Real-time Information For Drone Operators With New FAA App
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is working round the clock on developing new user-friendly means of increasing UAV safety. A pre-release version of B4UFLY,...
Turkey Expands Local Manufacturing of UAV-Related Technologies
Turkey has been making efforts to manufacture domestically more and more military technologies, in an attempt to be less dependent on foreign weapons providers....
Watch NASA Release a Swarm of 100 Drones
Last March, NASA has demonstrated the flight of the CICADA drones. The CICADA drones are small, low cost drones that are released from a...
Talking Autonomous Vessels
The United States Navy has been at work the past few years pushing the development of Unmanned Surface Vehicles, such as the Sea Hunter....
Night-Vision Capability for a nano UAV
Miniature but with night sight. Prox Dynamics has unveiled a night-capable version of its PD-100 Black Hornet unmanned air vehicle, believed to be the...
Call for Startups: Applications Now Open for iHLS Security Accelerator!
iHLS is inviting startups in this field to join the 8th cycle of its Security Accelerator, the world’s first accelerator in the HLS field....
South Korea Upgrading ISR Capabilities
South Korea's Air Force has recently announced that it will found a key airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) unit towards the end of...
RAF Merlin nearly downed by British Army drone
That was close - an incident involving a British Army drone and an RAF helicopter during military exercise
The British Army almost brought down a...
Israel Establishes National Task Force for Drone Security Regulation
The growing use of cheap and accessible commercial drones and the involvement of terrorist and criminal actors have been increasing the threat to security...
AUS&R 2018 – Leading Conference on Unmanned Vehicles and Robotics
The AUS&R 2018 Conference and Exhibition, organized by iHLS for the sixth year, will focus on the unique role of the unmanned systems at...
Unexpected Method to Fight Boat Swarm Attack
Like a swarm of insects, a swarm of boats can pose a threat as a larger, far more expensive warship might not be able...
Tiny Drone Gets AI Eyes to Navigate Autonomously
An autonomous navigation system for small, light drones inspired by insects combines visual homing (using visual cues for orientation) with odometry (measuring distance in...
Drone vs. Drone: A New Layer of Battlefield Protection
The drone threat continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Explosive drones and loitering munitions have become some of the most significant threats facing...
IAI tests Harop
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) recently completed a series of flight demonstrations of its HAROP Loitering Munitions in Israel for a foreign customer. These demonstrations...
Would Combat Robots Soon Outnumber Human Soldiers?
Faced with low recruitment and an increased demand for soldiers, the US Department of Defense has been trying to enhance its combat robots power...
IHLS TV – Robotics Edition
Articles and issues discussed in this episode:
DARPA-sponsored robotics advancements may be used for military purposes
U.S. military to deploy more robotic soldiers in the future
U.S...
New Technology Aids Drone Pilots in Fighting Fire
A new development by NASA is aimed at aiding first responders. This new system, by the name of STEReO, was created to increase the...
Happy Birthday! Our Website is One Year Old
Our website is one year old, but even as a toddler it still managed to shine. iHLS is the prominent Israeli defense website, specializing...
Man Charged With Smuggling US UAV Parts to Pakistan
The United States is trying to prosecute a man accused of trying to smuggle parts for military-grade drones to the Pakistani military.
Syed Vaqar...
Drone for Defense Applications Unveiled
A new unmanned aircraft unveiled recently was designed to meet the needs of defense and public security players,and execute continuous aerial day and night...
From Aerial to Ground Vehicle – in an Instant
In nature, organisms can often change shape to perform different tasks, such as how plants move to capture sunlight throughout the day. The octopus...
AI Goes Underwater — and It’s on Patrol
India’s Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has unveiled a new class of man-portable autonomous underwater vehicles (MP-AUVs), designed to make mine detection faster,...

















































