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.

All around the world, search and rescue team respond to many thousands of calls annually.They search for lost travellers, hikers, and holidaymakers in mountain...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are finally giving conservationists a significant lead in the fight against poachers. Lindbergh Foundation’s Air Shepherd Initiative employs drones to...

The boom in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) industry has brought with it a slew of problems. Safety concerns are prime among them. One...

By ARIE EGOZI This process is based on very basic psychological principles- individuals and groups do not like to lose control on something that has...
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Meet DJI’s new drone: the Phantom 4. It’s the first consumer unit that can see the world around it and adjust accordingly, the next big...
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Ever been away from home and just had to check that everything is a-ok back at the fortress? What about that one corner that...

French President Francois Hollande and UK Prime Minister David Cameron have unveiled a $2.1 billion cooperative unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) research projects during a...
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As drones have become cheaper and more popular, so have the risks associated with them grown proportionally. Last year, in a second incident of...

Britain’s Trident nuclear submarine deterrent could be facing grave dangers in the future, a new report presented at Westminster parliament predicts. Technological progress in...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) are used for almost everything nowadays. These flying machines are used by the business and private sectors, as well as...

Strong Artificial Intelligence is still a long way off, it happens at all. But the worry that keeps creeping up is that once we...

In emergencies, people may trust robots too much for their own safety, a new study suggests. In a mock building fire, test subjects followed...
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Cyprus could find itself on the forefront of technological progress if plans materialise to bring postal deliveries by drone to the Mediterranean nation. Post-by-drone...

Like with other industries, once China entered the drone market it quickly became the world’s largest and most prolific drone manufacturer. They make everything...
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We’ve written about it before, but DARPA has finally confirmed the christening of its brand new autonomous submarine-hunting drone ship, agency directory Arati Prabhakar...

The Estonian military is aiming to spend some 818 million euros (US $902 million) on acquisitions of new weapons and equipment by 2020, according...

Facebook’s goal of having the whole world go online is nothing new. Starting with its project to supply the whole world with airborne internet...
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Not too long ago, when people thought of prosthetic limbs, the image they likely had was of a pirate sporting a wooden leg (and...

Luggage lying around unattended at an airport are an obvious cause for concern. The hazardous task of getting up close to inspect what could...
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Russia’s Ministry of Defense has recently released a video of the prototype of a new anti-tank multi-copter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fitted with cameras...

Iran has developed an 'improved' variant of its Shahed-129 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which was displayed by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) for...

Defence manufacturer Northrop Grumman is tackling one of the biggest developing problems of fighter jets: cyber risk. Tom Vice, President at Northrop Grumman Aerospace...

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