Meet Alexa’s Military Version
Digital assistants have become ubiquitous in civilian life with homeowners using systems such as Amazon’s Alexa or Google Home to access information by “conversing”...
HAWK30 UAV Completes Successful Test Flight
The HAWK30 solar HAPS (High-Altitude Pseudo-Satellite) unmanned aircraft successfully completed a first test flight at the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center in California. Flying...
Light Tactical Vehicle Demonstrating Improved Performance
A new version of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) was unveiled by Oshkosh Defense, a business unit of Oshkosh Corporation. “As the military...
Smart Campus Challenged by IoT Security
Devices connected to the internet of things (IoT), now becoming standard components in new buildings, can increase energy performance while reducing costs. But such...
Autonomous Flying Taxi Lifts Off With Human Passenger
A Chinese company has recently successfully demonstrated its autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) carrying a human passenger. The EHang 216, EHang’s passenger grade AAV, has...
This Drone Can Swim and Glide in the Air
Hybrid drones, capable of both swimming underwater and flying in the air, are becoming a thing of the near future. Researchers at the Imperial...
US Military Awards Logistics Support Contract for Gray Eagle UAV
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. has recently been awarded a contract worth over $29.3 million dollars by the United States Military to supply logistics...
Robot Squids: The Next Generation of Underwater Warfare
A novel type of an Underwater Unmanned Vehicle (UUV) has recently been showcased. The UUV is a squid shaped drone designed to swim underwater...
Small Autonomous Drones to Be Used in Border Patrol
The United States Customs and Border Protection agency has announced plans to test autonomous drones in an effort to increase situational awareness for border...
Advanced Navigation Solution for GPS-Denied Environment
Global militaries are leveraging multiple technologies and solutions to ensure navigation in GPS-denied environments. The US Army has recently chosen a new inertial navigation...
Development of New Missile Warning System Advances
The evolving threat from heat-seeking missiles has been driving the development of distributed-aperture 360-degree coverage capabilities, while the low integration demand this type of...
Wearable Computing at Battlefield
Virtually all combat systems will soon be cyber-reliant. Sensors, weapons and networking technologies will all rely upon secure computing to perform most advanced combat...
AI Based APCs Will Swap Out Soldiers On the Battlefield
The Australian Army has been at work to better integrate armored personnel carriers (APCs) with autonomous technology that could help lower the number of...
Researchers Found Way to Counter Shock Waves
A team of undergraduate engineering students at the University of California San Diego has discovered a method that could make materials more resilient against...
US Army Enhancing its Air Defense
The U.S. Army is modernizing its air defense. The Army will conduct a flight test of the Low-cost Extended-Range Air Defense (LowER-AD), an element...
New Solution Against GPS Jamming
Unintended or intentional GPS/GNSS signal jamming or spoofing can disrupt defense and commercial operations. Moreover, it can be virtually impossible to know if a...
Evidence Gathering Processes Upgraded
The evidence gathering process is a stressful time. In order to improve evidence capture reliability and evidence value within the judicial process, the UAE...
China Develops a “Web Shooting” Drone
China has been at work developing a drone that is very reminiscent of the superhero Spiderman. The drone is capable of firing a large...
The Ministry of Defense is Calling for New Technologies
iHLS INNOFENSE - Innovation program for technological startups in the civilian and security sector, which will be operated by iHLS in collaboration with the...
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Indian Army Looking to Invest in Exo-Suits
Soldiers in the Indian Army may soon be equipped with exoskeleton technology that will improve their situational awareness, protection, speed, and strength.
India has been...
Smart Cameras Installed In London’s Hotspots
Despite privacy concerns, CCTV surveillance cameras with face scanning technology has been approved to be installed in some of London’s more populated shopping and...
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A Drone Soldiers Can Carry — and Let Fly Itself
Frontline units often face a simple limitation: access to real-time aerial intelligence. In many cases, smaller formations must rely on higher command to allocate...
