3D Printing UAV Parts – Benefits and Dangers
3D printing for everyday use is, for a while now, no distant dream. The field is so developed nowadays that it was only a...
Revolutionary New Drone Wings Design
A new as yet British Micro Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (Micro-UAV) could herald the future of drones. The innovation behind it stems from what its...
US Military’s develops Swarm of Mini-Drones
US military scientists have invented a miniature drone that fits in the palm of a hand, ready to be dropped from the sky like...
Helicopters vs. Drones
One of the most interesting technological debates in recent years is on the issue of the preferability of unmanned systems vs. manned vehicles. Due...
The ultimate Medevec platform – the AirMule
The Urban Aeronautics AirMule ducted fan Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft has been equipped with new propellers. Ii will improve the performance of...
2015 Will Be Remembered As A Turning Point In Israeli Robotics
Olga Grosman
Professor. Zvi Shiller is the Chairman of the Israeli Robotics Association, a professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics Faculty of...
China Attempts To Get Fighter Engines, UAV
China attempted to acquire advanced US fighter aircraft engines and a UAV, according to US Federal Court documents unsealed last week.
A Chinese man and...
Armata Tank Heads Russia’s Rearmament Program
As part of its massive $500 billion rearmament program, Russia is likely to focus major efforts on developing unmanned military systems, which could become...
Aeronautics has unveiled a new loitering system
The Orbiter 1K is a loitering unmanned system, based on the Orbiter 2 - Aeronautics’ unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). This is the first time...
Euclid: UAV command and control from a ground station
Unmanned aerial systems (UAS) deployed on combat missions complete with aerial imaging or bombing (using a combat payload) are usually operated from afar by...
Israeli-Developed Cormorant UAV Will Present at AUS&R 2016
The Cormorant is an advanced unmanned aerial vehicle (AUV) which raises a lot of interest in the world due to its unique features.
Tactical Robotics,...
Facebook Wants To Supply Airborne Internet To The Whole World
Facebook is aiming to bring the internet to underserved parts of the world. To do so it has teamed up with defence contractor Raytheon,...
US Air Force Drone Crashes In California
The US is investigating the crash of a X-56A unmanned air vehicle (UAV) shortly after take-off from the Edwards Air Force Base (AFB) in...
Boeing: Underwater unmanned systems to perform more missions
Unmanned systems are commonplace in the world of aviation. But it wasn’t long ago that they were more of an oddity for world militaries.
That...
Israeli Aerostat SkyStar 180 Will Be Operating During COP21 in Paris
As part of the preparation to COP21, the Paris municipal police will operate for the first time an aerostat system – the SkyStar 180,...
UAV Attacks on Terror Organizations – The Other Side
Unmanned aerial vehicles have changed the way the battlefield works nowadays. UAVs have brought man a safer battlefield and allowed different armies to better...
India plans to acquire armed drones
India is concerned that Pakistan is using armed drones and now wants to have them
Work on weaponizing the Rustom-I medium altitude long endurance UAV...
Self-Jamming Reveals Threats to US Satellite Communications
261 times this year American satellites’ communications were jammed. This wasn’t done by enemy forces or by unfriendly nations, such as Russia or China....
Russia Builds Yet Another UAV
The Russian defense forces have recently revealed their latest development of its local UAV development and production industry -the S-300M.
The S-300M, or by its commercial...
2013: Global Success for Elbit UAV’s
2013 was an especially successful year for Elbit Systems’ unmanned aircraft systems operations, where the Hermes family, particularly the most advanced of the UAV...
US Navy Tests REMUS 600 UUV
A nuclear-powered fast attack submarine called USS North Dakota developed by General Dynamics has launched and recovered a REMUS 600 unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV)...
The Israeli UAV Industry – More Vehicles By IAI
Seventh and last article on the Israeli UAV industry
by Arie Egozi
After a period of uncertainty about IAI's efforts in mini UAS, the company has unveiled...
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This Twisting Kirigami Could Power the Next Generation of Soft Robots
Engineers have long looked to origami and kirigami for inspiration when designing lightweight structures that can transform shape without relying on complex mechanical systems....
