Unmanned Systems

Emergency Response departments are adopting UAVs to help save lives. The Canadian Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency (HRFE) has recently recruited two thermal imaging...

Modern combat increasingly depends on the rapid movement of information between units. Drones, helicopters, artillery systems, and ground troops all generate large amounts of...

As airports around the world have been feeling the financial squeeze, always looking to lower costs while maintaining service standards, managers have been turning...

Is the Watchkeeper unmanned air system (UAS) on its way to France? This system is based on the Hermes-450 made by Elbit Systems. Sources at...

The deal to lease Heron TP systems manufactured by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to Germany has been approved. On June 13, IAI signed an...

The UK military is getting anti-drone laser weapons. The British Ministry of Defence has awarded three directed-energy weapon demonstrator contracts totaling £72.5 million ($100...

There is no doubt the world is marching towards a technological advancements unheard of before. With each passing day we hear of more unmanned...

A team of Harvard University researchers has demonstrated the first autonomous, untethered, entirely soft robot. This small, 3-D-printed robot — nicknamed the “octobot” —...

China has revealed the first photographs of a hypersonic unmanned fighter aircraft, ‘Dark Sword’ dubbed as the first sixth generation fighter jet. It is...

Despite all the publicity that American UAVs receive, the major exporter of UAVs has been Israel. Between 2002 and 2012, Israel exported $4.7 billion...

General Atomics, the U.S. unmanned air systems (UAS) manufacturer, announced the successful completion of the first of two planned U.S. Army endurance demonstration flights...

Israel Aerospace Industries, Elbit Systems of Israel and Mitsubishi Electric, Fuji Heavy Industries of Japan are the companies included in the joint research on...

This danger is imminent. Britain’s aging nuclear power plants are vulnerable to terrorist attacks by unmanned drones that could kill thousands of people. This...

A UK elite unit was equipped with advanced drone technology when responding to the suicide bombing incident in Liverpool on November 14. A taxi driver...

A growing competition between VTOL unmanned air systems (UAS) is expected in the coming years. An innovative electric unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) developed in a...

Manned-unmanned teaming provides added value to military operations. Using a blend of information from unmanned and manned ships and aircraft, a US guided-missile destroyer...

The year 2016 has kicked off with a bang. Only a week in, and we’ve already seen a great number of tech announcements, some...

The more popular unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) become, the more of a nuisance can they be to some. Sometimes, they can even pose a...

Uncrewed aircraft are now central to surveillance, logistics, and reconnaissance, but their missions don’t always unfold as planned. Fuel shortages, weather shifts, and unexpected...

Earlier this year, the US Army carried out the Project Convergence Capstone 4 (PC-C4) field experiment. During the experiment, they tested a prototype for...

Polish Armaments Group, PGZ, is carrying out work to initiate a manufacturing process concerning the UAVs that would meet the requirements of the Polish...

The prestigious iHLS Startup Competition for Security, Defense & Homeland Security will be held next Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at the Dan Panorama Hotel,...