Unmanned Systems

Kurdish Peshmerga forces shot down an ISIS surveillance drone last week near the Mosul frontline in northern Iraq, reports ARA News, a Kurdish news...

China has firmly established itself a leading manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), with several of the world’s leading firms making their home in...

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has been pushing for strong regulations to be put in place to protect commercial and private aeroplanes from...

The world’s leading industrial robot maker, Fanuc, is working on an incredibly clever robot. The Japanese company has created a robot that learns how...

One of the many unfortunate consequences of traditional armed warfare is that once the war is over, many dangers remain. Mines and unexploded ordnance...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) can do many things, but they’re all mostly tied to flying. Now, they can do one more, and it’s almost...

By Arie Egozi The indictment against a computer expert of the Islamic Jihad suggests a serious failure and complacency of the IDF and national bodies...

Not content with snatching up the World Cup, Dubai has now unveiled plans to hold a different kind of competition: the World Future Sports...

Israel’s Ministry of Defence and the US Department of Defence agreed to increase cyber-defence cooperation between the two countries, according to Army Technology. Representatives...

Meet SCAMP, the Stanford Climbing and Aerial Maneuvering Platform, a robot that can fly, land on vertical walls, and then scamper up them. SCAMP...

Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) swarms provide a wide variety of useful capabilities to today’s militaries, but one issue that remains is how to get...

The missions the modern military is faced with are variegated and diverse. They require soldiers to possess a wide set of capabilities, tools, and...

The US Air Force is gearing up for large technology research, requesting some $2.5 billion for research in its budget for fiscal year 2017....

GPS will be turning 40 in a couple years, and in the decades since its inception the technology has transformed our lives. Many users...

The recent collision between the Google Car and a Californian bus notwithstanding, autonomous vehicle generally manage to get around quite well. They “see” the...

At a trade fair in Berlin, Toshiba showed off the most human-like version of its robot to date. Meet Chihira Kanae, who now knows...

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...

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...

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...