Unmanned Systems

Today, roughly 1 billion airline passengers per year are concentrated through only 50 hub airports in the US to reach just the 380 airports...

Law enforcement teams are increasingly using drones for various policing purposes, but there are two major challenges: relatively short flight times, and the need...

After completing initial demonstrations of its autonomous capabilities, a new unmanned surface vehicle (USV) has been unveiled,  The 8.2 m-long Proteus 2.0 USV manufactured...

Quantum technology translates the principles of quantum physics into technological applications. In general, quantum technology has not yet reached maturity; however, it could hold...

Unmanned aerial vehicles face a wide range of threat vectors in cyber space while they are in flight, including the potential for an adversary...

Are flying cars an idea that merely lives in science fiction? It is possible that we might still see this fictional idea come into...

A new development will enable human-scale dexterous robotic systems. It will serve as an opportunity to leverage a robotic system that is equivalent to...

Artificial intelligence software in battlefield autonomous systems can be vulnerable to cyber attacks. Researchers are looking for ways to make the systems’ machine learning...

A new 3D-printing method will make it easier to manufacture and control the shape of soft robots, artificial muscles and wearable devices. Researchers at...

Currently, automated unmanned aerial vehicles beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) flight in unrestricted airspace is a very significant barrier to overcome in order...

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) teams across all US military services will use the FLIR Centaur unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) to assist in disarming improvised...

The US Navy aims to acquire several unmanned surface and underwater vehicles capable of deploying drone swarms in contested territory. The Navy has handed...

Drones continue to concern law enforcement and security authorities charged with protecting critical infrastructure and large public events. Drones have become a genuine threat...

Unlike humans, robots must be told what to do at all time - without an algorithm to guide it, modern technologies are not able...

High-rise buildings require regular inspections. With accelerating digitization, the need for structural scans is growing while pilot availability is limited. A new drone charging...

Could robot dogs be patrolling the US - Mexico border? Apparently so! Without a head and weighing around 45 kg: The US Department of...

Drones are ideal responders to a disaster, especially when comparing advanced drones and human capabilities. While sending a human onto freshly collapsed rubble risks...

Despite the commercial self-driving car industry making rapid advances in on-road autonomous mobility, military off-road autonomy algorithms and simulation capability development have lagged due...

The widespread commercial availability of cheap and capable drones means that they are available to unconventional adversaries as much as near-peer competitors. And because...

The US Navy’s vision for an “ocean of things” describes a sensor-rich sea where what can be known about conditions in the water is...

The increasing capabilities of miniature drones has led to their widespread use for monitoring in both civilian and military situations. At the same time,...

The nuclear sector can now rely upon the assistance of unmanned aircraft to carry out radiological measurements without any human intervention. In contrast to...