Burglars using drones
Police in the UK are now seeing incidents were burglars are scoping out potential targets using off-the-shelf consumer drones.
Suffolk Constabulary has confirmed that there...
WATCH: Anti-Drone Net Launcher
As drones have become cheaper and more popular, so have the risks associated with them grown proportionally. Last year, in a second incident of...
DJI’s New Phantom 4: The world of drones will never be...
Meet DJI’s new drone: the Phantom 4.
It’s the first consumer unit that can see the world around it and adjust accordingly, the next big...
42,000 Chinese UAVs by 2023?
The United States estimates that China is expected to have by the year 2023 a massive amount of 42,000 unmanned aerial vehicles at a...
Russia guards the north pole
Russia has begun operating two mini-UAVs in the arctic skies - the Takhion and the Eleron-3 - in order to monitor flights in the...
Drone Crashes Into Plane At Heathrow Airport
A police investigation is under way after a passenger plane approaching Heathrow Airport was hit by what is believed to have been a drone....
Could Micro-Drones Be Weaponised?
Micro-drones are an emergent trend in the world of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). There are several models currently in production, with a prominent example...
The Israeli UAV industry – The Super Heron HF
The First article in the series on the Israeli UAV Industry.
By ARIE EGOZI
At the beginning of 2014 IAI has unveiled its new Super Heron UAS...
Autonomous Snake-Robot Could Decrease Terror Threat
The Gaza strip tunnels are tuneels being dug by the Hamas and other terror organizations inside the strip as part of their fight against...
Innovative Drone to Demine World Land Mines
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...
Cyber attacks on drones
The number of missions unmanned systems are tasked with, as well as their diversity, is expanding each year. The roles they play include a...
An Iranian Developed Torpedo Armed Submersible Watercraft Worries Israel
By ARIE EGOZI
Israel is closely following the Iranian effort to develop a line of unmanned systems for sea applications.
Iran has unveiled a torpedo-armed watercraft...
Sweep: A $250 LIDAR With 40m Range
If you’re building a drone or robot you’re gonna need it to know where it’s at and where it’s going. For that, you’ll need...
New Sonobuoys to Fit On UAVs
UK defence electronics firm Ultra Electronics is developing a new family of miniature passive sonobuoys that could be eventually deployed from unmanned aerial systems.
The...
Turkey’s defense exports are on the rise
Since the defense relationship between Turkey and Israel has been cut Ankara has made a push to increase its defense industry capabilities.
Turkey’s defense industry...
3D Real-Time Laser Technology Now in Israel
Velodyne has developed and produced a High Definition Lidar (HDL) sensor designed to satisfy the demands for autonomous vehicle navigation, stationary and mobile surveying,...
Kalashnikov expanding to produce UAVs and assault boats
Russia's Kalashnikov Group has diversified into the production of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and multi-functional assault boats.
The AK-47 assault rifle manufacturer displayed the new...
Electronic Attack to Counter Drones
A new scalable counter-unmanned air vehicle (C-UAV) system has been unveiled by Finmeccanica’s systems and sensors house Selex ES at DSEI 2015.
Known as Falcon...
High-Tech Giants Pledge $1bn To Create “Altruistic AI”
Artificial Intelligence (AI) carries with it the promise to transform our lives. Sadly, it also harbours many risks.
Theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking has been...
Watch Parrot’s New Drone Flying At 80 km/h
Parrot has created a unique drone that can fly for 45 minutes on a single charge and reach speeds up to 80 kilometers per...
Turkish Drone Anka Is Ready For Take-Off
The Anka, a medium-altitude, long-endurance drone developed by Turkish Aerospace Industry (TAI) made its debut missionary flight, Turkish aerospace officials said. The Anka is...
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