Unmanned Systems

The US continues to search the best, most efficient platform to intercept drones entering its territory and protect its border. Engineers at Picatinny Arsenal in...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is continuing in developing self-destructive electronics and this time its goal is to make an Unmanned Aerial...

Olga Grosman Professor. Zvi Shiller is the Chairman of the Israeli Robotics Association, a professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics Faculty of...

As part of the U.S. aviation authorities’ effort to tackle the growing safety and security problems posed by drones, U.S. drone will soon be...

By ARIE EGOZI This is without any doubt one very special niche in the world of UAVs. I refer to small vertical takeoff and landing...

The problem once again arises - how can the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) manage the danger of drones flying too close to commercial flights...

Thought only celebrities have problems with invasion of privacy? Police stations around the UK reported that for the past two years, increasing amounts of...

Dr. Noa Agmon, a researcher at BIU, talked to I-HLS shortly after AUS&R 2015 on the role of robots in the future battlefield. Dr. Agmon...

It was recently revealed that North Korea again flew its UAVs into South Korea at the end of August and this time South Korea...

The use of commercial drones for delivering mail is one step closer to reality in Singapore, after the testing of Singpost’s Unmanned Aerial Vehicle...

One of the most interesting technological debates in recent years is on the issue of the preferability of unmanned systems vs. manned vehicles. Due...

FAA will evaluate technology to detect unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) near airports under a Pathfinder program with developer CACI International. Testifying before the House Subcommittee...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. has introduced a new sonobuoy capability for its MQ-9 Guardian maritime unmanned air vehicle. The new sonobuoy capability has been...

The growing availability of small, inexpensive UAVs that can (and are) used by criminals and Islamic terrorists has led to the development of several...

As part of the impressive new developments revealed by the US military, a new project by DARPA offers an app that is designed to...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) the other day announced the largest civil penalty the FAA has proposed against a drone...

Arie Egozi Global defense industries have long ago realized that only changing their course will keep them alive. The two best examples are the US...

In an interview following AUS&R 2015, Eli Dotan, Senior Director, UAS Programs at Elbit Systems, ISTAR division, told I-HLS about the company’s newly developed...

Russia is creating a new payload module for its drones to help effectiveness of aerial surveillance and monitoring. “The technology we created can process...

By ARIE EGOZI Israel is closely following the Iranian effort to develop a line of unmanned systems for sea applications. Iran has unveiled a torpedo-armed watercraft...

The WK450 Watchkeeper, which is based on Elbit’s Hermes 450, is currently being used solely by the British military, but recently Thales has presented...

The UAV provider's market is growing continually. Civilian applications in particular are increasing rapidly. UAVs' development times are consequently diminishing. Suppliers must react flexibly...