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.
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...
robots communication

A new technology could protect robots communication networks from malicious hackers. Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and their colleagues present...
remote identification

The US regulation regarding UAVs will have to overcome an important technical hurdle  - remote identification - before the unmanned aerial vehicle industry can...
combat vehicles

  The demand for unmanned combat vehicles has been urging the industry to shift development programs. BAE Systems has resurrected its Armed Robotic Combat Vehicle...
UAVs

Various unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are deployed by the Russian armed forces in conflict areas. The number of UAVs operated by the Russians has...
US Air Force

The RQ-170 Sentinel is a high altitude and long endurance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed and manufactured by Lockheed Martin for the US Air...
mine clearance

Wars in Afghanistan, Syria, Ukraine, Libya and Iraq have seen focus shift from traditional mine clearance to the disposal of booby traps and other...
drones

The inspection of road tunnels is operated regularly in order to detect anomalies. Drones may now replace inspection teams in this demanding task. The...
driverless cars

Britain will fund research into robotics, 5G (5th generation mobile networks) and driverless cars. This was included in the latest budget announced by Philip...
drone detection

Kelvin Hughes announced that it will be launching its new drone detection system at the Home Office Security & Policing exhibition. According to company’s...