Unmanned Systems

Dubai has sealed a deal with Martin Jetpack in order to have its firefighters armed with technology that could allow them to fly up...

In a world first, the US Air Force’s EQ-4 Global Hawk drone has completed its 500th flight. After nearly 13,000 flight hours, the Global Hawk...

by Konstantin Bodragin Satellite surveillance is commonly thought of as belonging to the realm of spies, spooks, and secretive military intelligence types. Command, Control, Communications,...

Landing fixed-wing UAVs is a problem, a big problem. The added weight from proper landing gear greatly reduces a drone’s range and operational capability,...

Autonomous cars and trucks, we are told, are just around the corner. Now, autonomous buses are, as well. In a world-first, the Swiss city of...

Long gone are the days when China was so far lagging behind the West in technological development that it was barely even in the...

Uk based Blue Bear Systems Research (BBSR) company is promoting its autonomous sonobuoy deployment (ASD) capability that enhances anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations. The company sees...

A new drone under development at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln could change the way wildfires are fought – and encourage the use of prescribed...

תת, a high-end manufacturer company specializing in industry solutions, spoke with I-HLS after AUS&R 2015 about the company's interest in Israel and in the...

The world’s major powers follow an unwritten rule when it comes to space exploration: no weapons in orbit. But lately the three leading space...

Singapore’s Microfine Materials Technologies has won a defense prize for collaborating with DSO National Laboratories to design and build an unmanned underwater vessel that...

While current UAVs have no pilot on board, they still require a human operator. Weather and terrain conditions, as well as technical difficulties, can...

Officials in Oklahoma claim to have thwarted the first attempt in the state to smuggle contraband into a prison with an unmanned aerial vehicle. A...

The Turkish police ordered six drones and four ground control stations, with deliveries scheduled for 2016, procurement sources said. The tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)...

China attempted to acquire advanced US fighter aircraft engines and a UAV, according to US Federal Court documents unsealed last week. A Chinese man and...

South Korean researchers are testing unmanned aerial vehicles, or UAVs, to take on the threat of the fleet of military drones North Korea is...

A study by engineers at Oregon State University suggests that they have achieved the most realistic robotic implementation of human walking dynamics that has...

Limor Barak, VP Marketing for Sky Sapience, spoke with I-HLS after AUS&R 2015 about the company’s unique niche in the modern world. The company’s...

Intrusion detection can be done with a variety of systems, from cameras to radar to human guards. Each approach has its advantages and limitations....

In spite of the high level of automation in autonomous unmanned systems, and especially UAVs, the systems still need the human input in their operation. CockpitRM...

Airbus, creator of the Zephyr UAV, are aiming to upgrade the drone so that it will eventually stay airborne for 90 days. This upgrade...

We’ve heard numerous times how unmanned aerial vehicles were interfering with firefighters’ work when they were hovering around their helicopters. Different laws have been...