Unmanned Systems

Unmanned Systems

Unmanned ground, aerial and naval systems provide a remotely-operated and autonomous safe option for surveillance, data gathering, inspection, resupply, etc. for defense, security and dual-use missions.
UAV

Northrop Grumman began testing an advanced, multispectral sensor aboard its RQ-4 Global Hawk UAV, moving the high-altitude, long-endurance unmanned aircraft closer to achieving the...
autonomous

Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime signed a $18.2 million contract with the country’s Defence Materiel Agency (NDMA) to deliver four complete HUGIN AUV systems  - Autonomous...
swat robot

Students in Southwestern Community College’s mechatronics engineering program have created a SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) robot for the Macon County Sheriff’s Office. The...
UAV

Saudi Arabia's King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) signed a partnership agreement covering the manufacture of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with the...
UAVs swarm

The Marines have been boosting the development of UAVs swarm capabilities, using the manned-unmanned airlift concept. The Low-Cost Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Swarming Technology, also known...
drone

South Korea is planning to train 1,700 drone operators a year to meet the growing demand in the commercial drone industry, the transport ministry...
robots

Russian defense industry companies are developing military robots that could be of interest to foreign customers, Oleg Martyanov, a member of Russia's Military-Industrial Commission,...
aerial attack drones

Drones loaded with explosives are on their way to Middle Eastern rebels. Iran has transferred so-called kamikaze aerial attack drones technology to Yemen’s Houthi...
startup festival

  Many people are present this morning at the Startup Festival and Startup Live Competition organized by iHLS for the second year. The first 10 startups...
threat modeling

Augmented reality and virtual reality have the potential to serve as threat modeling tools that could enhance security professionals’ understanding of the threat landscape...
China

A new large-scale solar-powered UAV could break the American monopoly in this class of unmanned aerial vehicles. The UAV, produced by the China Academy...
border protection systems

Israel Aerospace Industries' (IAI) was recently awarded a contract to supply border protection systems in a South American country. According to the contract worth...
ISIS

The U.S. military has been studying the drone threat from the Islamic State group in Iraq for some time now. The U.S. Army’s Combined...
Resilient to Collisions

Systems designers have developed a new bio-inspired strategy for making quadcopters and other drones resilient to collisions. Current crash-protection designs for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)...
security robots

A new generation of security robots will be showcased at the ISC West Conference in Las Vegas. MP Robotics Systems Corp., a manufacturer of...
semi-autonomous

A national trial of semi-autonomous vehicles for law enforcement teams has been taking place in Australia. The new car, capable of steering itself and...
DARPA

  The US agency DARPA (the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) has recently announced the completion of phase 1 in its Gremlins program, which envisions...
unmanned

Germany’s defense ministry has announced its decision to buy high-altitude MQ-4C Triton unmanned surveillance planes, produced and built by Northrop Grumman Corp for deliveries...
Autonomous Surface Mine Countermeasure

A comprehensive evaluation of a new autonomous surface mine countermeasure (SMCM) unmanned undersea vehicle (UUV) was successfully completed. The vehicle, Knifefish, was designed by...
rescue

Jaguar Land Rover Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) has designed and engineered a special version of the new Land Rover Discovery SUV for use by...
startup festival

Meet the investors, entrepreneurs, industry leaders and media at the startup festival and Startup Live competition on March 29th! Next week, dozens of startups from...
small drones

  The US armed forces keep looking for new technologies to counter small drones, as they have become a threat from both law enforcement and...