Unmanned Systems

On a daily basis, first responders are exposed to various risks, from moving vehicles to wildfires. But what happens when it's dark and hard...

Drone technology fulfills a major role in public safety, where unmanned aircraft can improve officer safety, help reconstruct scenes and provide critical tactical support....

The Tactical Humanitarian Operations Response vehicle (THOR) was built to operate under any network in any environment, from dense forests during wildfires to remote...

The protection of critical and business facilities from possible security breaches by unmanned aircraft has become more needed, and technologies that monitor and potentially...

In a growing trend globally for the telecom sector, mobile operators have identified the need to constantly monitor their towers to ensure smooth and...

A new VTOL long-endurance UAV platform has been unveiled by UAV Factory. The Penguin B VTOL unmanned aircraft is capable of routine takeoff and...

Autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are being used around the world for underwater exploration, underwater cable layout and inspection, marine biology and geology sampling, archeology,...

The British Ministry of Defense is drastically tightening security around air bases that have reportedly been used by the U.S. to launch unmanned air...

iHLS is delighted to host for the first time the prestigious Startup Competition for innovative technologies in the security, defense and homeland security fields,...

The Pentagon has played around with aircraft armed with lasers in the past, with the most famous recent example being the Air Force’s missile-zapping...

Vessel’s oil tank inspections will become safer and more efficient thanks to drones. New drone technology was recently used to inspect the tanks onboard...

Executive plane becomes Hammerhead UAV The Piaggio Aero Company and Selex ES successfully completed the first flight of the aptly-named Hammerhead UAV. The aircraft was...

The US armed forces branches are testing their sensor-to-sensor capabilities in tandem during the Army-led Project Convergence campaign at Yuma Proving Ground (YPG). Project Convergence...

A new powerful military unmanned aerial vehicle will be supplied to the US Marine Corps. FLIR Systems has been awarded a $10 million contract...

A new UAV, which is adapted to work in Arctic latitudes, has been unveiled by arms manufacturer Kalashnikov. The new Zala Arctic drones can...

In commercial industries, understanding and analyzing big data on real time can lead to cost reduction, better-targeted marketing and increased efficiency. Like many businesses...

Those still digesting the emergence of autonomous cars on our roads might want to prepare themselves for the following: Mechanical equipment from the construction...

In this weekly report (30 September 2014): iHLS TV is going global to over 40 million viewers through the Shalom Show Amazon to launch drone store New...

The first UAV mapping mission over a major Canadian metropolitan city was concluded. This first of its kind operation, flown over the downtown core...

Security forces around the world have been facing a growing threat: Radio-controlled drones, flying or hovering over crowded stadiums, prisons and places of great...

The US Coast Guard recently completed the system operational verification testing of a small unmanned aircraft system (sUAS) on Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, a...

While the drone industry is booming, it’s important to remember that the drone is merely a vehicle, a way to transport what provides the...