Unmanned Systems

One of the biggest obstacles to deploying very small autonomous robots is navigation. As machines shrink, the hardware required to determine position and direction...

For mobile robots operating in the real world, knowing their exact position is not optional. Autonomous navigation depends on continuous, accurate localization. Yet satellite-based...

Coordinating large groups of autonomous systems, whether drones, vehicles, or software agents, remains a difficult problem. In real-world conditions, signals are often noisy, incomplete,...

Maritime operations are becoming increasingly complex, with growing demand for persistent surveillance, extended reach, and reduced risk to personnel. Traditional submarines can provide these...

Modern surveillance operations increasingly demand radar systems that can detect smaller targets, operate across multiple environments, and integrate quickly onto different platforms. Traditional systems...

Drone swarms are posing an increasing challenge to air-defense systems. Small, unmanned aircraft can be launched in large numbers, attack from multiple directions, and...

Modern battlefields are saturated with electronic activity. Radars, jammers, drone control stations, communications systems, and other emitters constantly transmit radio-frequency signals that can reveal...

Delivering supplies to frontline forces has become increasingly dangerous as drones, long-range weapons and persistent surveillance make logistics aircraft attractive targets. In many cases,...

A new commercial software that enables operators to simultaneously control dozens of unmanned vehicles and conduct information, surveillance and reconnaissance missions called VCSi was...

Drones in the service of first responders can eliminate surprises by understanding a scene and its threats far better than possible from the ground....

Leonardo Helicopter Division has been heavily investing in the development of Rotary Wing Unmanned Air Vehicles (RUAV) and Optionally Piloted Helicopters (OPH), which provide...

The US Army’s Future Vertical Lift cross-functional team wants to integrate new unmanned aerial systems into its family of rotary-wing aircraft, according to the...

The U.S Army is interested in advanced military vehicle technology. Its armored combat vehicle experts are making plans to ask industry for military vehicle...

The need for a system to provide UAS users in agriculture with a way to record information about their flights, sensors and maintenance issues...

A new ability to easily and intuitively control unmanned systems from the cockpit of a manned tactical aircraft has been recently demonstrated. Textron Systems,...

In a move highlighting the growing importance of autonomous military technology, defense AI firm Shield AI has announced it is raising $1.5 billion in...

A drone falling from the sky not only has the potential to hurt people on the ground but also to hurt your wallet, especially...

Canada has been advancing greater awareness of safety and security issues, as well as transportation and commercial activity in the country’s Arctic. Within this...

As unmanned aerial systems have entered the Public Safety realm, most of the focus to date has been around small, low-cost systems. Major disasters...

If your startup is developing a groundbreaking technology we invite you to apply to INNOFENSE Innovation Center. Applications are open to the second cycle of...

NATO countries that are bordering Russia have agreed to develop a drone wall stretching from Norway to Poland in an effort to safeguard their...

INNOFENSE Call for startups – Dual-Use Technologies: Following the immense success of the previous four cycles and their integration into the defense sector, iHLS invites...