Unmanned Systems

A system developed in Bar Ilan University in Israel helps to protect sites in the U.S. against terror. The Department of Homeland...

UAS (Unmanned Air Systems) assist in defense of the homeland borders, collection of intelligence and prevention of terror and criminal activity. A micro-UAS...

A growing interest in the Hovering Air Vehicles (HAV's).Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is developing a line of Hovering Air Vehicles (HAV's). The first system in...

Elbit Systems Ltd. has teamed with Windward . To offer integrated maritime solutions for the Indian authorities. The joint solution combines Windward’s innovative satellite-based...

Israeli exports in the field have reached 4.6 billion dollars in 8 years, and are expected to grow at 5-10% per year until 2020. Israeli...

China’s first jet-powered stealth unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV), the Lijian or “Sharp Sword,” was recently spotted undergoing taxiing tests in China.

The Urban Aeronautics AirMule ducted fan Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) aircraft has been equipped with new propellers. Ii will improve the performance of...

The Obama administration has floated the idea of putting the CIA’s controversial targeted killing operations under the control of the uniformed armed services. But...

There is no doubt - many homeland security missions in the not so far  future will be performed by joint forces of "robots" in...

Turtle spy robots are coming. Scientists in South Korea have developed a technology that they claim will enable to use live turtles for intelligence...

Last week Iran unveiled its latest drone dubbed “Hamaseh”. This unmanned aerial vehicle follows a classic twin-boom tail design, pioneered by IAI’s Scout and...

Has Israeli technology helped Turkey to develop its unmanned air systems (UAS) industry? This question is on the table again as Turkey is about to start exporting...

The Office of Naval Research (ONR) has developed a system that will enable the central control of military ground, air, and undersea unmanned systems...

Some European countries may consider an Israeli made unmanned air system (UAS) as a platform for a "Black program” to create a European medium-altitude/long-endurance...

A team of researchers from the Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are developing an insect sized robot that made its first flight last summer. Half the size of a paperclip, weighing less than a tenth of a gram, RoboBee inspired by the biology of a fly and conceived through manufacturing breakthrough and miniaturization.

Micro and Mini unmanned air systems (UAS) used for homeland security missions will be controlled by Smartphones. This trend is spreading among the users...

The U.S. Navy’s X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator performed its first arrested landing at Patuxent River, Naval Air Station in Maryland, on...

Many companies develop systems for border security. Some of these were recently showed in a Border Security Expo at the Phoenix Convention Center in...

The efficacy of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) as an early warning mechanism against enemy sneaking in aboard hijacked or rogue vessels was demonstrated during...

The US Air Force is looking at equipping its General Atomics Reaper unmanned aircraft with a British-developed, man-in-the-loop missile better able to reduce collateral...

The Israel aerospace industries (IAI) Heron unmanned air system (UAS) will compete in a Canadian tender to supply an advanced system for  operation in...

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said Israeli companies were behind 41 percent of all UAVs exported in 2001-11. Those Israeli exports went to...