Unmanned Systems

Combining the strengths of manned and unmanned platforms, manned-unmanned teaming (MUMT) has the potential to play a transformative role by increasing the situational awareness,...

Small unmanned aerial vehicles of the US military will be equipped with a robust, on-demand, highly-secure communications network that will address the growing electronic...

The UK Space Agency has backed a healthcare drone start-up that aims to help in the response to COVID-19. The medical drone delivery service...

The European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) awarded a contract to Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and its partner Airbus DS Airborne Solutions (ADAS)...

Drone delivery technologies are already here, and soon they will become an integral part of urban life in the smart city environment. Drone flights...

The US Army is intensifying its efforts in the acquisition of technologies designed to avoid Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) hazards.   FLIR Systems has...

A new Airspace Management system will be deployed in Ottawa, Canada for real-time tracking and display of airborne and land-based unmanned systems.  Kongsberg Geospatial will...

Battery-powered drones are limited by relatively short battery life. Due to the short operating time, the drones can only be used by the army...

Both Russia and China have been advancing the development of suicide drone technologies, presenting serious challenges to military forces around the world. The Russian military...

While the self-driving car industry has made significant advances while driving on paved roads, autonomous vehicles face considerable challenges when moving off-road and into...

Unmanned aerial vehicles’ remote identification (RID) functionality has become one of three technologies, along with command and control (C2), and Detect and Avoid (DAA),...

Thick smoke and dark skies at night severely limit firefighting operations. A new firefighting drone technology could increase fire crews' ability to efficiently battle...

Unmanned aerial vehicles have become an integral part of Turkey's foreign policy, but Turkey's drone industry is facing scrutiny from the international community. Among...

Malicious drones are already a well-known threat to public security. However, it is a drone swarm attack that constitutes the next stage - a...

By Arie Egozi The war between Azerbaijan and Armenia is already dubbed "the first loitering systems war". And to that one should add "Israeli-made loitering...

A live trial of a ‘swarming drones’ capability has been successfully conducted by Leonardo, in a joint partnership with the UK Royal Air Force’s...

The way military forces drop food and essential supplies from helicopters in disaster zones has inspired scientists, who sought a solution for reaching and...

The China-developed Wing Loong-2 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has completed the country’s first large UAV-supported emergency communication exercise. According to its developer, the Aviation...

Highway work zones are a dangerous environment to work in. In the United States, there are more than 12 crash-related fatalities every week in...

Airborne cell towers can cover a greater geographic area than terrestrial ones and be moved to areas that need a signal. A huge fixed-winged...

A new US-Army funded research program will help small battery-powered drones autonomously fly to unmanned ground vehicles for recharging. The use of fast, recharging...

Public safety drones are an increasingly important sector in the drone industry. There is a growing need for better and more accessible training for...