High-Altitude Solar UAV Makes First Flight
A 35-meter wingspan solar-powered aircraft has successfully completed its maiden flight. The PHASA-35’s first flight helps pave the way to revolutionize aircraft and satellite...
Meet the Drone That Can Carry a Passenger
A Philippine inventor flew and hovered for some 10 minutes in a single-passenger contraption powered by the “multicopter” technology commonly used in small unmanned...
New UAV Planned for IDF’s “Sky Riders” Artillery Corps Unit
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The IDF's “Sky Rider” Artillery Corps Unit, which operates the Skylark UAV, is celebrating its third birthday, and it's getting some nice...
Robot mannequin technology to test army suits against chemical warfare
A robot mannequin with the power to walk, march and mimic the movements of a soldier has been unveiled by the British Ministry of...
Navigating and Sensors: Meet HyperTech
One of the companies displaying their array of capabilities and technological solutions in the field of autonomous robotics and UAV's at the AUS&R convention...
3D Camera Will Support Autonomy in Self Driving Cars
A company has been at work developing a novel 3D camera that will help autonomous cars better identify ice and other potential roadside hazards,...
Predator UAS Saves Life in Rim Fire Disaster Relief Efforts
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems announced that a MQ-1 Predator unmanned air systems (UAS) successfully supported firefighters in their efforts to contain California’s Rim Fire,...
Yemen gets Scan Eagle UAS
Yemen has become the latest export customer for American Scan Eagle UAVs. Yemen has ordered a dozen of these aircraft, along with a launcher,...
Electromagnetic Pulse Against UAV’s
According to South Korean military officials, the country has been developing a technology to bring down unmanned North Korean aircraft using electromagnetic pulse (EMP).
The...
Drone rules may be a boon to local industry
The burgeoning drone industry could get a boost with the Federal Aviation Administration’s long-awaited proposed rules on how, where and under what conditions they...
Unmanned Armed Vehicles to Save Lives
The wars of the future are already here.The Army has recently revealed a technology that can be used to wage war in the future:...
Incredible close-up drone video of an erupting volcano in Iceland
This epic video isn’t a CGI outtake from Lord of the Rings. It’s proof that a guy with a quadcopter managed to get very, very...
The Counter-UAS Tech Built to Close Blind Spots, Not Chase Drones
Small drones are no longer a niche threat. From improvised FPV strike platforms to loitering munitions and coordinated swarms, unmanned aircraft are exploiting gaps...
Why Future Ground Robots Won’t Need Pre-Programmed Gaits
Robots are often expected to operate where wheels fail: collapsed buildings, uneven ground, mud, ice, or debris-covered floors. Yet most legged robots still struggle...
Air Defense Based on Unmanned Vehicle
The unmanned systems realm is approaching the air defense field. A new unmanned air defense system is under development. The system is intended for...
Dogfights of Future Look Nothing Like Their Predecessors
A successful demonstration of manned/unmanned teaming to improve combat efficiency and effectiveness for the warfighter was conducted by Lockheed Martin’s experimental engineering department, Skunk...
New Manned-Unmanned Underwater Communications
The US Department of Defense is planning to establish a new underwater network architecture designed to control rapidly reconfigurable military forces under, on, and...
The World’s Largest Uncrewed Drone Helicopter
Rotor Technologies Inc. began production of the largest uncrewed civilian helicopter on the market. Called R550X, it is developed as a versatile autonomous helicopter...
UK to Work On Unmanned Fighter Jet
The United Kingdom’s Defense Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL) has announced plans to work with the UK’s Royal Air Force’s Rapid Capabilities Office to...
Multifunction Payloads to Solve Compact UAS Problem
Today, unmanned aerial systems (UAS) typically require multiple payloads with dedicated components, including antennas, radio frequency (RF) circuitry, and processors, to conduct communications, radar,...
Impressive Growth in Military UAV Market
Military Drone/Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) market was estimated to be over USD 5 billion in 2016, and will have a market value of more...
Are Russia’s UAVs Controlled via Telegram?
A recent report by The Economist suggested that newer variants of the Iranian-designed Shahed UAVs, commonly used by Russia in its war with Ukraine,...
















































