Unmanned Systems

The US Army has significantly bolstered its unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) capabilities with a contract awarded to Virginia-based AeroVironment (AV). The contract, valued at...

As interest in electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft grows, the Swedish startup Jetson is pushing the boundaries of personal mobility with its...

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The U.S. Department of Defense has awarded a contract to ELTA North America, a leader in advanced sensor technologies, to assess its new M3S2...

Russia is testing a new class of anti-drone shotgun cartridges engineered to neutralize small unmanned aerial systems (sUAS), using a tungsten-based alloy to increase...

A research team from EPFL (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne) in Switzerland have developed a fixed-wing drone that can survive crashes far better than...

Small, low-flying drones present a growing challenge for air defenses worldwide. These one-way attack UAVs, such as Iran’s Shahed-136, are difficult to detect and...

Autonomous flight at insect scale has long been a challenge in robotics. Existing microrobots can hover or move along controlled paths, but they typically...

One of the main limits on unmanned aircraft operations is endurance. Even the most efficient drones eventually have to land or return to base...

Navies are facing a growing challenge offshore: how to maintain persistent awareness and protection across vast maritime areas without tying up crewed vessels for...

Air combat is becoming increasingly complex as threats multiply and reaction times shrink. Pilots are expected to manage dense sensor data, coordinate with multiple...

Sustaining drone operations at scale has become one of the defining challenges of modern warfare. Frontline units rely on unmanned systems for reconnaissance, strike...

Naval forces have long faced a persistent challenge: maintenance delays that keep critical vessels out of operation for extended periods. Inspections of hulls, decks,...

The rapid spread of small drones is forcing armies to rethink how they defend moving formations. Low-cost UAVs can appear with little warning, overwhelm...

Building small flying robots that move like insects has long been a challenge for engineers. Flapping-wing systems are highly agile and energy efficient, but...

Modern fighter pilots are expected to do far more than fly and engage targets. They must process sensor data, manage electronic warfare systems, coordinate...

Small drones have become one of the fastest-growing threats on the modern battlefield. Whether used for reconnaissance, target acquisition, or carrying explosive payloads, they...

The rapid growth of military drone operations is exposing a major weakness in traditional air defense. While medium-sized unmanned aircraft used for reconnaissance and...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are used for a growing number of applications, for both military and commercial purposes. A recent technique harnesses the technology...

In the future autonomous world, the challenge of managing drone traffic in low-altitude airspace will require more solutions, already needed today. Moreover, the traffic...

For many years, direct observation has been the preferred means of determining the location and extent of an oil spill, but that is changing...

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