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A New UAV Lifts 90 kg Payload  

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A new medium-sized unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) can lift and transport a payload of over 90 kg. The Dauntless UAV is manufactured by Mobile...
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High-Speed Aerial Robot for Navigates Complex Environments

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Engineers from the University of Hong Kong have introduced a groundbreaking aerial robot, SUPER, designed to navigate high-speed environments with exceptional agility. This new...
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Better Smaller Cheaper LiDAR Possible with New Development

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Researchers have found a way to improve LiDAR systems with a new chip-based beam steering technology. This new development promises a smaller system that...
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Germany’s New Heron TP UAV Uses Many Israeli-Made Systems

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Germany, who is reconsidering its defense needs seeing the ongoing war between Ukraine and Russia, has signed a “pivotal agreement” with Israel Aerospace Industries...
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Register Now to AUS&R 2019 Unmanned Systems and Robotics Conference!

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Attend the seventh Conference and Exhibition on Unmanned Systems and Robotics - AUS&R 2019. Register! Representatives from government, leading defense industries, military, security forces and law...
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New Stealth Camera Tech Replaces LiDAR to Tackle Laser Detection

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Researchers from the Southwest Research Institute in Texas developed camera-based autonomous driving tools that can work without using technologies like LIDAR and RADAR, an...

The Blind-Spot Tech That Could Make Autonomous Systems Safer

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Autonomous vehicles and mobile robots rely on cameras, LiDAR and other sensors to navigate safely. These systems perform well within direct line of sight,...

This Smartphone Tech Can Detect Objects Outside Your Line of Sight

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Smartphone LiDAR sensors have become common in high-end devices, mainly supporting augmented reality features and depth sensing for photography. But despite their growing capabilities,...

UAS Remote Sensing Technology for Crime Scenes

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The Applied Aviation Research Center of the Kansas State University is working with law enforcement partners to evaluate small unmanned aircraft remote sensing technologies...
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Advanced LiDAR Sensors Significantly Increase Security

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South Korea has been upgrading perimeter security at sensitive sites from legacy camera-based systems and traditional ways of preventing intrusion. A LiDAR-based security solution...

Remote Sensing Technology Gets More Compact

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There aren’t many suitable small and lightweight lidar systems for remote sensing for small unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned ground vehicles performing obstacle avoidance...

Successful Technology Combination Improves Perimeter Security

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A camera platform fusing two technologies - Lidar and video surveillance - is offering better sensing capabilities for perimeter security and smart city applications. Lidar,...
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How Can Pilots Fly In Harsh Environment? This Is One of...

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Often, military forces have to fly in challenging operating environments. In the Middle East, pilots would often experience a “brown out,” which occurs when...

INS Tech Providing Highest Accuracy

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Inertial navigation systems (INS) provide surveyors with absolute position, timing and inertial measurements (heading and pitch/roll) that they can integrate into their survey projects....
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Extraterrestrial Caves: The Future of Space Exploration

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The SETI Institute and Astrobotic Technology have managed to successfully 3D-map the interior of a lava tube in Iceland using a drone with LiDAR...
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Improvement in Naval Mine Detection Capabilities

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The AN/AQS-20A mine hunting and identification system is equipped with acoustic and identification sensors housed in an underwater towed body. The acoustic sensors detect,...

LiDAR-Based Technology Effective in Social Distancing

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The global response to the COVID-19 pandemic entails social distancing. Retail stores and public spaces can now perform accurate counting of people in compliance...

Drones Could Soon Navigate Collapsed Buildings Without Slowing Down

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Flying autonomous drones through unpredictable environments remains one of the biggest technical challenges in robotics. In confined spaces such as collapsed buildings, industrial sites,...
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Laser and Dual-Use Export Control

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By Amiram HalevyMiniaturized particle accelerators, focused destruction of cancer tumors, a wide array of military applications, and more - this is only a small...
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Technology to Manipulate Ocean Activity to be Developed by China

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A few months ago, China approved funds for the development of a dual-purpose laser device that could be mounted on surveillance satellites, with the...
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Coming Soon! Prestigious Startup Competition for Security, Defense and HLS

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iHLS is delighted to host for the first time the prestigious Startup Competition for innovative technologies in the security, defense and homeland security fields,...
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What Do We Know About Artificial Navigation?

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Developing artificial intelligence and autonomy in the realm of self-driving cars has been easier in the commercial world where a large amount of data...

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This Rifle Upgrade Times Every Shot to Help Hit Fast-Moving Drones

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Small drones have become a difficult target for infantry. They can approach quickly, change direction and present a much smaller target than a conventional...