Power

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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 announced its investment in Gamma Alloys, which specializes in aluminum alloys focused on developing advanced metal-matrix composites for use in aerospace, automotive and...

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 are software and hardware that must operate according to a set sequence, with no diversions. In comparison to a home computer,...

A solar electric, fixed wing, long endurance, long range Unmanned Aircraft System is the only solar electric unmanned aerial system to provide long endurance...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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,...

A cell phone that can never run out of battery could mean the difference between life and death for people in emergency situations. A...

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...

As the spread of IoT systems gains momentum, expectations are rising for sensor devices that support LPWA ( Low Power Wide Area) technology, which...

Researchers have developed a new approach to heavy computation, using light instead of electricity, which they say could vastly improve the speed and efficiency...

Researchers at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics in China have developed a new technology that enables Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) to safely maneuver in...

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...