fired Anti-Tank Missiles During Live Trials
Integrating heavy weapons onto compact robotic ground vehicles has become a growing focus for modern militaries, but the engineering challenge is significant. Small unmanned...
