Unmanned Systems

Engineers from Sandia National Laboratories in the U.S demonstrated real-world robotics successes at the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials 2013 Expo this week (20-21 December)...

Science fiction or reality: Vision-guided humanoid robot and UAV work in tandem to fight fires. Get the whole story right here. As part of an...

ESA (The European Space Agency) signed a Memorandum of Intent with Rolls-Royce to investigate how space technology can be used to develop autonomous and...

Israeli UAV manufacturer Innocon has unveiled a version of its Spider unmanned air system (UAS). Unmanned air systems are being used more and more...

The initial strikes against the Islamic State in Syria included missiles fired from overhead drones by operators who were hundreds or even thousands of miles away....

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), in the period between 1985 and 2014, 60.7% of all exported unmanned aircraft in the...

The Pentagon hopes that the next Predator is in someone's garage. The US Air Force (USAF) recently announced a $2 million prize for the U.S....

Rolls-Royce is predicting that in just four years, crewless “drone ships” will be sailing the seas with no crew on board. The aircraft engine...

The U.S. Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator performed its first arrested landing at Patuxent River, Naval Air Station in Maryland, on...

Unmanned systems 2014 - Oshkosh the truck company is going robotic with its TerraMax Unmanned Ground Vehicle. The company has made a major step towards...

Register to iHLS Israel Homeland Security In this weekly Video report (February 3rd 2015): Coalition against Isis: Too Little Too Late Kaspersky Technology Forecast for 2045 The US...

The U.S. navy’s Naval Research Laboratory is currently in the process of developing an invisible bullet-proof protection armor. This armor is based on a...

The fourth article in the series on the Israeli UAV Industry. By ARIE EGOZI Elbit Systems,  has been very active mainly in upgrading existing systems. The Hermes-900 medium...

Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) successfully completed its second airborne demonstration for the Air Force Research Lab under its Multi Sensor Detect Sense and Avoid...

Researchers have developed a new approach to heavy computation, using light instead of electricity, which they say could vastly improve the speed and efficiency...

The increasing number of missions performed by the Israeli air force (IAF) UAVs have required some new organization. The recent development: A new Israeli air...

NATO’s Center for Maritime Research and Experimentation, based in La Spezia, Italy, has revealed an ability it has been working on for quite some...

By ARIE EGOZI The unmanned air systems (UAS) operated by the Israeli air force (IAF) are strained almost to their limits. From mini-UAS like the...

Following a series of tests beginning at the end of last year, Aveillant’s unique holographic radar has proved able to detect and track drones,...

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...

The Tanzanian government says it is considering proposals from private American conservationists who are offering to help the country fight endemic rhino and elephant...

Hovermast is a new means for providing stabilized real-time aerial surveillance, to forces maneuvering along the battlefield. It is currently being tested and assessed...