New Sensor Payload for Unmanned and Manned Aircraft
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...
New UAV to Operate Aboard Aircraft Carriers
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 to Upgrade Fleet of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles
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...
American UAV Manufacturer Raises $7 Million Dollars
CyPhy Works, developer of advanced Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), has announced the latest round of financing, this time $7 million, led by Lux Capital...
Amstaff Robotic Vehicle To Replace Soldiers Along Israel’s Border
The Israel Defense Force has stopped stationing troops as a security measure at 22 communities along its northern and southern borders. Robotic systems may...
U.S. Company Launches New High-Capacity Robotic Arm
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...
Israel’s AUS&R Unmanned Vehicles Salon Event
"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 to Build New National UAV Industrial Hub
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...
New U.S. Awards to Robotics Researchers
Robotic rotorcraft for inspecting bridges and other infrastructures, tools for minimally invasive surgery that guide surgeons by creating 3D maps of internal organs, and...
The Civilian UAV Market is on the Rise
Venture capitalists like Tim Draper are placing their bets on the commercial applications of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS). Draper, an early investor in Hotmail,...
New Spy UAV – Too Fast for Radar
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...
Israel’s Unmanned Systems Event: Final Rehearsal
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The final rehearsal for the unmanned systems event to be held at the Rishon Lezion YES Planet compound, Israel, on November 26,...
Belarus to Build Aerial Drones in Turkmenistan
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...
Norway to Develop Pocket UAV for U.S. Army
U.S. Army researchers are asking a Norwegian company to develop a pocket-sized helicopter drone to provide a personal reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for...
JARUS Publishes Certification Specification for Rotorcraft UAS
JARUS, an international group whose purpose it is, to recommend technical, safety and operational requirements for the certification and safe integration of Remotely Piloted...
DARPA Selects Company to Develop New Navy UAV
DARPA has picked AeroVironment as the prime contractor to develop a medium-altitude, long-endurance UAV designed to operate from small ships. The $2.3 million contract...
U.S. Army to Develop Smart Mine Detection System
The AMDS program is developing a prototype UGV-based mine-detection sensor suite that can find buried anti-personnel mines. The AMDS consists of a suite of...
Israeli Company Designs Special Systems for the UAS Industry
We tend to forget that underneath their sleek hulls, UAVs and other unmanned systems are complex machines which depend on their individual components. The...
The U.S Navy Unmanned Helicopter Makes its First Flight
The MQ-8C Fire Scout — an unmanned helicopter that’s larger and faster than the MQ-8B already in use by the Navy — made its...
Israeli UAV Crashed in Gaza
A malfunction in a Skylark UAV, used by IDF artillery and infantry units, crashed in Gaza.
The Skylark, manufactured by Elbit Systems, weighs about 15...
The Case of the Killer UAS
Killer unmanned air systems (UAS) are accurate most of the time. The Pakistani government said that 3 per cent of the people killed in...
Swedish and Israeli Companies Test New UAV Software
The Swedish software company Imint and the Israeli Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) provider Elbit Systems have field-tested new first response software in live flights...
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