Unmanned Systems

Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear hazards remain among the most dangerous threats soldiers can face. Detecting and responding to these risks is often slow,...

Scientists are working on the technology to control drones using their brains. While they are starting out with small helicopter drones, the eventual goal...

The US Army rolled out its first batch of short-range reconnaissance (SRR) drones to one of its airborne brigade teams, marking an important milestone...

NATOGlobal unveiled its first Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) aircraft. The unmanned aircraft, a wide area surveillance Global Hawk, is part of a broader system of...

A Saudi company has already signed an agreement with China to produce a series of CH drones in the kingdom as early as 2017. As...

The U.S Navy’s unmanned carrier launched airborne surveillance and strike (UCLASS) program has evolved to call for a jet that is much larger and...

Turkey's attack drone successfully fired a new laser-guided missile in a recent trial. A laser-guided bomb (LGB) is a guided bomb that uses semi-active...

UAV swarms are cooperative, intercommunicating groups of UAVs used for a wide and growing variety of civilian and military applications. In disaster response, particularly...

The growing frequency of unauthorized drone activity near U.S. military facilities is highlighting a critical vulnerability in defense infrastructure—namely, the limited capacity to detect...

07First responder teams arriving at a disaster scene often don’t have access to the carrier-based terrestrial LTE network for connecting to all the different...

A robotic solution is sought for various electronic warfare applications. The US Army is looking for an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) that can conduct...

South Africa wants to use more unmanned air vehicles (UAV) and is preparing the needed regulations. South Africa is set to have its new UAV...

As unmanned aerial systems technology has evolved, the extent of applications for drones has expanded into numerous fields, including pollution monitoring, search-and-rescue operations, etc....

Artificial intelligence technology is infiltrating the travel industry, and it’s bringing a host of new conveniences and capabilities with it, from personalized recommendations and...

The development of a new class of materials is opening up endless opportunities in fields such as mechanics, electronics, heat transfer, chemistry, optics, etc....

Researchers at the Beihang University in Beijing have developed an ultralight solar-powered drone weighing only 4 grams, capable of continuous daytime flight. The drone, called...

A new online gaming platform is now aiming to shape the future of the US Armed Forces. The game allows soldiers to experiment and...

Micro-sized cameras have great potential to spot problems in the human body and enable sensing for super-small robots, but past approaches captured fuzzy, distorted...

UAV technology delivers critical situational awareness and tactical opportunities. The US Department of Defense supports the domestic small unmanned aerial system (sUAV) industry, further...

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) work great in the air - it’s in the name, after all. Most of them manage to land on land...

In recent years, there has been a growing need in Maritime Miniature Unmanned Aircraft System (MMUAS) for the international surface combatant and coastal craft...

  261 times this year American satellites’ communications were jammed. This wasn’t done by enemy forces or by unfriendly nations, such as Russia or China....