Unmanned Systems

The US Navy has been interested in improving its supply delivery system, by developing an autonomous cargo handling system. The Navy has recently selected...

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

Al-Qaeda has formed teams of engineers to develop ways to defeat U.S. drones, or unmanned air systems (UAS). This according to documents leaked by...

Insitu announced  the successful 24-hour flight of its Integrator unmanned aircraft. The flight demonstrated Integrator’s expanded endurance at an increased gross take-off weight with payload on board. The...

The German army is assessing whether to provide drones for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to monitor the fragile cease-fire in...

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) have a range of capabilities for a variety for missions, from attack missions to intelligence missions. The possibility of a...

The US Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) think all unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) owners should be required to pass an online training course to...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, has kicked off its Squad X Core Technologies program in a bid to try and improve...

All photos: Noam Eshel, defense-Update The Russian Su-35S, making its international debut here at the Paris Airshow, stole the show with breathtaking aerobatic performance that...

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA‑ASI) announced that its Predator-series, including the MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper, and MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAV’s, has achieved a...

The US Navy will be equipping its newly-upgraded unmanned helicopter MQ-8C Fire Scout with Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s Osprey electronically scanned radar, helping expand crews’ surveillance capabilities...

A mobile network that will control UAV traffic is now being researched. DFS Deutsche Flugsicherung (the company in charge of air traffic control for...

  The US agency DARPA (the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency) has recently announced the completion of phase 1 in its Gremlins program, which envisions...

Tactical UAS (TUAS) are a critical part of the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance architectures of armed forces all over the world, and zero point...

Israeli unmanned air systems (UAS) manufacturers are continuing to upgrade their systems. Elbit systems has upgraded its SkyLark-1LE UAS after the Israeli defence forces (IDF)...

Smartphones Ideal as low-cost brains for robots At the University of Pennsylvania’s Vijay Kumar Lab., Dr. Kumar and his students have been developing advanced, autonomous drones...

Machine learning could soon be coming to mobile devices, if recently announced partnership between Google and chip manufacturer Movidius bears fruit. Machine learning is...

The Turkish National Police is now putting the Bayraktar TB2 Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) into service. Consisting of three UAVs and ground control...

There are 100 million land mines in more than 60 countries worldwide. Every day, 10 innocent civilians are killed or maimed by these explosives The...

To meet an urgent need for an anti-UAV system to counter the threat from rogue UAVs, Elettronica (ELT) is developing its ADRIAN (Anti-Drone Interception,...

The European Union is pondering an EU Commission proposal to acquire a fleet of surveillance drones, satellites, and planes as part of an “ambitious...

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...