Unmanned Systems

Israeli Aeronautics has signed a contract to supply two Dominator XP unmanned air systems to SADENA (Air-Forces) of Mexico. iHLS - Israel Homeland Security Based on...

U.S. military leaders plan to spend $2.45 billion next year on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) procurement and research, with the RQ-4 Global Hawk, MQ-9...

Issues and articles discussed in this episode: Facebook acquires UAV developer Titan Aerospace Israeli ERE35 UAV creating interest around the world Orbital develops new UAV engine Russian troops...

A Texas firm has revealed an app controlled security drone that can zap intruders with an 80,000 volt taser dart. But Human operators still...

By Shai Rud A few days after the Curiosity rover landed on Mars, members of the hacker group Anonymous annoucned that they intend to hack...

Israeli academia and industries invest in the development of UGVs, with the unmanned vehicles being ideal for security * Armies around the world, including...

Articles and issues discussed in this episode: A new Israeli ground-based security system for mega-events Israel's new gas reservoirs: Tempting targets for terror Chinese researchers develop smart...

An IDF drone crashed over the Gaza Strip during a routine patrol this morning, probably due to a technical malfunction. This isn't the first...

Hezbollah has 200 Iranian drones, Recent Russian announcments saw the beginning of a national drone project and China wants more armed UAVs Hezbollah currently has...

Two future aerial defense threats Israel will have to deal with are combat UAVs and cruise missiles. Additional current and future threats are the...

World militaries are very familiar with ground and airborne radars. A relatively new type of radar is carried as a payload, installed under floating...

UAS propulsion systems, as we mentioned in a previous article, are both essential to the industry and very difficult to develop. Main industry trends...

Printing parts for a weapon is one thing – and there’s ample proof-of-concept about to show that 3D printers will only get better at...

Static surveillance balloons or blimps are considered almost standard equipment for monitoring borders, facilities, areas and army bases. Similar to unmanned aerial vehicles, modern...

Russian troops in Tajikistan have received surveillance drones designed for “terrain reconnaissance and detection of radioactivity,” the Russian military has announced. “The UAVs have...

Facebook, one of the primary backers of the Internet.org initiative, which aims to bring affordable Internet access to the 5 billion people in the...

Persistent Threat Detection System (PTDS) aerostats have surpassed more than one million flight hours of ISR work in Afghanistan and Iraq, according to an...

A new mini hovering UAS is creating interest in special forces around the world The air frame's main function is to provide a sturdy, well...

Articles and issues discussed in this report: New system for launching and retrieving ship-based UAVs Iranian hackers infiltrate U.S. Navy networks German Army UAV attrition rates revealed New...

Ford's autonomous automobile: Four infrared sensors on the roof, obstacle detection at a range of up to 70 meters (230 feet), 2.5 million measurements...

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu has announced a program to spend about 320 billion rubles (US $9 billion) by 2020 on military UAVs. iHLS -...

The German Army has reported a record attrition rate of UAV's in the last decade. LUNA losses = 56 Aladin = 23 Mikado = 4 KZO = 18 iHLS...