Unmanned Systems

In a development hailed as step forward for search and rescue technology, researchers in Australia have used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to measure the...

Increasing the flight time of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been an important task for many manufacturers, as it enables the UAV to operate...

Seventeen teams have qualified to participate in the DARPA Robotics Challenge trials Dec. 20-21 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. The teams and...

The Pan-Pacific Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Range Complex at the University of Alaska Fairbanks was established last year to help the Federal Aviation Administration...

Loss of telemetry downlink signal was the main cause for the crash of an MQ-1B Predator 7.5 nautical miles north of Holloman Air Force...

A few days prior to his resignation, Defense Secretary Hagel shed some light on the DoD's technological vision for the near and distant future. In...

There is no doubt the world is marching towards a technological advancements unheard of before. With each passing day we hear of more unmanned...

The growing problem of UAVs, drones and quadcopters in the urban aerial traffic calls for monitoring and controlling in order to prevent any future...

EPFL Scientists have developed a new soft robotic gripper -- made out of rubber and stretchable electrodes -- that can bend and pick up...

With the rise of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), so rises the risk of mid-air UAV collisions, whether with other unmanned craft, or worse, with...

Earlier this month, China has launched the first-in-the-country emergency rescue team that will use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Beijing Daily reports. Six UAVs are now...

A team of researchers from the Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are developing an insect sized robot that made its first flight last summer. Half the size of a paperclip, weighing less than a tenth of a gram, RoboBee inspired by the biology of a fly and conceived through manufacturing breakthrough and miniaturization.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will take over control of the fleet of aerostat radar systems along the U.S.-Mexico border. Until now...

A Swiss company is marketing a new UAS that was devolved specifically for agricultural use. Sensefly has developed the E-BEE AG so that it can...

A review of Israel's offshore security systems, defending its #underwater natural #gas reservoirs.

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The ground segment for the U.S. Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk autonomous aircraft will be modernized by Raytheon, within the framework of a subcontract...

The US military is relentlessly working on new drone technology developments. These efforts include new types of drones like autonomous boats and small swarming...

According to some sources Jordan is in talks with Chinese officials over the purchase of Beijing’s most capable armed UAV. A U.S. Republican lawmaker believes...

Israeli unmanned air systems (UAS) are showing interest in the expected tender to supply such systems for the North Ireland police. The Policing Board has...

The U.S. Army ordered new, small VTOL tactical drones to conduct battlefield intelligence-gathering missions. The U.S. Army has contracted Datron, a manufacturer of unmanned platforms,...