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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...

Tactical drones operate at altitudes of 18,000ft, fly for periods of 12+ hours, support land and sea based missions. The propulsion systems powering these...

  The United States Army has recently announced that it will begin to use a new technology designed to harvest hydrogen. The technology harvests hydrogen...

By Amiram HalevyMiniaturized particle accelerators, focused destruction of cancer tumors, a wide array of military applications, and more - this is only a small...

During the last three years, there has been a quantum leap in global UAV development and innovation: 80% of the patents published globally on...

UAV swarms are cooperative, intercommunicating groups of UAVs used for a wide and growing variety of civilian and military applications. In disaster response, particularly...

Military batteries must operate in a high temperature range, have high power and long energy density, and be safe in a ballistic environment. While...

Retail giant Amazon says 75 to 90 percent of purchased items are under five pounds. Its new Prime Air delivery drone will be able...

A new extended model of the Silent Falcon solar electric, fixed wing, UAV has been launched. The EE or Extended Endurance model incorporates the...

Drone batteries are heavy and the short run times characterizing small drones are two major problems faced by unmanned aerial vehicles. A drone solution...

A new unmanned aircraft system, the Condor, has been unveiled by Lockheed Martin. The small UAS is designed to support small unit teams with tactical...

In some versions of submarines and military fighters, huge alkaline batteries weighing about 14 tons, capable of operating up to 12 years uninterruptedly, are...

The flight endurance of a powerful drone has been doubled. The e-Drone Zero, Europe's first hydrogen powered drone is a long endurance quadcopter. The...

Aerospace giant Boeing has successfully completed the first outdoor flight tests of the cargo air vehicle (CAV), its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL)...

Rolls-Royce has been quietly developing an integral system required to operate laser weapons on the battlefield for about a decade. The technology is an...

Purdue University researchers have engineered flying robots that behave like hummingbirds, trained by machine learning algorithms based on various techniques the bird uses naturally...

Drones are transforming operations in a number of industries, including infrastructure inspection, agriculture, search and rescue, mining, and more. Drones are becoming an integral part...

Quadrotor drones have been used in many areas such as cargo transportation, agriculture, and search and rescue. However, the low energy density of power...

A novel wearable liquid-based wearable technology can harvest energy for self-powered devices. This will pave way for advancements in self-powering devices such as consumer...

Energy supply to remote bases is one of the major concerns of military forces. A new generator creates power using "elastic tension gradient" strips....