Turning Point in Solar-Powered High-Altitude UAS Development
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...
How Was UAV Battery Problem Solved?
Battery weight has been one of the critical problems in the development of unmanned aerial vehicles, especially for long endurance flights.
Within the framework of...
In Search of Advanced Power Technologies for Soldiers
As troops find themselves carrying a growing array of sophisticated battery-powered devices, US Army researchers are investigating new portable power technologies that can safely...
Turkey Takes Defense Indigenization Another Step Forward
A new engine will be developed for Turkey’s cruise missiles. The Turkish Havacılık (Kale Aero) company has won a contract from the nation’s under-secretariat of...
The Bullet-Proof Battery
The search for technologies enabling safer battery use has brought about new developments. American Lithium Energy’s wearable battery was shot with a high-powered military...
Close Race for Next Tanker Drone
Boeing unveiled its entrant for US Navy's MQ-25 tanker drone program, also known as the Carrier Based Aerial Refueling System (CBARS), designed to provide...
Boeing Invests in Advanced Nanotechnology
Boeing announced its investment in Gamma Alloys, which specializes in aluminum alloys focused on developing advanced metal-matrix composites for use in aerospace, automotive and...
Military Wearable Technology – Innovation in a Growing Market
A recent market study says the global smart textiles market in the military sector is expected to grow at a CAGR of close to...
Real time systems, demand for more processing power
Real time systems are software and hardware that must operate according to a set sequence, with no diversions. In comparison to a home computer,...
Lockheed Martin One Step Closer To Portable Nuclear Generator
Lockheed Martin, the world’s biggest defense contractor, has been aiming for some time now to use nuclear fusion to create cheap electrical power that...
Growing competition expected in the VTOL UAS market
A growing competition between VTOL unmanned air systems (UAS) is expected in the coming years.
An innovative electric unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed in a...
Solar UAS – Silent and Undetectable
A solar electric, fixed wing, long endurance, long range Unmanned Aircraft System is the only solar electric unmanned aerial system to provide long endurance...
Advanced Sensing and Autonomy – to the Underwater Sphere
Over the past few years, Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) have turned into a viable solution and an established part of operations in military, commercial...
TALOS: “Iron Man” Suit For Special Forces
The Tactical Assault Light Operators Suit (TALOS) looks like it dropped out of a movie screen. It’s sleek, imposing, and futuristic, but most importantly...
Utilizing Solar Energy to Power Long Endurance UAV Flights
Researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), Vehicle Research Section and Photovoltaic Section have investigated the presence of solar photovoltaics to the cooperative...
Heavy Turbojet UAV Will Be Able to Fly at 950 KMH...
A heavy turbojet UAV is under development by Russian designers will be able to fly at least twice as fast as its propeller-driven analogues,...
Battery-Free Cell phone for Search and Rescue Missions
A cell phone that can never run out of battery could mean the difference between life and death for people in emergency situations. A...
Electric supply in any situation
A fancy house in a prestigious neighborhood. All electrical appliances are the latest model. Suddenly a black out. Everything stops working at once.
A military...
World’s Smallest Sensor Eliminates Battery Replacement Need
As the spread of IoT systems gains momentum, expectations are rising for sensor devices that support LPWA ( Low Power Wide Area) technology, which...
New Technique To Increase UAV Manoeuverability
Researchers at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics in China have developed a new technology that enables Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to safely maneuver in...
Graphene Ultra-capacitors To Power Multi-purpose Unmanned Ground Vehicle
Milrem will showcase its multipurpose UGV (unmanned ground vehicle) using Graphene ultra-capacitor technology for power at DSEI 2015, Defense World reports.
The high power cells...
Israel is Among Five Global Cyber Powers
Israel’s national cyber agencies (the National Cyber Bureau and the National Cybersecurity Authority) will be merged into one entity, the National Cyber Array, which...
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This AI-Powered Sensor Hunts Radar Signals Designed to Stay Hidden
Modern electronic warfare increasingly revolves around one challenge: finding signals that are designed not to be found. Advanced radar systems now use low-probability-of-intercept waveforms,...
