Unmanned Systems

One of the main issues facing drones these days is obstacle avoidance. “Everyone is building drones these days, but nobody knows how to get...

The United States is trying to prosecute a man accused of trying to smuggle parts for military-grade drones to the Pakistani military. Syed Vaqar...

Ever been away from home and just had to check that everything is a-ok back at the fortress? What about that one corner that...

GPS is king, but it can still be unreliable. A busy street surrounded by skyscrapers won’t be getting great signal, nor will the inside...

The navalised variant of the the Kamov Ka-52 Alligator (Hokum-B) attack/reconnaissance helicopter - the Ka-52K Katran - will be equipped with a compact active...

While the drone industry is booming, it’s important to remember that the drone is merely a vehicle, a way to transport what provides the...

Lockheed Martin’s Hydra Fusion Tools drone software enables drones to form three-dimensional terrain maps as they fly, providing real-time tactical information and mapping data...

In a development hailed as step forward for search and rescue technology, researchers in Australia have used unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to measure the...

Increasing the flight time of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) has been an important task for many manufacturers, as it enables the UAV to operate...

Seventeen teams have qualified to participate in the DARPA Robotics Challenge trials Dec. 20-21 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway in Homestead, Fla. The teams and...

The Pan-Pacific Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Range Complex at the University of Alaska Fairbanks was established last year to help the Federal Aviation Administration...

Loss of telemetry downlink signal was the main cause for the crash of an MQ-1B Predator 7.5 nautical miles north of Holloman Air Force...

A few days prior to his resignation, Defense Secretary Hagel shed some light on the DoD's technological vision for the near and distant future. In...

There is no doubt the world is marching towards a technological advancements unheard of before. With each passing day we hear of more unmanned...

The growing problem of UAVs, drones and quadcopters in the urban aerial traffic calls for monitoring and controlling in order to prevent any future...

EPFL Scientists have developed a new soft robotic gripper -- made out of rubber and stretchable electrodes -- that can bend and pick up...

With the rise of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), so rises the risk of mid-air UAV collisions, whether with other unmanned craft, or worse, with...

Earlier this month, China has launched the first-in-the-country emergency rescue team that will use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Beijing Daily reports. Six UAVs are now...

A team of researchers from the Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are developing an insect sized robot that made its first flight last summer. Half the size of a paperclip, weighing less than a tenth of a gram, RoboBee inspired by the biology of a fly and conceived through manufacturing breakthrough and miniaturization.

The unmanned aircraft Global Hawk flew above hurricanes and transmitted important information and forecasts. This was achieved through a unique collaboration including Cherokee Nation...

Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works is proposing a replacement for the SR-71 spy plane The SR-72, is a Mach 6 drone that doesn't need to...

OpteamX will present its robotic eye at the AUS&R 2013 Expo, an advanced sensor integrated into targeting and tracking systems. The robotic device can turn...