Power

China's largest unmanned solar-powered aircraft has recently set a domestic record by reaching an altitude of more than 20,000 meters during a secretive test...

Powering remote military structures and installations in hostile areas far away from reliable diesel fuel convoys is a critical capability and one that is...

A solar-electric UAV will support commercial and security requirements. Bye Aerospace announced an important engineering, development and production collaboration with SolAero Technologies Corp. to...

IAI is among the presenters at the upcoming Autonomous Unmanned Systems & Robotics Expo on November 25-26 2014 Operators of the Israel aerospace industries (IAI)...

Swedish researchers have managed to craft flexible electronic circuits inside a rose. They employed flexible electronics that are made from pliable organic materials. These...

The ScanEagle UAS manufactured by Boeing subsidiary Insitu has logged more than one million flight hours in military and civilian applications. It can be...

Over the past few years, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) have turned into a viable solution and an established part of operations in military, commercial...

Big Data and Open data and analytics have become fundamental tools in disaster preparedness, experts say. But public officials aren't using them enough. Lucy Jones,...

A new distance record has been achieved by un unmanned aerial vehicle. France’s electricity company RTE and Delair-Tech have set a new distance record...

A team of scientists and engineers, the members of the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s Flexible Materials and Processing Team, has been developing flexible...

The future battlefield is at the center of a new US Army study about the warfare over the next few decades. Soldiers can expect...

A reference design for integrated solar and lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery power systems for small unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been developed. The collaboration between...

Internal document says FEMA unsure of damage to grid from magnetic storm Millions of Americans face catastrophic loss of electrical power during a future magnetic...

A team of MIT engineers has come up with an economical UAV design that can hover for long durations to provide wide-ranging communications support...

Nation-E has unveiled its Cerebrum (Latin for brain) super system that is aimed at protecting electrical power grids. The Cerebrum is a highly intelligent gateway...

A new rugged autonomous drone with Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities was developed by an Israeli tech company to advance security missions with real-life applications. Percepto...

A new trend has been emerging in China’s defense industry. China’s military is increasingly enlisting smaller private sector startups in the race to create...

A pilot program launched by the US Office of Naval Research (ONR) in late 2015 is beginning to bear fruit.  ONR and the Massachusetts...

An innovation regarding a computer chip may lead to a breakthrough in drone miniaturization. In recent years, engineers have worked to shrink drone technology,...

Leading companies have been experimenting the use of drones to revolutionise deliveries.  A key problem facing any drone deliveries is batteries and maintenance. How...

Solar UAS innovations are increasingly applied to long-term missions. A new joint venture will fund the development and production of solar-powered high-altitude unmanned aircraft...

UAVs for long endurance require suitable power supply that will allow them to fly for many hours, especially in missions requiring flight beyond visual...