Unmanned Systems

Unmanned Systems

Unmanned ground, aerial and naval systems provide a remotely-operated and autonomous safe option for surveillance, data gathering, inspection, resupply, etc. for defense, security and dual-use missions.

University of Bristol researchers have unveiled a large semi-autonomous drone called the ARM system, which could be used to provide visual and thermal monitoring...

TCOM, the supplier of airborne persistent surveillance solutions, is supporting the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to improve U.S. Border Patrol operations in the...

The HoverMast tethered unmanned vehicle will hover above the waters of the Superland lake, an autonomous UAVs which allows its operators to monitor distant...

Camero has unveiled the Xaver AID, Airborne Imaging Drone, an airborne structure-penetrating life detection system. The Xaver AID (Airborne Imaging Drone) is a tactical...

Saab of Sweden reports its Skeldar unmanned aerial system is being operated from a Spanish navy vessel as part of anti-piracy operations in the...

Senior U.S. Air Force (USAF) officials are in the midst of a high-stakes debate about the future of the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fleet...

Northrop Grumman reports its first integration of an internal, miniature electronic attack payload on a small unmanned aircraft system. The company's Pandora payload, derived from...

A United Arab Emirates (UAE) investment fund has beefed up its stake in Italian firm Piaggio Aero. This comes just as the aeronautics firm...

Prioria Robotics, Inc., developers of tactical Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (SUAS), has been awarded several contracts totaling $4.5 million by the U.S. Army Rapid...

Headwall Photonics Inc. in the U.S. is introducing the Micro-Hyperspec integrated airborne hyperspectral electro-optical sensor for manned aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). According to...

The X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System Demonstrator (UCAS-D) conducted flight operations aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. The event, the most recent in...

U.S. Navy officials have asked Hydroid Inc. to repair and upgrade the Navy's fleet of MK 18 Kingfish unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs), as well...

CyPhy Works, developer of advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), has announced the latest round of financing, this time $7 million, led by Lux Capital...

The Israel Defense Force has stopped stationing troops as a security measure at 22 communities along its northern and southern borders. Robotic systems may...

CoroWare Technologies has announced availability for the CoroBot RA-144 robotic arm, a powerful robot arm that complements their CoroBot smart unmanned ground vehicle (Smart...

"Rishon Lezion joins other cities around the world hosting air salons. We will turn the event on November 26th, the first Israeli unmanned vehicles...

China will establish a special industrial base for the development and production of unmanned aerial vehicles in Beijing’s southern Daxing District, reports Chinese-language media...

Robotic rotorcraft for inspecting bridges and other infrastructures, tools for minimally invasive surgery that guide surgeons by creating 3D maps of internal organs, and...

Venture capitalists like Tim Draper are placing their bets on the commercial applications of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Draper, an early investor in Hotmail,...

Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works is proposing a replacement for the SR-71 spy plane The SR-72, is a Mach 6 drone that doesn't need to...

By iHLS NewsDesk The final rehearsal for the unmanned systems event to be held at the Rishon Lezion YES Planet compound, Israel, on November 26,...

The former Soviet states of Turkmenistan and Belarus have agreed on a project to jointly build an aerial drone factory in the energy-rich Central...